The power of love binds all and will last forever. Fall in love over and over with the new series, The Stones of Iona. The MacDougall family has been charged by the Fae with protecting the Stone of Iona for centuries. In one fateful moment, the monarchs of the family die in an accident, and in a panic, the Good Fae cast the stones across space and time to protect them from the evil Fae. The current generation of the MacDougall’s must seek the lost stones and return them to the Chapel in the Woods at Dunstaffnage in Scotland for safekeeping for all mankind.
Fueled by the power of human emotions, apart they are strong, together they are all-powerful. In the wrong hands, the stones can destroy the world. Follow Brille and Colin and their family as they navigate their love and the power of the Stones of Iona. Travel to parts of the world in the present and the past as we follow multiple characters on the quest to restore The Stones of Iona.
An emotionally damaged Brielle DeVolt, an American anthropologist, felt the renovation of Laird Colin MacDougall’s 13th century Chapel in Scotland was the perfect escape from an abusive ex-boyfriend and the start of a new chapter of her life. Passion flared between the two until fate swept her back to medieval Scotland and into the arms of Laird Roderick MacDougall, Colin’s identical ancestor, where she became caught up in an ancient mystery wrapped in Scottish lore and confusing passion, the modern laird, or the medieval laird. Can she trust herself to find love again before she must face the challenge of a lifetime, finding the Stone of Love and fighting The Evil Fae for the love of one irresistible man, the man meant for her heart?
The Historic Environment of Scotland sent Marie O’Donnell, a historical expert on church and spiritual buildings, to Dunstaffnage to assist in the Chapel in the Woods’ renovation project. Marie was kidnapped by a fanatical Priest from Iona and taken back to the 15th century where she was forced to search religious crosses to locate and harness the power of one of The Stones of Iona. John MacArthur as hereditary captain of the castle, the Fae designated him as one guardian of The Stones of Iona. He must risk everything and go back in time to rescue his love and save her from her fated death at the hands of the fanatical priest. Marie O’Donnell needed to overcome her buried fear of being alone so she can see her one true love, John MacArthur who must risk everything and go back to the 15th century to rescue his love and save her from a foretold death at the hands of the fanatical priest; together they must face their fears and risk everything to find the Stone of Fear and save a lost individual’s soul.
Ainslie trained and studied warfare of the Viking time and had wanted nothing more than to be a Viking warrior all her life; little did she know that fate would lend a hand when she accidentally followed her sister-in-law back in time to the Vikings of Dunstaffnage, the exact time the MacDougall’s duty to the Stones of Iona began. Captured and thought a theft, she instead enchanted the Jarl, Rannick MacRaghnaill, and convinced him to take her to her ancestor, the King of the Isles, where she implored him to help find her kidnapped sister-in-law, Brielle MacDougall. Ainslie would risk her life for the safe return of her sister-in-law, and Rannick would risk his honor to win Ainslie’s heart. But could they save Brielle and The Stone of Lust from the hands of the evilest Fae’s mind combined with the most dangerous humans?
A trilogy of dragon shapeshifter brothers who defied their father and used their powers for good instead of what he bred them for, evil. No immortal Fae shall fall in love with a human and breed fae/human. Cast into Fae purgatory for violating that Fae law Balor, King of the Foremore Fae, the Evil Fae, did. Balor created dragon shapeshifters from his own sons for fighting the Good Fae, Truthe De, for the control of all mankind. The three brothers defied their father and used their powers for good instead of what he bred them for, evil. In his anger against his sons, he murdered his own true love, Bres, without realizing what he was doing until it was too late. Devastated his true love was dead, he blamed his sons and cast a spell upon them to be immortal until they found their own true love, which may never happen.
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Aberdeen-based writer Leila Aboulela. Photo: Judy Laing
In her fifth novel Bird Summons, Aberdeen-based writer Leila Aboulela, one of the most significant writers from Africa, charts the journeys of three women, and their lives that stretch out to loyalties in different continents
The fulcrum of Aberdeen-based Scottish writer Leila Aboulela’s fiction has been faith’s frequent interactions, and the inevitable collisions, with love, femininity and culture. In her fifth novel, Bird Summons (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, UK, 2019), Aboulela, 55, among one of the most significant writers from Africa, charts the lives and journeys — both literal and metaphorical — of three women, and their unusual encounter with a mythical creature, in lyrical, intensely evocative prose. The novel follows the story-within-the-story narrative, told in third person, and explores the various ways faith and culture determine the lives and destinies of these women.
Aboulela was born in Cairo and brought up in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. Her other novels include The Translator (1999), Minaret (2005) and Lyrics Alley (2010) — all of which were longlisted for the Orange Prize — and The Kindness of Enemies (2015). Lyrics Alley also won Novel of the Year at the Scottish Book Awards and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. Aboulela was awarded the Caine Prize for her short story “The Museum”, which is included in her collection of short stories, Elsewhere, Home (2018), winner of the Saltire Fiction Book of the Year. The collection captures the alienation and sorrow of immigrants who have left home and see themselves torn between cultures, countries and continents — Africa, Britain and Middle East.
In Bird Summons, the multilayered lives of three women — Salma, Moni and Iman — unfold, as they hit the road; they are heading for the Scottish highlands to pay homage to Lady Evelyn Cobbold, the first British woman convert to Islam to perform the pilgrimage to Mecca. Salma, born in Egypt and settled in Scotland after marrying David and burdened with bringing up their children, is a masseuse who has made her name, but still finds herself trying to belong in a foreign country. When she receives a call from her old boyfriend, Amir, she is in a dilemma: Must she leave and go back to him, risking the life she had toiled to build? Moni has a specially-abled son, Adam, and caring for him for five years has brought her to an edge. Her husband, Murtada, is in Saudi Arabia, asks her to join him, but Moni has apprehensions that their son will not get the kind of medical support he gets in Scotland. Iman, in her late twenties and the youngest of the three, is into her third unhappy marriage and longs for love and freedom.
When they reach a remote hillside in Inverness, the women are visited by the hoopoe, a sacred bird who tells fables from Muslim literature and Celtic folklore. “Disappointment is around every corner,” the hoopoe tells Iman the second time it visits her. “The way forward is a circle. The other side is different only because it faces the opposite direction. If everyone could see the end of Time, their hair would turn white in fright,” says the wise bird. Hoopoe just keeps telling stories, one after the other, “as if all the answers were inside the narrative, all the guidance embedded in the logic.”
In her writer’s statement to britishcouncil.org, Aboulela states: “When I write I experience relief and satisfaction that what occupies my mind, what fascinates and disturbs me, is made legitimate by the shape and tension of a story. I want to show the psychology, the state of mind and the emotions of a person who has faith. I am interested in going deep, not just looking at ‘Muslim’ as a cultural or political identity but something close to the centre, something that transcends but doesn’t deny gender, nationality, class and race. I write fiction that reflects Islamic logic; fictional worlds where cause and effect are governed by Muslim rationale. However, my characters do not necessarily behave as ‘good’ Muslims; they are not ideals or role models. They are, as I see them to be, flawed characters trying to practise their faith or make sense of God’s will, in difficult circumstances.”
In Bird Summons, Aboulela adheres to her avowed objective as a writer; it’s a novel deeply enmeshed in the issues of race, gender, nationality and religion. In an interview to The Punch Magazine, the author says she sees the novel as a contemplation on the presence of Islam in Britain. Her initial image of the novel, she says, was the three women in the car. “As they bicker and banter on the journey, the tensions between them grow and through modern methods of communication their lives stretch out to loyalties in different continents,” she says, adding that social media has revolutionised the immigrant experience. “No longer cut off, no longer out of the picture, no longer difficult to reach, immigrants can stay connected to their home countries at very little expense,” she says.
