Andrew SzantonThe Extraordinary Mary Tyler MooreMARY TYLER MOORE, born in Brooklyn in 1936, and raised mostly in Los Angeles, starred in two of the great TV sit-coms of all-time: “The…4d ago4d ago
Andrew SzantonRaymond Chandler: Master of a Moral Shadow LandRAYMOND CHANDLER has written more evocatively about Los Angeles than anyone else. Chandler wrote “The Big Sleep” (1939), “Farewell My…Jul 291Jul 291
Andrew SzantonThe Andrews Sisters: Singing Through World War TwoWhen Olga Sollie, a Norwegian-American Lutheran, married Greek-American Peter Andreas in Minnesota in 1910, Olga’s parents were unhappy…Jul 201Jul 201
Andrew SzantonPhilip Curtin: A West Virginia Historian Ponders IndependenceBeing an historian is for me a “road not taken” and I hope all these profiles of Americans that I post might collectively constitute some…Jul 13Jul 13
Andrew SzantonA Serial Killer in ConnecticutAMY ARCHER-GILLIGAN lived in 1900 on Prospect Street just north of the Windsor Green, in Windsor, Connecticut. She operated The Archer Home…Jul 10Jul 10
Andrew SzantonBaxter Black, the Cowboy PoetBAXTER BLACK, a cowboy poet from New Mexico, was born at the Brooklyn Naval Hospital in 1945 while his father Robert was serving in the…Jul 1Jul 1
Andrew SzantonLarissa FastHorse: Lakota PlaywrightLARISSA FAStHORSE, the Lakota (“Sioux”) playwright, was raised largely in the town of Winner, South Dakota. Her father was a full-blood…Jun 172Jun 172
Andrew SzantonJerry West: A Perfectionist in an Imperfect WorldJust a few days after the passing of Bill Walton, another NBA icon is gone, and I feel sad. This is my profile of the great JERRY WEST.Jun 131Jun 131
Andrew SzantonNikole Hannah-Jones and the 1619 ProjectNIKOLE HANNAH-JONES, the journalist and African-American activist, has raised essential questions about the United States, what our nation…Jun 10Jun 10
Andrew SzantonBill Walton Reaches the MountaintopWhen BILL WALTON graduated from UCLA, he was drafted by the Portland Trailblazers of the NBA. On the surface, the Blazers were a good fit…May 281May 281