The Pain of Theft
We spend a lot of time thinking about it in our busy, 21st century lives - security or the lack of it. We have to watch and arm our...
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J.J. Wheeling
- Mar 18
- 3 min
First Blog of 2022
It’s been quite a while since I last blogged and there’s a lot to catch up on. This blog will be less historical and more biographical in...
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J.J. Wheeling
- Jan 1, 2021
- 4 min
Civilian Ships and the Mexican American War
I’ve touched on the political and nationalism ambitions of President Polk when he took office, especially when it came to Mexico’s...
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J.J. Wheeling
- Aug 20, 2020
- 4 min
Tudor Ice - Establishing the Ice Trade
I’ve written some pretty heavy blogs of late so I thought it might be refreshing for all of us to explore a lighter subject, one that...
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J.J. Wheeling
- Oct 9, 2019
- 4 min
Women in the Saddle
As a twentieth-century girl, seeing a woman astraddle on horseback is a common sight. But, in 1849, when horseback travel was reserved...
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J.J. Wheeling
- Sep 26, 2019
- 2 min
The Cult of True Womanhood – seriously, it was a thing.
It is hard to imagine in our world today, that there was actually such a thing as The Cult of True Womanhood. This article, by Barbara...
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J.J. Wheeling
- May 9, 2019
- 2 min
Code of the West
Growing up on a ranch in southwestern Colorado in the mid-to-late-20th century has given me a unique perspective from which to write....
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J.J. Wheeling
- Apr 15, 2019
- 2 min
The "What the...?" factor
When not on actual trips of discovery, I’m in my mountain cabin, laptop, books and papers scattered all around the arcs of my rocking...
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J.J. Wheeling
- Apr 8, 2019
- 3 min
It's all about authenticity
Whenever possible, I have tried to do the thing that I ask my characters to do so I know it is possible. For instance, I had never fired...
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J.J. Wheeling
- Mar 28, 2019
- 2 min
Curiosity, research and an impatient husband
History makes me curious, I can’t help it. Why did people do the things they did? What drove them or inhibited them? What about all those...
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J.J. Wheeling
- Mar 2, 2019
- 2 min
Where did it all come from?
I started writing in 2009. Granted, it had been a very long time since Freshman English in college but I started nonetheless. I took a...
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J.J. Wheeling
- Feb 4, 2019
- 2 min
Do you remember the first time?
I do. I remember it very clearly. The echoes of clapping hands, the warm glow of sincere satisfaction filling my heart and an inner voice...
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