Excerpts from the interview:
Shireen Quadri: At the heart of Bird Summons is the journey, both physical and spiritual, of three women to the Scottish Islands. It’s not merely a holiday, but also an escape wherein each of them are looking for certain answers. You write in the author’s note that you wanted to explore the extent to which a journey could change these three women. How does this journey prove to be transformative for each of them?
Leila Aboulela: Salma, Moni and Iman are weighed down by their egos, though it might not be apparent to them at first. Like most of us, they see themselves as good people, justified in the positions and decisions they have taken. Salma has no intention of having an extramarital affair with Amir and feels safe flirting with him long-distance. Moni believes she is a wonderful mother, neglecting her husband to care for their disabled son. And Iman feels justified in rebelling from the constraints of her femininity. The journey to the Scottish Highlands increases their self-awareness and sense of agency. Slowly, and in stages, they start to face their flaws and also their misconceptions about themselves and each other. Their journey is a spiritual experience. And I wanted to present it in a tangible yet surreal/magical way. Away from the city (which represents restrictions, formality and rituals both religious and secular), the spiritual freedom that the women encounter is vast and beyond control.
Shireen Quadri: At a deeper level, the road trip also entails the women’s journeys into themselves as it gives them an avenue to look at their lives, love, loyalty, sacrifice and faith, and confront their hopes and fears. When you started working on the novel, did you have these broader themes on your mind?
Leila Aboulela: When I started work on Bird Summons I had just completed my historical novel The Kindness of Enemies which was set in 19th-century Russia. I remember feeling eager and somewhat relieved to be writing a modern novel in which I could feature the latest technological developments like Facebook and WhatsApp. I think that social media has revolutionised the immigrant experience. No longer cut off, no longer out of the picture, no longer difficult to reach, immigrants can stay connected to their home countries at very little expense. My first initial image of the novel was the three women in the car. As they bicker and banter on the journey, the tensions between them grow and through modern methods of communication their lives stretch out to loyalties in different continents. I also knew that they would stay at the monastery (which had been converted into a holiday resort) and that they would have a ‘’spiritual experience.’’ I didn’t know what it would be but I knew that it would connect somehow to their real-life dilemmas. In writing the novel, I was also heading out on the journey with them. Not sure what was going to happen. I knew though that with each passing day, the holiday resort becomes disturbing and then foreboding. What was once charming becomes smoky with menace — and there is an urgent need for them to get away.
Shireen Quadri: Though the three women are disparate in their conditions, they are united in their quest for love, happiness, contentment — and independence. And all three are immigrants navigating a land away from the places they once belonged to. In what ways are their lives affected by displacement, by having been uprooted from their culture and customs? How do you see them dealing with issues of identity and belonging?
Leila Aboulela: Ironically it is Salma, the most successful of the three, the one married to a British man, who is most conscious of feeling out of place. Her children are growing up and becoming more and more British, less and less a part of her. Early in the novel we see that, ‘’Sometimes she would walk into a room to find them with David and she would have no clue what they were saying even though she could understand every single word. She would then feel that they were his children and not hers. She was the outsider, the foreign wife, and they were one unit.’’ On the other hand, Moni and Iman are in a position of obvious gratitude. Moni because of the treatment her disabled son is getting from the National Health Service and Iman because she is a refugee from the Syrian civil war. The attempt of the women to visit Lady Evelyn’s grave is a way of connecting more closely to Britain. Because Lady Evelyn was a Muslim like them, they see her as one of them and it gives them a sense of belonging.
Shireen Quadri: In your other novels and stories, interracial relationships have been a common motif. Do you see this novel as a collision of love and religion or faith and culture?
Leila Aboulela: I see it actually as a contemplation on the presence of Islam in Britain. How the process is coming from immigration (economic and refugee) as well as a colonial past. How Islam is a continuation of Christianity. How women are vital in this process. And how individual human flaws and weaknesses are shaping this narrative. Certainly culture is both a comfort to the women as well as a handicap. They come from rich cultural traditions at the same time they are held back from integrating. This is due to a hostile political climate (only hinted at in the novel) and the fact that Britain (unlike say the US or Australia) is not built on immigration.
Shireen Quadri: The women plan the trip to the highlands to pay homage to Lady Evelyn Cobbold, the first British woman convert to Islam (changing her name to Zainab Cobbold) perform the pilgrimage to Mecca. How does Cobbold’s life and choices have a resonance in the life of your characters in this novel, especially Salma?
Leila Aboulela: Lady Evelyn Cobbold was a convert to Islam. This is the main reason that the characters are attracted to her as well as the obvious fact that she was a woman. She was also more independent than they are, stronger, more confident, more able. She was a Scottish aristocrat and therefore vastly more entitled than they would ever be. She represents the figure of a leader which is something that they need. In general, leadership is certainly missing and badly needed within the Muslim community in the UK. Lady Evelyn was able to transform her life and (as a lone European woman undertaking the pilgrimage to Mecca) conquer uncharted territories. Salma, the leader of the group, the most physically strong, sees herself and her independence in the character of Lady Evelyn. That is why she is the one most keen to reach her grave.
Shireen Quadri: On a remote hillside in Inverness, each of the three women are visited by the hoopoe, a sacred bird named after the one in Quran, who brings to them fables from Muslim and Celtic literature that compel them to question the balance between faith and femininity, love, loyalty and sacrifice. In what ways did Attar’s fable, The Conference of the Birds, inform the Hoopoe in the novel? How do you see Hoopoe changing their lives by being their spiritual mentor of sorts?
Leila Aboulela: In The Conference of the Birds, the birds of the world gather to embark on a journey to find their leader. It is the Hoopoe who is their guide and the one who warns them of the dangers of the journey as well as the need for it. The Hoopoe in classical Sufi literature is the figure of the spiritual/religious teacher who imparts wisdom and guidance. He performs the same role in Bird Summons through the fables he tells and in how he guides the women at the end of the novel when they become lost in the forest. However, the Hoopoe’s powers are limited. The women must make their own choices.
Shireen Quadri: Did you want this novel to be at once a work of social and magical realism, steeped in Middle Eastern folktale and Celtic myth?
Leila Aboulela: In my first draft of the novel, the road trip occupied a longer part. So there was more social realism, more of the three women clashing during the journey — the car breaks down, they spend a night in a B&B etc. My editor, though, felt that this was too long and that I should get the women to the monastery as soon as I can. So I ended up deleting a couple of early chapters! Once the women reached the monastery, I spent considerable time researching Scottish folktales and re-reading the Middle Eastern ones. I also wanted to incorporate the story within a story technique associated with traditional storytelling such as the One Thousand and One Nights. The Hoopoe’s tales contain stories within stories, but I was careful to structure them in a way so that the reader does not lose her way.
Shireen Quadri: It’s a lyrical and lucidly written story. Do you have to work a lot on the form, structure and the sounds of your sentences? Could you name some authors whose works have deeply influenced you?
Leila Aboulela: In general, my style has been influenced by Jean Rhys. I love her simple, lucid prose which carries a lot of emotion. In particular, Bird Summons was influenced by Doris Lessing’s Memoirs of a Survivor (1974) which is set in a post-apocalyptic England. As the physical world disintegrates around the main character, the walls inside the apartment dissolve and the woman is able to enter evolving visionary worlds of extraordinary vividness where the past and future come together.
Shireen Quadri: Who are some of the immigrant writers, both established and emerging, in the UK whose works you admire?
