The Good Life
A little while ago, in my post on Edgar Allan Poe, I talked about a creative genius whose life would suffer through poverty and hardship and end in tragedy and mystery.
Today, I’m posting about another great literary figure whose life progressed quite differently: Nobel- and Pulitzer-prize winning playright, Eugene O’Neill.
I am, admittedly, not [...]
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Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site, Danville, CA
Posted in California, tagged California, Eugene O'Neill, National Parks, theater, travel on July 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Devil’s Postpile National Monument, near Mammoth Lakes, CA
Posted in California, tagged California, economy, environment, geology, National Parks, preservation, travel on March 29, 2009 | 6 Comments »
A Spot of Preservation, Please
Devil’s Postpile is a tiny little National Park System spot, especially when compared to nearby juggernauts like Yosemite, Sequoia, Kings Canyon, and Death Valley National Parks. It only covers about 800 acres, even Valley Forge NHS is bigger than that. It’s just there to save a singular geologic feature: a volcanic [...]
California National Historic Trail
Posted in California, Nevada, tagged California, gold rush, history, Lake Tahoe, National Parks, Nevada, Sacramento, travel on April 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Getta Move On!
So many of the National Park Service’s historic sites are static. Event X happened at Location Y so we put up a visitor’s center! Come on down!
Not so the National Trails. The trails are sites-in-motion, and collectively record the most significant event in American history: the great east-west migration. The nation has never been [...]
Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego, California
Posted in California, tagged Cabrillo, California, history, National Parks, ocean, San Diego, travel on March 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Spanish Influence? Who’da Thunk It!
East Coasters, even those who don’t study history, know of Britain’s role in American history, for it’s glaringly obvious. We also have an idea of France’s role in the Revolution, the settling of New Orleans, and the Lousiana Purchase. We also know a lot about European immigrants, and, of course, the [...]
