Archive - HistoryCraft of Work/Craft/Life

The Greatest Pirate That Ever Lived

Meet Zheng Yi Sao--From Flower Boat Girl to Queen of Her Own Fleet

Apr 15, 2023 •

February 2023

“Oh, You Black Death”

Meet Henry Johnson, Winner of the Medal of Honor and Once Forgotten Hero

Feb 25, 2023 •

January 2023

New York City's First Dogwalker

My Viral Sensation Extended!

Jan 14, 2023 •

December 2022

The Dawn of the Commandos

Meet Ben Milligan, Former Navy SEAL and Author

Dec 3, 2022 •

November 2022

Path Lit by Lightning

Jim Thorpe and the 7 Unsung Qualities of the World’s Greatest Athlete

Nov 23, 2022 •

The Ball Collector, Lobsterman, Spy, and Bucket Boy

I only wonder what the Russian great Chekov could have done in turning these lives into works of art.

Nov 12, 2022 •

October 2022

This Maker of Beautiful Things

Meet Henry Studley, Master Woodworker and his Famed Creation

Oct 29, 2022 •

August 2022

Meet Lucy Schell, the Pioneering Rally Driver Who Beat the Nazis

Aug 13, 2022 •

June 2022

Juneteenth and 21st Century Slavery, a personal essay

"From day-dawn till dark, under the constant eye of a master, the same dreary, monotonous, unchanging toil..."

Jun 15, 2022 •

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