Leila Aboulela: From the older generation Abdulrazak Gurnah, Ben Okri and Kazuo Ishiguro. Also the Nigerian writer Buchi Emecheta and the Egyptian writer Ahdaf Soueif. Meera Syal’s novel Anita and Me (1996) is brilliant in conveying the life of a young child growing up in an immigrant family. Jhumpa Lahiri writes about the US experience, and I love her work. From the younger generation, I admire Hisham Matar, Sanjeev Sahota and Robin Yassin-Kassab. Jennifer Makumbi’s new collection of short stories Manchester Happened about Ugandans in Britain is brilliant. She is a hugely talented author.
Shireen Quadri: What are you currently working on?
Leila Aboulela: I’m working on a historical novel on the relationship between Scotland and Sudan. I’ve been researching the idea for some time now and because of the immensity of the research I’ve decided to split up the time periods and embark on a trilogy rather than a single novel! It feels like a huge commitment but I’m looking forward to it.
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Unsung Heroes of Americana Music: Jean Ritchie & Susie Glaze-Two Folk Singers, One Voice
Mary Catherine Reynolds
POSTED ON AUGUST 7, 2013
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There is a valley deep in the Cumberland mountains of Eastern Kentucky where, during the early part of the 20th century, no radio signal could reach. In the 1920’s the people had no other resource than to sing the songs taught to them by their ancestors who had immigrated from the British Isles many years before. Handed down for generations by the oral tradition of songs and stories, these became woven into their daily life. They were sung and told while the people labored, worshiped and entertained each other.
It’s easy to imagine the ancient voices of the singers as they echoed across the mountains and valleys of Kentucky in those faraway places. It was the voices of the ancestors who had embraced the peaceful practice of ballad and tale. Soon, it would become one voice. That voice would move like a river through the years where the people held the songs in their hearts archived for their children and grandchildren. The songs and instruments used to convey them became a source of entertainment, comfort and wisdom for generations.
That one voice soon became embodied in the childhood soul of a young girl, Jean Ritchie. She would become one of the best loved folk singers of the last one hundred years. Born into that cloistered place in 1922, others have imitated her, but few have captured the essence of her musical bloodline. It was that voice which rang clear and true during a recent interview with Americana folk singer, Susie Glaze, who
today fronts Susie Glaze and the Hilonesome Band in Los Angeles, California. She spoke with a bright enthusiasm about her career in Americana, folk and bluegrass music.
But, her eyes shined the brightest when she spoke of her musical, and in many ways, spiritual, mentor; the Kentucky folk singer, Jean Ritchie.
Glaze has spent a good part of her musical journey interpreting and honoring the 91 year old folk singer.
From her childhood, Ritchie became so immersed in the music of her ancestry, it became a way of life. The songs inhabited her daily chores which included sweeping, churning butter and the hard labor of field work. But, it was in the evening, when most families in America gathered around the radio, that her parents would sing from the treasury of songs handed down for decades. This became their source of strength, their time of bonding and a time of holiness and dance.
When young Ritchie finally did emerge from her East Kentucky Valley, she brought 300 hundred songs with her, all of them stored in her heart and mind. She was a walking treasury of American history in songs.
She had no thought of a professional career in music. Instead, she pursued an education in social work. As fate would have it, she ended up in New York City during 50s, which was the Mecca of folk music culture including future iconic figures like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and The Weavers. It was home to the radical and the intellectual as well as struggling artists and folk music enthusiasts.
But, little that was happening in New York City folk music or Greenwich Village was of much appeal to Jean Ritchie. She did, however, find a way to bring the music she carried into her daily life through her voice and her instrument. During the course of her inner-city work, Ritchie drew from her rich musical heritage of songs to entertain the children she served. It didn’t take long before the word spread about this authentic new folk singer with unique songs and a rarely seen instrument, the dulcimer.
While many of the folk singers of the day(and future generations) made attempts to posture and bring a pretense of their authenticity, Ritchie was effortlessly real, a genuine folk artist. She would produce a legacy of albums and a schedule of club, college and festival appearances for the next 50 years. It wasn’t long before she met the renowned photographer, director and artist, George Pickow. They were married and would have two sons, Jonathan and Peter.
During her career, Ritchie engaged her audience in the diversity of songs from her childhood. Although, many of her peers, like Pete Seeger, were known for writing songs of protests against war, racism and economic inequality, she usually stayed clear of controversial subjects, concerned that she might cause trouble for her family. However, when she did write something in protest, like the classic, “The L&N Don’t Stop Here Anymore,” she used the pseudonym, Than Hall, after her maternal grandfather. The song spoke to the plight of the coal miners of Hazard County, Kentucky near Ritchie’s childhood home. It was later recorded and made famous by Johnny Cash.
Among her fans during the early 60’s, were Joan Baez and Judy Collins, but, probably most notable was a 20 year-old Bob Dylan. Ritchie was present at his first concert appearance in 1961 at the 200-seat Carnegie Recital Hall. Her influence on him would show up later when he pulled a melody from a song called “Fair Nottamun Town,” to create his well-known protest song, “Masters of War.” Ritchie tried to reach Dylan about the melody since he took credit for it as well as the lyrics. However, the singer was inaccessible at the time so Ritchie hired an attorney. Dylan gave her a settlement for the song. However, he kept ownership on the credits, essentially, buying the rights to it.
One can hardly fault Susie Glaze’s enthusiasm for Jean Ritchie. But, the magnetism runs deeper than a simple fan relationship. Glaze with the Hilonesome band have successfully interpreted Ritchie’s legacy establishing it for future generations and fusing it into the cross section of their sound; a melting pot of folk, bluegrass and country,while holding fast to the purity of the roots of Richie’s music.
Glaze herself grew up in in a town just a stone’s throw from Nashville, Tennessee. Being raised in a place that allowed her the opportunity to sing in musical theater would lead her to a role on Broadway in Roger Miller’s award winning musical, Big River, based on Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn. At one point toward the end of the run, she played along side Roger Miller who played Pap Finn before the show closed in 1987. During her two years with the show, she found her interest in roots music was re-kindled. She began to study the origins of American music. It was inevitable then that she would run into such great artists as Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly and, of course, Jean Ritchie.
Weary of the city and anxious to immerse herself in bluegrass and folk music, Glaze moved to Southern California where she met her future husband, Steve Rankin, and joined his bluegrass band. During this time she also met their primary songwriter, Rob Carlson. This formed the nucleus for today’s Susie Glaze and the Hilonesome Band, a new grass/Americana group who are as comfortable interpreting contemporary songs into Celtic and bluegrass as they are keeping to old timey traditionals.
But, for Susie Glaze it was the music of Jean Ritchie, the sound of her voice that stirred her soul and something of musical greatness was born inside of her. Like an old soul reborn from those ancient American times in the Cumberlands, Glaze heard a distant kindred voice and responded in kind. Although she spent much of her early years on the musical stage and singing in L.A. bluegrass bands, her path and her voice led her back to Jean Ritchie and the sound of Cumberland mountain music from the distant past.
While Susie Glaze has continued to develop one of the finest and most original Americana groups in California (or in the country for that matter) in The Hilonesome Band, she stays involved in encouraging others to share in Jean Ritchie’s rich legacy. In 2005, her husband, Steve Rankin, adapted and directed a musical play, Singin’ The Moon Up: the Voice of Jean Ritchie, from Ritchie’s memoir, Singing Family of the Cumberlands. The show premiered at the Pennsylvania Center Stage and it is described on Glaze’s website as a collage of musical theater, concert and story telling. It was followed by a live soundtrack of the show.
