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Sharing history and news about my books, most recently "Prairie Bachelor" and a new manuscript under review, "Footprints on the Prairie."

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Corporations and the People's Party

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Isaac's journal kept during the Populist Movement The early years of what became the United States of America consisted almost enti...
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Thursday, June 20, 2019

Isaac Werner Visits Cullison, Part 4

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Last week's blog left Isaac Werner on his way to Pratt, leaving Cullison after feeding and resting his horses a bit.  If you have not b...
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Thursday, June 13, 2019

Isaac Werner Visits Cullison, Part 3

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Wagon displayed in Stafford County (KS) Museum Having been successful marketing his potatoes further south of his community, Isaac Wern...
Thursday, June 6, 2019

Isaac Werner Visits Cullison, Part 2

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James B. Cullison moved on to Oklahoma with his family, but the town named for him began to grow.  (You may visit last week's blog to...
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Isaac Werner Visits Cullison, Part I

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James B. Cullison (1857-1936) First, before linking the information taken from Isaac B Werner's journal about his visits to Culliso...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Memorial Day Tribute

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Detail of a Painting Honoring W.W. I Soldiers It has become a tradition with this blog to recognize Memorial Day with a specific post t...
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Thursday, May 16, 2019

Meet Rebecca's Children

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Since last week's post was about Isaac Werner's mother and some important events in her life, this week I will share four other imp...
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Thursday, May 9, 2019

Mothers' Day Reflections

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With Mother's Day this week, it seems relevant that I reflect on Isaac Beckley Werner's mother, Margaretha "Rebecca" Beck...
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Thursday, May 2, 2019

Lady Justice in Populist Cartoon

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Last week's blog featuring the Populist political cartoon picturing the power of wealthy was so popular that I am sharing another polit...
Wednesday, April 24, 2019

History and the Power of the Wealthy

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Many of the People's Party members were immigrants, and English was their second language.  Political cartoons were then, as they re...
Thursday, April 18, 2019

A Poem of My Own

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Isaac's Niece Gertrude Although I do not have a photograph of Isaac Beckley Werner, I do have pictures of his younger sister's ...
Thursday, April 11, 2019

April 2019 Poetry Month--Number 3

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Years ago I heard Maxine Kumin at a poetry reading at Baylor University.  When the program ended, I hurried out to the foyer where the poet...
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Thursday, April 4, 2019

More Poetry for Children, Number 2

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Tumbling Tumble Weeds on the Prairie Time for the second week recognizing poetry, so here is another poem for April's Poetry Month....
Friday, March 29, 2019

April is Poetry Month Again - Number 1

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By now, those of you who follow the blog know that Isaac Werner loved Shakespeare.  I think he would have approved of my using his blog ...
Thursday, March 21, 2019

Send a Message

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One of the things that is such fun about this photograph is that the picture was taken to be put on a postcard--a postcard showing three ...
Thursday, March 14, 2019

Prairie Recycling

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Canning when produce is in season Does anyone else get upset watching Fixer Upper on "Demolition Day" when Chip takes a sledg...
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Visit Lynda Beck Fenwick on facebook. Author: "Prairie Bachelor, The Story of a Kansas Homesteader and the Populist Movement," chosen as a Kansas Notable Book, 2021; "Should the Children Pray? A Historical, Judicial and Political Examination of Public School Prayer"; Selected as Georgia Author of the Year for Nonfiction; "Private Choices, Public Consequences, Reproductive Technology and the New Ethics of Conception, Pregnancy, and Family"; Short Story "The Woman Who Loved Atticus" award winner in Texas Bar Journal June 2010; Author Pages, Lynda Beck Fenwick at amazon.com; My biography can be found at https://lynfenwick.com
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