by Rick Boatright | Jan 22, 2016 | 1632 Tech
Recommended Reading Order for the 1632 Series (aka the Ring of Fire series) By Eric Flint, November 1, 2020 Whenever someone asks me “what’s the right order?” for reading the 1632 series, I’m always tempted to respond: “I have no idea. What’s the right order for...
by Rick Boatright | Apr 6, 2015 | 1632 Tech
Grantville has a public library, and each of the schools (high, middle, and elementary) has its own library. These libraries are modeled on those of Mannington, West Virginia, and if you can prove that one of the Mannington’s libraries had a particular book...
by Rick Boatright | Apr 6, 2015 | 1632 Tech
These photos show the shelves in the science and technology section of the Mannington Middle School Library (Dewey 500s and 600s). Each thumbnail links to a page showing a larger picture of the bookcase and a tabular listing of the books in the picture. Bookcase 3450...
by Rick Boatright | Apr 6, 2015 | 1632 Tech
From: “Virginia DeMarce” <virginiademarce@yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 21:26:33 -0600 Subject: Laity and literacy For pulling early modern Germans out of stereotypes, one of the more interesting things to read is Miriam Usher Chrisman, Lay...
by Rick Boatright | Apr 6, 2015 | 1632 Tech
or How to Successfully Defend Your Pet Project in 1632 Tech Manual Reading through some of the recent threads I’m concerned that there is a drift away from reality when it comes to available resources. What every project needs to know is all the resources it...
by Rick Boatright | Apr 6, 2015 | 1632 Tech
For those of you who are ACW re-enactor types, some of the best, most detailed, and most accessible descriptions of pre-modern laundry techniques are to be found in the Civil War Ladies books. Essentially, things had scarcely changed at all between the 1630’s...