Along the way, Susie Glaze and Jean Ritchie have grown into dear friends. Similar to those rare days when Bob Dylan met and sang for ailing Woody Guthrie, Glaze has been able to share the music she makes with her mentor. Her voice struck a chord with Jean Ritchie who said,
“The wonderful thing to me is that when I hear your recording of any song of mine….I feel as though it is myself, singing…It cannot be sung better – differently, but never better….with people like this to trust, my music will go on living, and soaring. And so will I”
A subject of many folk songs is the constant reminder of the temporal nature of our lives. So it is for all of us who watch our guides, teachers and mentors age and slip into that ageless place where we won’t see them again in this life. In 2009, Jean Ritchie suffered a stroke. Although it has cut down on her activity, the reports indicate that she is doing well, enjoying life in her home state surrounded by the love of her family. Unfortunately, she lost her husband, George Pickow, who passed away in 2010.
Jean Ritchie has been a living voice in American music for the last 50 years.
The music has been growing in her soul for nearly a century. For those who have loved her for all of those years, it’s time to join in with her voice and return the songs to her. As of this writing, according to Susie Glaze, a tribute album is currently being completed. It is a just finale for a great folk singer to have many voices band together to honor her solitary voice.
Susie Glaze’s voice has come to be closely identified with Jean Ritchie as they both echo through the Cumberland Valleys of the heart. Glaze is now an instrument for the songs of Jean Ritchie. Toward the end of our interview she told me how Ritchie always taught that the singer should allow the song to flow through her rather than allowing the singer’s personality to get in the way of the story. For Glaze it is the highest of praise when anyone identified her voice with that of Jean Ritchie.
For Jean Ritchie and for Susie Glaze the singer is the vessel who carries the songs and stories of the souls of long ago, longing still to be heard. These two precious voices have become that one voice that still sings into the ages and will be heard for years to come. Perhaps, somewhere in time and space, a young girl may take notice when she hears that voice carrying the song and the story to her from long ago. And perhaps she will sing.
Susie Glaze has a column at the L.A. based, Folkworks titled “Singin’ Up the Moon.”
For more information on Susie Glaze and the Hilonesome Band, visit their website.


As Americans celebrate the 196th anniversary of the most decisive day during the Battle of New Orleans, the causes of war are becoming obscure and bear remembering. By 1812, the British had effectually denied the rights of trade, neutrality and legitimate nationhood to the United States. Great Britain decided to search American trade vessels for goods sold to Napoleonic France and seize American shipmen to fight in the English war against France under the charge that they were really deserted Englishmen. The very survival of the United States rested on the principles of free trade, and upon these grounds it would stand or fall.
Because the War of 1812 is now shrouded in myth, a return to the original source material is necessary to understand America’s perspective in the early 19th century. President James Madison’s address to Congress explains decisively the British atrocities committed against American shipmen, the frontier and the federal government. Madison reminded Congress that the British in seizing American shipmen on neutral American trade vessels without “the exercise of a belligerent right founded on the law of nations against an enemy,” were acting on the “municipal prerogative” of British subjects and putting Americans under British jurisdiction. Britain, in applying their own domestic rules to the open sea, was violating America’s just claim as a legitimate nation to traverse the seas according to the law of nations. In so arguing, Madison assumed that free trade determined the international existence of a nation. Without free trade, a nation is being denied nationhood. Although strange to modern ears, Madison believed this atrocity jeopardized America’s political existence.
Then, Madison transitioned from general to particular evils. American shipmen being seized for British military service were not given a trial before a tribunal to prove that they were Americans according to laws of war, and were instead subjected to the whims of British commanders. These Americans were deprived of their country and all that they held dear, while being forced on board British naval ships to fight the wars of the very people who had abducted them. The repeated petitions of the American government were met with indifference. Madison further related how, under British orders, British ships swarmed the American coasts, ignoring American territorial jurisdiction and hindering American importation and exportation. The British would only repeal these orders if France repealed certain domestic and international decrees not exclusively relevant to the United States. Madison concluded from this that the loss of American commerce was not based upon the war rights of Britain, but upon British attempts at monopoly beneficial to its own commerce. In other words, the conflict was between British monopolization and American free trade of the seas.
Transitioning from the Atlantic to the American Western frontier, Madison added that the frontier atrocities of Native Americans against United States citizens were supported and supplied by British garrisons and tradesmen. Regarding the brutal nature of these attacks, he called the aggression “a warfare which is known to spare neither age nor sex and to be distinguished by features peculiarly shocking to humanity.”
Madison concluded, “We behold ... on the side of Great Britain, a state of war against the United States, and on the side of the United States a state of peace toward Great Britain.” Would America defend its liberty or allow Britain to usurp it?
President Madison’s war proposition was given over to the Foreign Relations Committee headed by John C. Calhoun. Calhoun, who addressed the House of Representatives on June 3, 1812, with a request for war. Echoing the arguments and sentiments of Madison, Calhoun declared, “from this review of the multiplied wrongs of the British Government since the present war, it must be evident to the impartial world, that the contest which is now forced on the United States, is radically a contest for their sovereignty and independence.” Given the choice between recognizing an already-existing war or giving up independence, Congress declared war on the same day.
Conceived in liberty, the War of 1812 proved America’s strength to preserve the liberties of free trade. Oliver Hazard Perry's victory on Lake Erie, William Henry Harrison’s triumph in the Midwest, Thomas Macdonough on Lake Champlain, the siege of Fort McHenry, and the all-conclusive Battle of New Orleans served to rid the United States of British tyranny that had so long hindered American settlement and free trade. It is fitting that the Star-Spangled Banner was composed during the War. The United States had matured into national adulthood.
However, American victory was perhaps least expected during the majority of the war. Two American campaigns to invade British Canada failed during 1812 and 1813. Detroit even surrendered to Britain in August of 1812, before Perry managed to liberate it in the Battle of Lake Erie (Sept. 10, 1813). Fleeing from Detroit, the British encountered Gen. William Henry Harrison at the Battle of the Thames (Moraviantown) and lost on Oct. 5, 1813. Chief Tecumseh died in the battle, and the frontier was now secured for the Americans. The East didn’t look so good.
Having just defeated Napoleon, the British in 1814 began concentrating its fleets and soldiers toward the United States in ever increasing numbers. They planned to strike New York, Lake Champlain, and the Hudson River in an attempt to split New England from Union. By winning the Battle of Bladensburg that August in the Chesapeake Bay, the British trooped on to Washington, D.C., and burned the Capitol. President Madison fled, and complete destruction now faced the United States.
As the British marched on to Baltimore, they attacked Fort McHenry, but the fort withstood the siege. Seeing the American flag in the September morning breeze, Francis Scott Key wrote the hope-giving words of the Star-Spangled Banner. With 10,000 veterans from Montreal moving down to the United States, another victory was necessary. Such a victory came on Sept. 11, 1814, when the Capt. Thomas Macdonough defeated the British in Plattsburg Bay on Lake Champlain. Not wishing the risk of severed communications, the British retreated back to Canada. Then, Gen. Andrew Jackson won the Battle of New Orleans on Jan. 8, 1815.
The United States had achieved a stalemate with Britain. Although some claim that the Battle of New Orleans was fought after the conclusion of the War of 1812, the Treaty of Ghent required that both countries sign it, and the United States didn’t sign it until February. The United States had beaten back the British from their shores, and was now ready to begin a century of industry and entrepreneurship unequaled in the world.
Cross-posted from Landmarks of Liberty.


