by Rich Wandschneider | Dec 1, 2023 | Gandhi, Israel, JFK, John F. Kennedy, Kennedy, King assassination, martin luther king
My recent scrape with death—for those who hadn’t heard, I rolled my car in the Wallowa River canyon on Sunday on the way back from a fine Portland Thanksgiving—and the crazy recess in the war in Israel/Gaza have me thinking about fortune and history, about being in a...
by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 9, 2017 | Alvin Josephy, American Heritage Book of Indians, JFK, president Kennedy
In 1961, Alvin Josephy moved from Time Magazine to American Heritage, where The American Heritage Book of Indians was his first major assignment. The text was written by William Brandon, but Alvin oversaw designers and assistant editors who fact checked and copy read,...
by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 29, 2013 | Alvin Josephy, Columbian Exchange, Denis Strong, JFK, Patriot Chiefs, Peace Corps, Profiles in Courage, Squanto, Tecumseh, Thanksgiving, Turkey, UCR
It is the end of November in my 72nd year and my mind churns. I guess for many of us of a certain age November will always be associated with John Kennedy’s death. Yes, I remember the day, remember riding my bike to class at UC Riverside, putting it in a rack and...
