(Every couple of months or so I will write excerpts of interest from my history research.The following piece is one such.) The times shape the man (or woman). It is in part why research for a story, history or novel is so fascinating. Why do people react to similar environmental circumstances in vastly different ways? … Continue reading Salomon Pico’s Monterey
Zorro
Salomon Pico Addendum
It is past time to make good my promise to the history buff followers of this column to share findings from my research. Of my ongoing projects, the latest development of interest concerns my research into the life of California bandit Salomon Pico, considered by some the Zorro model. The Pico family (or should I say families) … Continue reading Salomon Pico Addendum
History is an Artichoke
I am immersed in research. The project began over five years ago out of curiosity and has grown sufficiently to become the infrastructure for a historical novel, or maybe even a biography. History, I've found, is like an artichoke; a cultivated thistle with a flower of tough outer layers that protects a tender heart. My … Continue reading History is an Artichoke
R Lawson Gamble 