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Like the United States, strong federal powers were vested within the executive branch and the President. Though the democratic elections are supposed to allow the citizens of Nigeria to be involved in political participation and to ensure accountability of the government, Nigerian democracy has been closely associated with reported malpractices of election rigging and stealing, stuffing ballot boxes, and political assassination and intimidation Ighodalo, The court system of Nigeria has also been hampered by corruption and lack of resources.
Consequentially, Nigeria inherited economic and political structures from British colonization that continues to inhibit Nigeria to fairly compete in the global economy. Though Nigeria is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of natural resources, they continue to suffer from exploitive nature of global capitalism and political corruption, preventing the true potential of Nigeria in the global context.
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The study climaxes with an Africa-centered theory of political and integrative leadership and then uses it as a prism for analyzing six Nigerian post-independence political leaderships, encompassing Nigeria's First and Second Republics, along with their military interregna. The concluding chapter includes a discussion of the implications of the study for leadership and political integration in Africa in general. The New Road to Serfdom. Daniel Hannan.
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Four destinies collide in a unique fantasy world of war and wonders, where empire is won with enchanted steel and magical animal companions fight alongside their masters in battle.
A soldier with a curse
Tala lost her family to the empress’s army and has spent her life avenging them in battle. But the empress’s crimes don’t haunt her half as much as the crimes Tala has committed against the laws of magic… and her own flesh and blood.
A prince with a debt
Jimuro has inherited the ashes of an empire. Now that the revolution has brought down his kingdom, he must depend on Tala to bring him home safe. But it was his army who murdered her family. Now Tala will be his redemption—or his downfall.
A detective with a grudge
Xiulan is an eccentric, pipe-smoking detective who can solve any mystery—but the biggest mystery of all is her true identity. She’s a princess in disguise, and she plans to secure her throne by presenting her father with the ultimate prize: the world’s most wanted prince.
A thief with a broken heart
Lee is a small-time criminal who lives by only one law: Leave them before they leave you. But when Princess Xiulan asks her to be her partner in crime—and offers her a magical animal companion as a reward—she can’t say no, and soon finds she doesn’t want to leave the princess behind.
This band of rogues and royals should all be enemies, but they unite for a common purpose: to defeat an unstoppable killer who defies the laws of magic. In this battle, they will forge unexpected bonds of friendship and love that will change their lives—and begin to change the world.
This book was fantastic. I can’t rave about it highly enough. I was lucky enough to pick up a copy at Denver Pop Culture Con this year and get approved for a NetGalley, and I absolutely loved it! The book is filled with moments that get you excited to continue on. I didn’t think I’d be so impressed with a giant rat, or a box of mushrooms, but believe me when I tell you this book had me laughing, crying, and getting really worried about my favorite characters as the pages turned. I’m a big fan of Manga and Anime, and I think that really put this book over the top for me because I could (and would LOVE) to see it as an anime in the future. It’s got it all, the tough military type, the reluctant ruler, the girl from the wrong side of the tracks, and the awkward but fantastic wannabe detective. I just couldn’t stop reading it, and have already recommended it to my friends, book club, and random strangers. It’s worth picking up a copy! You won’t regret it! I loved it, and my boyfriend loved it, it appeals to all readers and it’s got amazing representation of cultures and sexuality. It’s fantastic and just want we need right now! Go read it!
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Trying to understand the music business can be a little overwhelming. Thankfully independent artists that have trodden the path before us share their expertise in this list of the best music marketing books. These books will help you navigate your music releases, deal with record labels, understand royalties, the music industry, music marketing, music publishing, and much more.
Table of Contents
How To Make It in the New Music Business – Ari Herstand
This is another music business book that I love! Ari, a professional gigging musician, has written a comprehensive guide for the aspiring musician. How to Make It in the New Music Business covers everything you need to know about the music industry in our digital era. I read it a few years ago and found it very useful in providing an overview of the music business and what actions I can take to improve my music career.
The book explains in detail how to create a following and make money from your music. This information is provided over the following chapters: Explaining the new music industry, release strategy, building your fan base, playing live, booking and music promotion, touring, how to make real money, sponsorships, mastering the internet, crowdfunding, royalties, getting your music placed in film and TV, and Press.
Throughout the book, Ari inserts sections called “The Bridge”. The Bridge sections contain ‘how to’ guides that are relevant to the chapter. I found these really useful as they helped define what actions I needed to take. For example, ‘The Bridge’ in the chapter about releasing your music is called “26 things to do before you release your song or album“. The list provided was so useful I was able to take the action points to help develop my release plan. (You can actually get that checklist for free if you subscribe to Ari’s email list here.)
You can also find more music marketing & music business content on his website www.aristake.com
One of the best music business books available. Highly Recommended.
You may also like 13 Strategies for Better Music Marketing
All You Need to Know About the Music Business: Tenth Edition – Donald Passman
Music lawyer Donald Passman has crafted what the LA Times called the “Industry Bible”. Now in its tenth edition, All You need to Know about the Music Business is recommended as the definitive guide for all who are starting out their career in the music business.
First published in 1991, Passman condenses over 30 years of expertise into this hefty book (it’s 544 pages long!). The book’s neatly broken down into the following eight parts:
Part I – Your Team of Advisors.
Contains chapters on How to pick a team, managers, attorneys and agents.
Part II – Record Deals
Chapters covering an overview of the record business, advances, royalties, Record deals, producer & mixer deals, advanced royalties and distribution deals.
Part III – Songwriting and Music Publishing
Including chapters on Copyright basics, Music publishing companies & major income sources, More publishing income, Songwriting and administration deals, and advanced copyright concepts.
Part IV – Group Issues
Two chapters make up this part, ‘Groups’ and ‘What’s in a name?’ which cover the registration and rights of an artist’s name.
Part V – Touring
One big fat chaper on personal appearances and touring.
Part VI – Merchandising
Two chapters cover Tour Merchandising and Direct to fan merchandising.
Part VII – Classical Music
A solo chapter outlining mechanical royalties, advances and terms relating to classical music.
Part VIII – Motion Picture Music
A hefty part containing six chapters that cover an Overview of motion picture music, performer deals, film songwriter deals, composer agreements, licensing, music supervisors, soundtrack record deals
All You Need to Know About the Music Business is one of the classic music marketing books, highly recommended.
Bobby Owsinki is a successful producer/ engineer who’s written over 24 books, sharing his knowledge and experience of the music industry, he’s a writing powerhouse! The Music Business Advice Book provides more great advice from this seasoned vet.
Over the last 5 years, Owinsiki compiled a list of 150 invaluable tips from the 130 music industry pros that had appeared on his podcast, he then synthesized them into this book. The book covers advice on charging appropriate fees, tips for networking, and guidance on ‘following your fire’. This a great music business book for both professionals and beginners alike.
You can check out Bobby’s Podcast here.
I’m a big fan of Bobby’s books, his book The Mixing Engineer’s handbook also features in my list of the best music production books.
One Million Followers: How I Built a Massive Social Following in 30 Days – Brendan Kane
One million followers? In a month? That sounds too good to be true, right? Well… Brendan Kane did it. He built a combined following of one million users across different social media platforms in just one month. One month!
One Million Followers shows you how digital strategist and “growth hacker” Brendan Kane did it.
Kane has a lot of experience in the online music marketing sphere, he has had great success building online platforms for Taylor Swift and Rihanna. He’s also grown the digital audiences of brands such as MTV, Skechers, Vice, and IKEA.
Although this book is not specifically a music business book, the growth and marketing strategies can be applied to any brand or business. The reality is that a lot of our music marketing is going to be done online – so it is worth learning from more generic books to help us build our audience.
