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St. Nicholas Abbey, Barbados

By lindacollison|2012-05-18T12:31:45-07:00March 7th, 2012|history, travel|

The great house came into view, shabby and overgrown, yet [...]

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America’s Privateer; Lynx and the War of 1812

By lindacollison|2012-05-18T12:40:39-07:00January 18th, 2012|history|

  “To this day, we don’t really know [...]

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Steven Maffeo’s Perfect Wreck

By lindacollison|2012-05-18T13:48:04-07:00December 19th, 2011|author interviews, history|

  “On board Old Ironsides, it suddenly occurred to Lieutenant [...]

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In the wake of a man I admire

By lindacollison|2012-05-18T12:12:46-07:00November 29th, 2011|history|

I have visited the town he was born in and [...]

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Writing the amputation scene

By lindacollison|2012-05-18T13:58:16-07:00September 3rd, 2011|history, writing and publishing|

Skeletons reveal sailors' grisly deaths  (from Maritime Great Britain) Based [...]

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A video worth a thousand words

By lindacollison|2012-05-18T13:17:39-07:00September 1st, 2011|history, ships and boats|

Gun drill aboard the U.S.S. Constitution  on YouTube!                                  Thanks to British author [...]

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Elizabeth Marsh and other remarkable real-life 18th century women

By lindacollison|2012-05-18T14:03:54-07:00July 31st, 2011|history|

Sunday morning, and I’m propped up in bed with my [...]

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