Tag: us history

• Nothing New Under The Sun: Immigration

  Even honey bees are an invasive species. Plants, insects and people tend to move–and take over. Populations explode and people jostle for position. Mrs. Astor of the late 19th century had a big house in NYC with a ballroom. People naturally wanted to attend her soirees. If you were “in” you were one of “The…

  Adrienne Morris

  July 1, 2014

  Beautiful Images, History, The Unknowable Past

  19th century, class war, immigration, immigration by country, photograph of irish immigrants, us history, working class

• Modern Photographic Perspective

  Adrienne Morris

  April 8, 2014

  Uncategorized

  Art, History of Photography, Landscape Photography, military, Photography, Politics, technology, Timothy H. O’Sullivan, Trevor Paglen, us history

• Books I’ve Known And Loved

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  Adrienne Morris

  April 2, 2014

  Beautiful Images, Books I’ve Known and Loved, History, The Unknowable Past, Writing

  19th century America, American Romance, Bad Land, book review, Books, Favorite Books, Homestead Act, Jonathan Raban, Nonfiction, NY Times Editors Choice, Research, Rural America, us history

• There is something perverse about more than enough. When we have more, it is never enough. It is always somewhere out there, just out of reach. The more we acquire, the more elusive enough becomes. –Unknown

  Bison Skulls

  Adrienne Morris

  October 3, 2013

  Beautiful Images, Buffalo, Uncategorized

  Bison, Buffalo, Buffalo Extinction, greed, Life, Photograph, Picture of Skulls, Quote, The West, us history

• Books I’ve Known and Loved / Anything by Robert Utley

  The West was no simple place. Robert Utley gets that. Soldier/Indian relations varied depending on the Indian and the soldier. Pride, love and ego, not to mention military orders, pressure from the East and teenaged warriors run amok made for complications and tragedy. Utley writes about the West like no other. Check out A Life…

  Adrienne Morris

  October 1, 2013

  Books I’ve Known and Loved, Uncategorized

  American West, Books, Research for Writing About the West, Robert Utley, Soldiers Fighting Indians, The West, us history, Writers