The book covers: getting into the million followers mindset, creating shareable content, strategies for driving massive growth on Instagram, how Kane gained one million followers in 30 days, targetting your audience, choosing a message for the masses, social testing, strategic alliances, going global, growth drivers for Youtube, growth with Linkedin and Staying Power
Notable Quote: “Even though building an audience does take a lot of time and effort, it’s actually one of the easier tasks. The harder part is maintaining that following, receiving engagement on posts consistently, and experiencing continual growth.”
One Million followers is an essential guide to growing your social media fan base and building a successful career online.
Real Artists Don’t Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age – Jeff Goins
I’m guilty of holding the stereotype that most artists struggle to make a living from their art. Real Artist Don’t Starve challenges that prejudice, arguing that we can capitalise on our creativity and use it to thrive in the marketplace.
Jeff challenges the notion of the starving artist by focusing on the ideas that created the myth in the first place. He then replaces the ideas with a set of 14 rules to live and thrive by. Here are a few of those:
- Steal from your influences (don’t wait for inspiration)
- Collaborate with others (working alone is a surefire way to starve)
- Take strategic risks (instead of reckless ones)
- Make money in order to make more art (it’s not selling out)
- Apprentice under a master (a “lone genius” can never reach full potential)
As an artist, I’ve definitely had to challenge my thinking around ‘making money with art’. There still lurks a sense that profiting from my art is either selling out or not entirely possible. This book is definitely one that helps musicians challenge these viewpoints. A great book for a bit of validation and reassurance.
Six Figure Musician– Jeff Goins
Six figure musician calls itself “An Open Letter to Any Musician Who Wants to Make $100,000 (or More) in the Music Business”.
Is that you?
If so, this book will help you learn what to do to make money as a musician.
Here’s a taster of some topics the book covers:
- How to get record labels to approach you (instead of you chasing them)
- “The Drip Method” — The most profitable way to release music.
- 4 proven “cures” for music business burnout and overwhelm
- What it takes for a musician to make $150,000/year (with only 500 fans)
- Are you a musician over 40? Why age doesn’t matter anymore…
- A small change in the way you release new music that is so powerful, you will double the money you make.
This book is really encouraging for musicians and I’m sure you’ll find it highly motivating.
Here’s the book’s promo video:
YouYour band is a Virusr Band Is A Virus is another great music marketing book, written by Independent Music Promotions CEO James Moore. Moore is an independent promoter who writes about all the tactics he tried himself to find success, promote music and gain a larger audience.
The book details how to time a release properly, present the right product to the world, promote to music blogs and publications, and outsource and freelance your way to success.
Moore encourages musicians to build a virtual army of allies, find like-minded people, embrace the free music model, think outside the box, and build upon every achievement. Your Band Is A Virus does all this with actionable plans and a concise, rational approach to help you achieve success with your music marketing efforts. Check it out.
You can find more from James at www.independentmusicpromotions.com.


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Are you looking for classic Australian children’s books to read with your child? Australia is still quite a young country in the big scheme of things, and so part of passing on the history of our culture and our land is through stories. Discover 22 of the best Australian children’s books about the Aussie bush to get your kids excited to see more of Australia.
Discover some of the best Australian children’s literature and classic Australian picture books with your children.
The Benefits Of Reading With Kids
Reading has many benefits for kids, including helping them to develop their language skills, improving their concentration and memory, and encouraging imagination.
There is no better way to inspire wanderlust in children than through stories and picture books. These Australian children’s books are sure to excite curious minds.
With native animals who will soon become your child’s new favourite book character to adventures that only the imagination can create.
These classic Australian kids books will have your children excited to visit Australia or simply see more of this beautiful country together if you are an Australian looking to share your childhood favourites with your own child.
Here are 22 children’s books about the Australian Bush that are a must-read, not just for a bit of magic, but for education, too.
Through the eyes of a young girl named Grace, follow the journey her family takes on a remarkable trip around Australia. Along their journey, they visit iconic and have hilarious adventures together.
With each stop, Grace discovers fascinating facts about Australia’s history, geography, and diverse wildlife. This engaging book not only entertains young readers but also fosters a sense of curiosity and appreciation for the incredible country of Australia.
You might remember reading this one when you were a child, published in 1980, Tiddalick is a legend from Aboriginal Mythology about a rather thirsty frog.
Tiddalick woke up so thirsty one morning that he drank all the water from all of the billabongs, lakes and rivers leaving everything dry. There was no water left for the other animals and so they had to come up with a plan to make him laugh and spit the water out.
Another Australian Classic, The Rainbow Serpent tells the story of the creation of massive ridges, mountains and gorges by The Rainbow Serpent as it pushed up from underground.
The story also represents the way water meanders across the landscape like a snake and captures the sun reflecting light and colours. The Rainbow Serpent is well known for representing fertility and abundance.
The adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie are something children need to experience; it’s pure magic and as real as the Easter Bunny is to young children.
Tales from the Bush is yet another adventure in the Australian Bush where Snugglepot and Cuddlepie go on the search for gold. They also go camping, make new friends and explore the wonders of the Australian Bush.
may have recently had a lot of rain, but the drought is always a reality for
many parts of Australia. This book by Jackie French provides an excellent
opportunity to explain to children the effects that drought has on the land and
Through the Smoke tells the story of a fire roaring through the Australian Bush from the perspective of three children. The fire is frightening, but the children’s imaginations tell the story of cruel beasts and brave knights.
This book, inspired by the 2011 floods, tells the story of how floods can have such a significant impact on homes and livelihoods. Flood is a book that helps children understand the impact floods can have, without being too confronting.
It also reminds children that amongst chaos and disaster, there are heroes and helpers, too.
Did your parents read this to you when you were young? Published in 1983, this is still a favourite on the family bookshelf, particularly because Grandma Poss makes the bush magic and the little possum Hush, invisible!
But Grandma Poss gets stuck, she can’t remember how to make Hush visible again. The best part of this book is their journey across Australia to find the food that will make Hush visible again.
Here are a few more of our favourite classic Australian children’s books:
Any of these books would make great gift ideas for families planning to visit Australia with kids, as a fun way to introduce some of the Australian wildlife and landscape in a way that is entertaining for kids.
They are also essentials for every Aussie kid’s home reading collection!
Nothing beats the magic of the bush at storytime, nor a good, honest lesson about the realities of living in our beautiful yet often relentless country like these classic Australian books share. Books also make wonderful travel gifts for kids!
Do you already have any favourite Australian children’s picture books?


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Last night I burned five old photography books that became virtually unusable when my trailer flooded last winter, most of the pages were stuck together, and on the farm it's just so much easier to dispose of the ashes than the actual books. Sadly one of them was the David Bailey book that my housemate Jason stole from the campus library about eight years ago. By the time I stole it from him the pages were already separated from the cover and the book itself in many pieces. You can help me feel better by buying me another copy here. Click on the images to make them bigger.
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One of my favorite ways of book sourcing is attending book sales.
Since you already know how to find those book sales (with the help of BookSalesFound), I want to give you a few tips on how to rock every book sale you attend.
Here are some tips you should know before you go:
1. Prepare and plan ahead of time.
When choosing a book sale in BookSalesFound, give preference to the exclusive sales. It may well be that you’re the only dealer at those sales.
Plan your route and pack your car the day before you go. Bring a few heavy-duty tote bags, or a backpack to carry books to your car (I don’t recommend cardboard boxes, they are difficult to carry).
Prepare some food and water so you have everything you need while you are there.
