Booker T. Washington

It is always important to recognize forgotten American heroes.  Especially during this anti-heroic period we are living in.  One such hero played a pivotal role in post-antebellum southern society.  Booker T. Washington was that figure.  Born into slavery in Virginia, Washington was able to reach the highest levels of American society.  His autobiography Up From […]

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My post on the experiences of Dr. Gisella Perl has received incredible response.  I want to thank all of you who have visited my website and commented on this particular post.  But I have some bad news.  Ayer Company Publishing is no longer in business.  A visitor actually posted a comment that the publisher was […]

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I was browsing my local library when I came upon a book by Nadia Comaneci called Letters to a Young Gymnastis Comaneci’s autobiography.  I always wondered if Comaneci had ever written an autobiography.  I remember her defection in 1989.  At that time I was fascinated with gymnastics.  I took many gymnastic classes, unfortunately, I was too tall and too […]

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