tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post3399971508182601202..comments2024-03-29T00:34:59.084-07:00Comments on Kittling: Books: bookfinds @ Kittling: Books --Bonanza!Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-52238233459595792852010-04-10T21:12:49.009-07:002010-04-10T21:12:49.009-07:00Buffalo Soldier-- Sergeant Rutledge is an excellen...Buffalo Soldier-- Sergeant Rutledge is an excellent movie.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-51387563652469009172010-04-10T21:11:26.673-07:002010-04-10T21:11:26.673-07:00Buffalo Soldier--Thanks for the info!Buffalo Soldier--Thanks for the info!Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-2950715558331052862010-04-03T13:19:18.912-07:002010-04-03T13:19:18.912-07:00If you like a real woman's story, check this o...If you like a real woman's story, check this out:<br /><br />The real ‘Stagecoach Mary’ story:<br />Mary Fields, Black Mary, and ‘Stagecoach Mary’ are all one of the same person. Mary was born in 1832, a slave in Tennessee and was owned by a Catholic family; the father was a businessman and Judge who had a single girl child the same age as Mary. Mary’s mother was the House Slave Servant and the judge’s favorite cook; therefore Mary was always in the main house, in the kitchen and not in the fields, as a Field Slave. Mary’s father was a Field Slave, and Field Slaves were not allowed in the Main House, much less, to court a House Slave. Mary’s mother became pregnant by Mary’s father and he was beaten and sold to another plantation for getting Mary’s mother pregnant. After Mary’s birth, Mary’s mother and her were allowed to stay in the main house, and Mary became the Judge’s daughters’ playmate, therefore being the Judge’s daughter’s playmate, Mary was allowed to read and write, a rarity for that time.<br /><br />After the emancipation and coming into adulthood, Mary was 6 feet tall and weighed over 200 pounds. Mary became her own woman and traveled solely from Tennessee, up and down the Mississippi River, to Ohio, then finally to Montana where she got her nickname at the turn of the 20th Century. She earned this nickname by working for “Wells Fargo” delivering the United States Mail through adverse conditions that would have discouraged the most hardened frontiersmen of her time. All by herself, she never missed a day for 8 years, carrying the U. S. Mail and other important documents that helped settle the wild open territory of central west Montana.<br /><br />Mary had no fear of man, nor beast, and this sometimes got her into trouble. She delivered the mail regardless of the heat of the day, cold of night, wind, rain, sleet, snow, blizzards, Indians and Outlaws.<br /><br />Mary was a cigar smoking, shotgun and pistol toting Negro Woman, who even frequented saloons drinking whiskey with the men, a privilege only given to her, as a woman. However, not even this fact, sealed Mary's credentials given to her, her credentials boasted that, “She would knockout any man with one punch”, a claim which she proved true.<br /><br />Her fame was so acclaimed, even the Actor, Gary Cooper, two time Academy Award Winner, told a story about her in 1959 which appeared in Ebony Magazine that same year. While, Annie Oakley and Martha Canary (Calamity Jane) were creating their history with Buffalo Bill, Stagecoach Mary was making “her Epic Journey!”<br /><br />Despite Mary's hardness, she had another side of her, a kindness so strong, even today, in the beginning of the 21st Century, the town of Cascade, Montana, and other surrounding communities celebrate her birthday.<br /><br />The Epic movie is in pre-production mode. Check out website at http://www.stagecoachmary.netErich Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03365350370442736633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-91766324648228712382010-04-03T13:01:14.783-07:002010-04-03T13:01:14.783-07:00How do you keep a people down? ‘Never' let the...How do you keep a people down? ‘Never' let them 'know' their history.<br /><br /><br />"If a race has no history, it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated."<br /><br />Dr. Carter G. Woodson 1875 – 1950<br /><br />“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.”<br /><br />Marcus Garvey 1887-1940<br /><br />"A tree without roots can bare no fruit, it will die."<br /><br />Erich Martin Hicks 1952 - Present<br /><br /><br />Keep telling that history, our history:<br /><br />Read the novel; Rescue at Pine Ridge, "RaPR", where Buffalo Bill Cody meets a Buffalo Soldier. A great story of black military history...the first generation of Buffalo Soldiers.