2. Choose and check your scouting equipment.
There’s a few options of scouting tools: smartphone scanning apps, Bluetooth scanners, PDA scanners. Each has its benefits and drawbacks.
I have a blog post on this topic – www.frankaaronflorence.com/blog/scouting-tools – where I broke down pros & cons of the most popular scanning tools. It’ll help you choose which setup will work better for you.
Whatever scouting tool you choose, make sure your equipment/app is updated and your phone is fully charged. I recommend getting a portable phone battery to prevent your phone from dying in the middle of the sale.
3. Bring help.
More than one pair of hands go through twice as many books in half the time. Ask someone to come and help you scan books. Make a fun *and profitable* road trip out of it 😉
4. Call in advance.
Make sure that the date and time are correct. Find out if they have a preview sale, VIP sales at a certain time, restock on a certain day, or a special deal on the last day.
5. Take cash.
Some library book sales do accept credit cards, but a vast majority of them still don’t. So bring some cash with you, preferably in smaller bills, to give exact change and avoid feverish running about in search for the nearest ATM.
6. Volunteer at book sales.
Join The Friends of the Library which is a volunteer organization that most libraries have. As a volunteer sometimes you will be allowed to make purchases before the book sale starts or even a day earlier. Also, since you’re helping with a setup of the sale, you’ll get your hands on the books first, which gives you a huge leg up.
These are all the tips I have regarding the “before a book sale” preparation. In my next blog post, I’ll give you advice on what to do at a book sale to get the most out of it.
Meanwhile, please leave your comments in the comment section below with your own tips on how to rock book sales: how do you prepare for a book sale, what do you take with you? Your input would be appreciated!
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One for the Books, Every member of the DRSIS family loves curling up with a good book to read! The school took its love for reading to the next level by participating in the ‘One Nation Reading Together’ celebration, an initiative by Scholastic, on the 3rd of December, 2018.
The whole school community, including the teaching, administrative and support staff, joined our students and schools across the country in celebrating reading as a pleasurable and enriching experience. The day saw books flying off our library shelves, with fiction being a popular choice for children and adults alike. Each class began the reading experience by first taking the reading pledge written for the event by the celebrated and award-winning author, Paro Anand. The event truly rekindled many readers’ love for books and made reading a community experience.


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About the Book
Le-Anne, a 16-year-old lesbian reject, and Tyler, the sweetest, most Aspergian nine-year-old you ever saw, only seem to have one thing in common: their isolation from the small, white, upper-middle-class suburb they live in.
In a turn of events, they meet and bond, and they realize that nobody in this town is what one would expect them to be. Not everyone is as one-dimensional or carefree as they seem, when you don’t look too hard at them.
This book is recommended for ages 14+ (contains mature language & references to the existence of sex).
Barnacle Books is a small press that supports the work of young authors. Each publication is the result of a long-term consulting project, during which writers identify specific goals and strategies for their writing. We hope that our books will inspire you to take on your own writing challenges!


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Once upon a time in the Ozarks there was a resort called Monte Ne, which was founded by a man who was famous in his time, though nearly forgotten today. His name was William Hope Harvey, and he was an important advisor on economic matters to William Jennings Bryan during Bryan’s presidential bid in 1896. Harvey had visited Rogers during that campaign and was impressed with the beauty of the area, which reminded him of his native West Virginia.
In 1900 he returned and bought up some of those hills and valleys and springs, specifically a place called “Silver Springs.” It was around this cluster of springs that he built Monte Ne, which was to become variously a health resort, a political headquarters, a publishing house, a think tank for philosophical luminaries, a place for the education and improvement of civilization itself and finally a time capsule, a phoenix egg from which a new civilization would arise after the demise of the present one.
Harvey, like practically everybody who tries to make things better, was just frustrated as all get-out that other people didn’t see the self-evident truth of his ideas and the corruption and hypocrisy of the status quo. Despite his message of integrity, honesty, service and compassion, people found him to be a pretty cold fish, hard to please, difficult to work for and hard to approach personally.
He originally established Coin Publishing Company in Chicago to publish Coin Magazine to get his message to the world. That message was pretty much a list of what was wrong with western civilization. The magazine failed, but Harvey still had his message to get out, so he put some of the most important points in one book, called “Coin’s Financial School.” This book was a fictionalized debate between a young genius named “Coin” and others representing bankers, stockbrokers, politicians, newspapermen and the various aspects of the prevailing political and economic reality. In these monkeyed-up debates, Coin always runs rings around the opposition and makes them look like stooges. Thereafter, Coin became Harvey’s nickname.
“Coin’s Financial School” sold over 1.5 million copies, but it’s hard to find today. To make his theories more available to the masses the books were made of the cheapest materials, and 125 years later they’ve mostly crumbled to dust. I read “Coin’s Financial School” in the Butler Center of the LRPL, and after returning it to the librararian and returning to the table to collect my things I found a dusting of yellowed pulp, the price paid by the book for being read one more time.
Monte Ne was not his first big project. Before Coin Publishing and before Monte Ne, and with no training in geology, he moved to Colorado and started mining. His mine, “The Silver Bell,” failed, but he promoted the industry by ramroddiing the construction of an ostentatious “Palace of Minerals” in Pueblo. He left Colorado under unpleasant circumstances. He had promised to contribute $5000 of his own money to the project, and other investors felt he might have held back. He moved to Ogden, UT and went into real estate. While there he concieved and staged a wild west version of Mardi Gras, even importing parade royalty from New Orleans.
After Utah he formulated his social theories and became a famous guy and people listened to what he said, and he debated other famous guys in public on matters pertaining to the economy and what was wrong with it. I’m going to try to distill Harvey’s financial thoughts as much as possible. This is pretty dry stuff, but I’m including it because all the other sources I read had practically nothing to say about the ideas he espoused. This comes from “The Book,” which was published in 1930 and from “Coin’s Financial School,” published in 1896.
**This article is excerpted from Russell T. Johnson’s article on Monte Ne from The Arkansas Roadside Travelogue. You can find the original located at http://arkansasroadsidestories.com/history/montene.html
This article is Copyrighted – Russell T. Johnson , reprinted with thanks.


The Peerless Quartet
The Peerless Quartet is said to be the most commercially successful vocal group of the acoustic recording era.
Personnel changed frequently. The Quartet is an off shoot of the Columbia Male Quartet. In 1904 it consisted of tenors Henry Burr and Albert Campbell, baritone Steve Porter, and bass Tom Daniels. In 1906 Frank C. Stanley replaced Daniels and assumed lead singing and managing responsibilities.
The “Peerless Quartet” name appeared in 1906-1907. The group was called the Columbia Quartet on Columbia records for many years after other companies adopted the Peerless name.
Arthur Collins filled Porter’s slot in 1909. When Stanley died in 1910, John Meyer became the bass and Burr sang the lead. Frank Croxton joined the group when Collins left in 1918.
In 1925 Burr changed to personnel to include himself, Carl Mathieu, Stanley Baughman and James Stanley. The Quartet disbanded in 1928.
Biographical sources: “The Encyclopedia of Acoustic Era Recording Artists,” by Tim Gracyk, “Billy Murray, The Phonograph Industry’s First Great Recording Artist,” by Hoffmann, Carty, & Riggs.
Henry Burr was the pseudonym of Harry McClaskey, a world famous pop singer and recording artist of the 1902-1929 period. Credited with making over 5000 phonograph recordings for almost every record company and performing in many concerts throughout North America, this Canadian-American remains one of the most famous, and yet, one of the most forgotten recording artists of all time. Most information about Burr has come from a series of article written by Jim Walsh and the New York Times obituary.
