This is the story of the author’s great great grandparents, Edward Lewis and Sarah Crosby, who were convicts transported to Van Diemen’s Land in the 1840s. It is told from the perspective of a detective agency searching for what happened to Edward, w
325 letters my father wrote to my mother during his time in World War II.
Woven together in a timeline of events of three of his brothers, 5 brothers-in-law, and one cousin, all 10 of them were in WWII at the same time.
My eclectic background of American history, the history of art and music, and languages reflect my easy adaptability to all areas of the humanities.
Background
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A lifelong passion for all things focused on Worcester and the American Revolution drew me to this fascinating tale. For twenty-seven years, my family has lived on the park where the title character, Bathsheba Spooner, is buried.
Birth Place
Worcester, MA US
Accomplishments
-M.A. Syracuse University, Florence Fellow, Renaissance art history
-M.A. Syracuse University, musicology
-completed graduate work, Keepers of the Republic, sponsored by Nat’l Endowment for the Humanities
-graduate certificate, TESOL, Clark University
-Massachusetts Teacher’s Certification, music