When Victoria ascended the British throne on 20 June 1837, G. A. Henty was not yet five years old. Yet in thousands of young boys' lives Henty was destined to be as important as the queen. In a 1980 review of the most recent biography of Henty, Eric Stok...
G. A. Henty once described himself as "a fierce and truculent Briton, ready to defy the whole world." It was an exaggerated yet appropriate description, given Henty's character and appearance. He was a tall, powerfully built man, with a large head and a...
Time for 28th Amendment? By FOSTER Monday, October 20, 2003 The Statue of Liberty is one of our country's most powerful symbols. In the poem by Emma Lazarus, engraved on a plaque at its pedestal, the welcoming "Mother of Exiles" carries...
Born in Avery, Maine, 34-year-- old Asa W. Hebberd was farming near Lagrange, Wisconsin, when he enrolled in Co. E, 28th Wisconsin Infantry, on August 15, 1862. Men of the regiment were recruited primarily in Waukesha and Walworth Counties. Hebberd, older than most of...
Bernalillo County sheriff's deputies have arrested a man on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, marking his 28th such offense. Joseph Brill, 53, was driving on a revoked license when deputies saw him park in a driveway in a northeast Albuquerque neighborhood and fall out of...
