Tom Watson: My Dirty Life & Times (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Ticonderoga, originally uploaded by Tom Watson. Fort Ticonderoga commands the west side of the lower end of Lake Champlain, its cannon covering both the approach from Canada and the St. Lawrence the north to the southern end of the lake...
Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Let's face it. John McCain's a loner with a stern, "it's-a-dangerous-world" message and fairly cold eyes. He isn't charismatic. And no one can accuse him of being a sunny guy. In fact, he's better known for his short, hot temper.
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
Let's face it. John McCain's a loner with a stern, "it's-a-dangerous-world" message and fairly cold eyes. He isn't charismatic. And no one can accuse him of being a sunny guy. In fact, he's better known for his short, hot temper.
Eater (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
This is the latest edition of Who Goes There? a regular feature in which Lost City's Brooks of Sheffield cracks the doors on mysteriously enduring Gotham restaurants—unsung, curious neighborhood mainstays with the dusty, forgotten, determined look—to learn secrets of longevity...
dovegreyreader scribbles (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
'It was said of her that she never failed to win a person if she desired to do so, for her charm was potent and well-nigh irresistible. There were many who came under the spell and the spell was lasting...she...
Uncertain Times (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
My father sent me this photo of the entrance to Cooper's Cave, cited as the inspiration for James Fenimore Cooper's Last of the Mohicans. When I asked him if he took the photo himself, he replied: Yes I did. I just read the book and wanted to see the cave. It is 63 miles from here and there is a Long John Silver right down the road. The end to a perfect day . My dad is awesome. Great photo, too.
Walking the Berkshires (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
James Fenimore Cooper may have perpetuated enduring myths about Native Americans, but after reading The Last of the Mohicans (1826) recently, I found his knowledge of local history to be a particular strength of the narrative. He peppers his prose...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
One of Canada's newest warships is going to help scientists and marine archeologists conduct the most detailed survey so far on two War of 1812 ships sunk in Lake Ontario.
Clamouring to become visible... (Free subscription) | 04/05/2008
Thanks again to Jodi for pointing me in the direction of this. Now, I'm not going to relist all 1001 books . Instead, I'm only going to mention those books that I have actually read, as well as the number they are on the list. Unlike the previous lists, I won't list books that I own with the intention of reading. Time to be ruthless. The books are ordered by century, most recent first. 200. Foucault's...
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 26/04/2008
Nestled in the heart of central New York's picturesque Mohawk Valley - made famous in the Leatherstocking tales of James Fenimore Cooper - the 1,200-acre Turning Stone resort in Verona is the largest golf, spa and entertainment complex in the Northeast.
Nature.com Blogs (Free subscription) | 25/04/2008
The prairie was once one of the iconic ecosystems of North America. An undulating expanse of grasses, grazing bison and periodic cleansing fire stretching across hundreds of miles, it was called by “the inland sea” by James Fenimore Cooper. The...
The Unstuck Diaries of John Coombes (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
In 1826 James Fenimore Cooper called the main character in his novel The Last of the Mohicans, Natty Bumppo. In 1992 the producers of the film clearly decided it would be slightly less ridiculous to call him Nathaniel Poe. The...
Choice Cuts (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
( link ) "Institutions purely democratic must, sooner, or later,destroy liberty or civilization or both."-- Thomas Babington Macaulay(1800-1859) [Lord Macaulay] 1st Baron Macaulay, British historianSource: Letter to H.S. Randall, May 23, 1857 "The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity."-- James Fenimore Cooper(1789-1851) American NovelistSource: The American Democrat, XIV, 1838
The Gamesblog (Free subscription) | 25/02/2008
Here's another one of those 'the problem with games journalism' pieces, this time from Greg Costikyan, founder of the indie aggregation site, Manifesto Games. Like lots of these pieces he asks, 'where is this industry's Pauline Kael?', while arguing that...
Hulver's site (Free subscription) | 18/02/2008
Okay, let's cut the crap. Normally these little WFCs are small beer. But this time, boys and girls, the writers on this here site are going to be single-handedly responsible, as a group, as a group of single hands, for the triumphant resurrection of an honest to God lost and dead genre.