Born in Saint Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, Harry’s family moved to Saint John, New Brunswick, where Harry began his singing career as a boy tenor performing in local churches, and exhibitions. In 1901 he ventured into New York City, and found work as a church soloist. He also met Miss Kate Stella Burr, an organist and a vocal teacher, whose name he borrowed. By the fall of 1902 he became one of the recording artists for Columbia Graphophone, Edison Records, and later Victor Records. In 1905 he had a hit song with In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree. He was accepted into the Columbia Quartet which later became the Peerless Quartet. He became its manager in 1912. For the next 10-15 years, the Quartet and its later offshoot, the Sterling Trio, became one of the most popular recording groups in America, recording hundreds of 78’s of popular songs. Some estimates of the number of records made by Burr and his ensembles (Peerless Quartet and Sterling Trio) reach over 10,000.
Between 1916 and 1928, in addition to recording, Burr managed and toured the US and Canada with the Peerless Quartet, Billy Murray, and three other Victor Artists. The group was called the Eight Famous (Popular) Victor Artists and were a great success wherever they appeared.
The onset of radio, moving pictures, and jazz, outdated the sentimental style of music that Burr was familiar with and he disbanded the Quartet in October of 1928. After making several solo recordings on smaller labels, freelancing, and working for a short while at CBS, in 1934, Burr became a popular regular performer on Chicago’s WLS radio programs. He died of complication associated with throat cancer and heart failure at the age of 59. Burr lies buried in an unmarked grave in an upstate New York cemetery in Kenisco.
In his early years, Burr often returned to give concerts in New Brunswick, Canada, where even today, he is still remembered and appreciated.
Henry Burr Research Project
Started in 1984 this labor of love, is an ongoing effort to document as much as possible about Burr’s life and his recordings.
Two paperbacks, The Life and Times of Henry Burr, and the Preliminary Henry Burr Discography are currently being compiled. The publication date has been delayed several times as additional information trickles in, but 2003 should be it. Each book contains over 350 pages, tens of rare photographs, and is a result of much research through various archives, libraries, microfilms, personal interviews, record collections. The Life, reconstructs Burr’s early life and career in New Brunswick and New York, follows him through his recording period, tours with the Eight Victor Artists, and his final work at WLS. The Discography will contain a detailed discography of over 4000 records issued with Burr, Peerless Quartet, and the Sterling Trio on over 100 labels.
The Project welcomes any information on Burr or the recordings. We are always looking for lost relatives of Harry McClaskey (Henry Burr), or relatives of any of the artists that Harry recorded with, such as Albert Campbell, Monroe Silver, Frank Banta, Sammy Hermany, and anyone who may still be alive from the WLS National Barn Dance radio broadcasts, where Burr performed from 1935 to 1941. Also of great interest are titles, matrix numbers and issue numbers of records other than Victor and Columbia.
When Henry Burr died in Chicago, his wife Cecilia McClaskey was the only remaining relatives. Cecilia died in 1954 with no siblings left behind. There, the trail seemed to end, or so it seems.
If you may have any clues, please do send us mail to firstname.lastname@example.org. You will be put on the list for the bio/disco and will be notified when it becomes available.


“Gothic in Japan” Symposium
A symposium that investigates the Gothic’s status
as a site of intercultural exchange
between Japan and Anglophone countries and across Asian cultures
Saturday 13 January 2018,
10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Integrated Research Building for Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagoya University
In addition to signifying a style of architecture, the English term ‘Gothic’ refers to a type of fiction that uses mysterious locations, strange events and frightening characters to overwhelm readers with feelings of terror and horror. In recent years, the global nature of this literary genre and cultural form has increasingly been recognized, and scholars such as Andrew Hock Soon Ng, Katarzyna Ancuta and Charles Shiro Inouye have highlighted the relationship between Anglophone Gothic and analogous cultural and narrative traditions in Japan and the status of the Gothic in East Asian cultures.
While the Japanese adaptation ‘goshikku’ (ゴシック) is used typically in relation to street-fashion and pulp horror fiction, the English word is broader in meaning, applicable to canonical and popular forms of art, design, fashion, film, literature and music from the mid-eighteenth-century to the present, including Japanese Kaidan-shū (怪談集) or ‘strange stories’), j-horror classics from Kaneto Shindo’s 1968 Yabuno Naka No Kuroneko (藪の中の黒猫 or 'The Black Cat') to Takashi Shimizu’s 2003 Ju-On (呪怨 or ‘Ju-On: The Grudge’), the writings of Izumi Kyoka, Edogawa Rampo and Kōji Suzuki and Japanese adaptations of British Gothic sources such as Ishirō Hondo’s 1968 film Furankenshutain Tai Chitei Kaijū Baragon (フランケンシュタイン対地底怪獣バラゴン or ‘Frankenstein Conquers the World’). In addition, Japan been imagined as a Gothic location by Anglophone writers as varied as David Belasco, Alice Maybel Bacon, William Elliott Griffis, James S. De Benneville and Dorothy Wayman.
This symposium investigates the Gothic’s status as a site of intercultural exchange between Japan and Anglophone countries and across Asian cultures.
Discussion will explore questions including:
To what extent can Japanese narrative forms be labelled Gothic?
What might the psychoanalytic and new historicist methodologies applied conventionally to Gothic texts reveal about Japanese cultural artefacts? To what extent might these narratives suggest unique approaches?
How might an understanding of philosophies, histories and viewpoints prevalent in Japan (Shintō, Confucianism, Buddhism) reshape our understanding of the Gothic and classic Gothic texts
How have canonical Gothic texts been received in Japan? In what ways has Japan gothicised Western texts as part of their reception and adaptation?
Is Gothic a feature of Japanese modernity? Or does it predate interactions with the West? If the Gothic can be said to be a Japanese tradition how does that complicate our understandings of Western Gothic?
How does the Gothic represent and respond to European imperialism and globalization? Is the Gothic a feature of globalization or a critique of it?
How does Japanese Gothic intersect with the Gothic in other East Asian nations?
Alex Watson (Nagoya University)
‘“Baby, the stars shine bright”: Happy Gothic in Japan’
11:40-13:10 Panel 1
Lindsay Nelson (Meiji University)
‘Pure Poison: The Gothic Femme Fatale in Japanese Horror Cinema’
Fiona Tomkinson (Nagoya University)
‘Iris Murdoch’s “Japanese Gothic”’
Yuto Koizumi (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
‘The Revelation of Murder as a Reflection of Modern Gothic Japan in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cure’
13:10-13:55 Lunch Break (lunch to be provided)
13:55-14:55 Panel 2
Samantha Landau (Showa Women’s University)
‘Passionate Women, Vengeful Spirits: Female Ghosts and the Japanese Gothic Mode’
Yu Umemiya (Waseda University)
‘Macbeth and The Throne of Blood: Kurosawa’s Approach to Western Gothic’
15:10-16:00 Sarah Olive (University of York)
‘Vanguard taste and fashion spirit’: a Chinese trigger for exploring feminist responses to twenty-first century, Western zeitgeist in vampire Romeo and Juliet texts’
16:00- 16.30 Roundtable
Mark Weeks (Nagoya University)
Alex Watson (Nagoya University)
Conference Hall, Integrated Research Building for Humanities and Social Sciences,
Nagoya University (Higashiyama Campus)
（名古屋大学（東山キャンパス） 文系総合館 カンファレンスホール）
Dr. Alex Watson (Nagoya University)
Dr. Sarah Olive (University of York)
We would be grateful for any comments or feedback.