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The strange world of humans from a canine perspective
"At Large: A Giant Beaver is on the Loose in Great Britain"
Hemispheresmagazine.com, April 2010
A 95-pound beaver escapes from a beaver sanctuary in Devon, U.K. and eludes his would-be captors
"The Giant in the Forest"
Highlights for Children, September 2009
The making of the "Giant's Head" at the Lost Gardens of Heligan, Cornwall, U.K.
"When Fido Has to Fly"
Boston Globe, November 23, 2008
How two Airedales flew from Chicago to London without a hitch
"An American Driver on British Roads"
Christian Science Monitor, November 7, 2008
By the time I mastered the roundabouts, it was time to return to the U.S.
“Home Sweet Catalogue Home”
St. Louis Magazine, September 2006
From the 1910s through World War II, catalogue homes from Sears, Roebuck & Co., Montgomery Ward and their long-gone competitors Aladdin, Gordon-Van Time and Harris Bros., opened the door to suburban homeownership for millions of Americans. Today, most current catalogue home owners aren't even aware of their houses' vintage origins.
“Max Hess, Jr. Puts Allentown, PA on the Map”
Pennsylvania Heritage, Fall 2004
A half century ago, Hess's department store turned Allentown, PA into a shopping and entertainment magnet with cutting-edge glamour, bigger-than-life events and 10-inch-high strawberry pie. This story shows how Hess's evolved from a place to shop into a community icon.
“Dodging Bullets”
Cobblestone, November 2005
The story of seven Civil War-era families caught in the cross fires of the first and second battles of Manassas. These harrowing tales of civilian life and death, of lives turned upside down on a major battleground. give kids a chance to learn about the war on a deeper human level.
“Flood Alert!” & "Flood Busters"
AppleSeeds, April 2005
These two stories describe the great Mississippi River floods of 1927 and 1993 and how human efforts to shape the river can lead to disaster and destruction.
The Great American Medicine Show
Prentice-Hall Press, 1991
(c)1991 by Elizabeth Metzger Armstrong and David Armstrong
A romp through America’s health reform movements spotlighting the bizarre and the bold, the spurious and the serious. Peopled with crusaders and reformers, crackpots and quacks, it introduces the movements and manias that have gripped a populace for whom health cures are as American as apple pie.
The Breakfast Book
Chronicle Books, 1979
(c)1979 by Elizabeth Metzger
More than a restaurant guide, The Breakfast Book is a series of tales about California's cafe and restaurant culture of the 1970s. The 160 restaurants, cafes, bakeries, truckstops and inns featured serve breakfasts to suit every taste, whim and mood. Readers will salivate over the menu descriptions and the late 1970s prices.
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