If you like the Maggie Sullivan and the Murder Mutts series,
here are a few interesting tidbits you might enjoy.
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Dayton Police History Foundation
Photos and lively tidbits including the capture of notorious criminals John Dillinger and Bugs Moran. Read More
Historical Fiction Authors
High-quality historical fiction e-books from writers around the world, interviews and more. Read More
The Graflex Speed Graphic
This is the camera that Maggie’s shutterbug friend on the evening paper carried everywhere. This was the camera that captured an era. Read More
Career girls from the Greatest Generation, including the author’s mother.
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Why Snoods Were Swell for 1940s Women
In Uncivil Defense, the latest book in my mystery series featuring 1940s private eye Maggie Sullivan, a woman wears a snood. It prompted one early...
Working Women and Latchkey Kids in WWII America
by M. Ruth Myers Mothers working in factories to support America’s war effort while their children roamed the streets at night provides a minor plot...
How America’s Pledge of Allegiance Differed in World War II
The Pledge of Allegiance we recite today is different than the one recited by the characters who populate the Maggie Sullivan mysteries, and by...
From Dead Horses to a Recap Tire Monopoly: Part 2
Stories of ordinary families are what bring history to life. In this second of two guest posts, retired Dayton, Ohio, police sergeant Stephen C....