<br /><br />The 7th Cavalry got their butts in a sling again after the Little Big Horn Massacre, fourteen years later, the day after the Wounded Knee Massacre. If it wasn't for the 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers, there would of been a second massacre of the 7th Cavalry.<br /><br />Read the novel, “Rescue at Pine Ridge”, 5 stars Amazon, Barnes & Noble and the youtube trailer commercial...and visit the website http://www.rescueatpineridge.com<br /><br />I hope you’ll enjoy the novel. I wrote it from my mini-series movie of the same title, “RaPR” to keep my story alive. Hollywood has had a lot of strikes and doesn't like telling our stories...its been “his story” of history all along…until now. The movie so far has attached, Bill Duke directing, Hill Harper, Glynn Turman, James Whitmore Jr. and a host of other major actors in which we are in talks with see imdb.com at; http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0925633/<br /><br />When you get a chance, also please visit our Alpha Wolf Production website at; http://www.alphawolfprods.com and see our other productions, like Stagecoach Mary, the first Black Woman to deliver mail for Wells Fargo in Montana, in the 1890's, “spread the word”.<br /><br />Peace.Erich Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03365350370442736633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-70829078387618658162010-04-03T11:11:56.882-07:002010-04-03T11:11:56.882-07:00Margot-- I like pioneer women's history more a...Margot-- I like pioneer women's history more and more as the years pass. You'll have to let me know what you think of Perfection Salad!<br /><br />Kathy-- I'd probably be one of the teachers who had to show up at school carrying a gun.<br /><br />Kay-- You're welcome. I liked the female Ranger angle of Singularity, too.<br /><br />DC-- I honestly don't know which one to choose out of all those women's history books!<br /><br />Barbara-- It certainly felt as though I'd discovered a treasure trove. I don't mind the slight misspelling. The one that rubs my fur the wrong way is spelling it with a K. :)Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-72982189813463728052010-04-03T07:43:33.910-07:002010-04-03T07:43:33.910-07:00Sorry Cathy, my neighbor spells it Cathe. I'm...Sorry Cathy, my neighbor spells it Cathe. I'm obviously thinking about all those books. :)Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04179027379034179865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-11525618627803973152010-04-03T07:42:15.249-07:002010-04-03T07:42:15.249-07:00Darn you, Cathe. How am I ever going to pare down...Darn you, Cathe. How am I ever going to pare down my wish list? I own several books about women in the Old West and your list intrigues me, and I love mystery novels set in Russia. You've found a treasure trove this week.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04179027379034179865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-919791791279618662010-04-02T18:34:15.693-07:002010-04-02T18:34:15.693-07:00Wow what a great collection of books! I think Hea...Wow what a great collection of books! I think Hearts West looks especially good!DCMetroreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02229456529059098518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-58111076361719706102010-04-02T17:57:21.250-07:002010-04-02T17:57:21.250-07:00What a great looking set of books! So interesting...What a great looking set of books! So interesting with all the historical books about women. I love those. I have Singularity, but I have not read it yet (story of my life). I find it interesting that the main character is a woman Texas Ranger. An unheard of thing not that many years ago. Thanks for sharing, Cathy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-2891063656192376322010-04-02T17:10:20.228-07:002010-04-02T17:10:20.228-07:00Frontier Teachers looks perfect for you!Frontier Teachers looks perfect for you!bermudaonionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-40964741480205934932010-04-02T16:01:14.280-07:002010-04-02T16:01:14.280-07:00OMG - I want the first five plus Fried Egg Quilt. ...OMG - I want the first five plus Fried Egg Quilt. I'm developing a love for reading about women's history too. I should say I like the pioneer women's history. I just got Perfection Salad from the library which I believe was recommended by you. You are the best/worst influence on me.<br /><br />By the way, I like the new "End of Winter" picture.Margothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07422981969760935118noreply@blogger.com