Posts Tagged ‘1913’
When Your Historical Fiction isn’t all that Historical or Fictional
When I decided to write my historical novel, I chose the year 1913 because it was such a pivotal time period. The Gilded Age was coming to a close; World War I had not yet started. And prohibition was a few years away. Specifically, in 1913 the Grand Central Terminal opened, the famous Armory Art…
Read MoreThe Lady Gangsters of Old New York
“Over a period of more than a half a dozen years Battle Annie was the Queen of Hell’s Kitchen and acquired widespread renown as the most formidable female of her time.” — Herbert Asbury, The Gangs of New York I started a book about ‘high society’ in New York during the 1910’s. So how did…
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