“One thing the army didn’t do very often was swoop in to deflect Indian attacks on wagon trains of settlers—there weren’t that many such assaults. Between 1842 and 1859, about thirty thousand Western emigrants died while en route by wagon… — Jeff Guinn Copy Share Image
“It is a privilege to help children learn the true meaning of Christmas, which is gratitude to God for sending us his son Jesus,… — Jeff Guinn Copy Share Image
Not all magic is fireworks and fanfare. Sometimes magic is quiet and sneaks up on you. — Jeff Guinn Copy Share Image
“If anything was certain, it was that there would always be people looking for someone to tell them what to believe in and what… — Jeff Guinn Copy Share Image
“conformity. They believed in and followed the same rules, respecting parents and teachers above all. This was typical throughout Indiana—according to state historian James… — Jeff Guinn Copy Share Image
“Charlie still likes to listen to music, mostly vintage rock ’n’ roll as well as Sinatra. His favorite actor is John Wayne, and he… — Jeff Guinn Copy Share Image
“On Jones’s instruction, Larry Schacht ordered one pound of sodium cyanide, enough for 1,800 lethal doses. It cost $8.85.” — Jeff Guinn Copy Share Image
“Not all magic is fireworks and fanfare. Sometimes magic is quiet and sneaks up on you. An illusion is what needs all the bells… — Jeff Guinn Copy Share Image
“For rich people, holiday festivities were only beginning on December 25. They would continue enjoying feasts and gifts through Epiphany on January 6—these were… — Jeff Guinn Copy Share Image
“Revelation, Charlie explained, predicted that locusts would come, and locusts were, of course, beetles—the Beatles. John said that the locusts would have “scales like iron breastplates”—according to Charlie, these were the Beatles’ guitars. And there was more: Revelation also told of angels coming to earth, with the first four being the Beatles. The fifth, “given the key to the shaft… — Jeff Guinn Copy Share
With hindsight, we recognize that the social and moral confusion of the late 1960s and early 1970s is part of a cultural cycle; we're in a similar time of upheaval now in the sense that the nation is divided upon itself, and some of the present schisms appear both terrifying and permanent. It's true that unless we learn from the… — Jeff Guinn Copy Share
