Tales

Historian Annette Laing interprets amazing stories from history (much of it hard-to-access academic work) into a voice you'll enjoy reading. Here's a way to connect to things you never knew you never knew, but you'll be very glad to know about. If that makes sense . . . OK, it's a sampler of what's out there.

ANNETTE TELLS TALES Continuing our Chat with Englishman Bill Moraley About His Failure to Find the American Dream. . . in 1729
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ANNETTE TELLS TALES Forget the Potted Bios for Black History Month: Mary "Mollie" Church Terrell, Up Close, Continues to Amaze
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ANNETTE TELLS TALES A Life That Makes No Sense: Born into Slavery, Raised in Wealth. Her Fame Rose as Her Income Fell. Meet Mary Church Terrell.
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ANNETTE TELLS TALES Meet Englishman Bill Moraley, Who Failed to Find the American Dream
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ANNETTE TELLS TALES Silkworms Promise Riches in England and Virginia. But Will the King's Dreams Go Up in Smoke?
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ANNETTE TELLS TALES Tales of A Luxury Worm That Crosses the Atlantic, from a Historian With Global Impact
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ANNETTE TELLS TALES Ricardo the Anarchist is in Prison in Arizona (and still has his supporters fooled about what he really thinks)
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