M.B. HENRY
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Today’s Book Recommendations
Theme: M.B. Henry's January Re-Read Picks
The Grapes of Wrath
All Quiet on the Western Front
Rilla of Ingleside
Calvin and Hobbes
Quotes of the Week

“If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to be the truest version of you. Embrace that you-ness. Endorse it. Love it. Work hard at it. And don’t give a second thought when people mock it or ridicule it. Most gossip is envy in disguise. Keep your head down. Keep you stamina. Keep swimming.”
– Matt Haig, “the Midnight Library”

“Have you ever wondered what a stretch of time smells like… Mold and ammonia, a pinch of lavender, and a fair whack of dust, the mass disintegration of very old sheets of paper. And there’s something else, too, something underlying it all, something verging on rotten or stewed but not. It took me a while to work out what the smell was, but I think I know now. It’s the past. Thoughts and dreams, hopes and hurts, all brewed together, fermenting slowly in the fusty air, unable ever to dissipate completely.”
– Kate Morton, “the Distant Hours”

 

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Francis C. Barlow: From Private to General, and Beyond

The year was 1851. A still, silent night blanketed the Harvard Campus in Boston, Massachusetts. Dew beaded the spacious, lush grounds. Night birds sang and crickets chirped. Most students and faculty were sound asleep in their cozy dormitories. Suddenly…. KABOOM. An earth-shattering roar split the air. Students rolled out of their beds. Some stray dogs barked and windows rattled. In the Cambridge arsenal on campus, smoke rose from a cannon that hadn’t… Read More

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Fire in the Wilderness

May, 1864. Spring had arrived in the state of Virginia, but so had the Union army. It wasn’t the first time, either. Since 1861, the boys in blue had slugged it out, and lost, against the formidable General Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia. These fights carried a heavy price tag too. Thousands of soldiers lay buried under Virginia’s thick soil. Countless more bore wounds from physical scars, or the painful… Read More

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AUTHOR/HISTORY ENTHUSIAST/PHOTOGRAPHER
Follow M.B. HENRY on WordPress.com
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Do you love history like I do? Maybe you'd like to keep up on my journey as a writer. If so then sign up today for my semi-annual newsletter.

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Today’s Book Recommendations
Theme: M.B. Henry's January Re-Read Picks
The Grapes of Wrath
All Quiet on the Western Front
Rilla of Ingleside
Calvin and Hobbes
Quotes of the Week

“If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to be the truest version of you. Embrace that you-ness. Endorse it. Love it. Work hard at it. And don’t give a second thought when people mock it or ridicule it. Most gossip is envy in disguise. Keep your head down. Keep you stamina. Keep swimming.”
– Matt Haig, “the Midnight Library”

“Have you ever wondered what a stretch of time smells like… Mold and ammonia, a pinch of lavender, and a fair whack of dust, the mass disintegration of very old sheets of paper. And there’s something else, too, something underlying it all, something verging on rotten or stewed but not. It took me a while to work out what the smell was, but I think I know now. It’s the past. Thoughts and dreams, hopes and hurts, all brewed together, fermenting slowly in the fusty air, unable ever to dissipate completely.”
– Kate Morton, “the Distant Hours”

 

M.B. HENRY