Stretching The Food Dollar: Wisdom From The 1930s
by Heather Michon
Price: $1.49 USD. 7750 words.
Published on June 22, 2010. Nonfiction.
During the Great Depression, experts from around the country were eager to share their knowledge of food budgeting and frugal menu planning to a hungry population. Using the era's newspapers and magazines, "Stretching the Food Dollar" shows how home economists and nutritionists advised Americans on creating a healthy diet on even the slimmest of budgets.
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Member Since: June 15, 2010
Heather Michon
Biography
Heather Michon is a writer and historian on a mission to prove that writing and history need not be boring. Born in Massachusetts, she grew up in Burlington, Vermont, earning her degree in history from Trinity College of Vermont in 1996. After several years in Sedona, Arizona, she moved to Charlottesville, Virginia in 2001, where she and her husband Doug still live today. She has seen the book business from several different sides, from her first "real" job as a cashier in a friend's used-book store, to librarian at the University of Vermont and the Sedona Public Library, to a directory manager at the Philosophy Documentation Center in Charlottesville. Her career in writing began with an impassioned letter to the editor of the Burlington Free Press at the age of 7, and continues today as a frequent contributor the Vermont Woman Magazine and a variety of encyclopedias and books geared to young adults. She can be reached at heather.michon [at] gmail.com
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Books
The Longest Nights: General John Imboden and the Confederate Retreat From Gettysburg
by Heather Michon
Price: $1.50 USD. 5690 words. Published on June 21, 2010. Nonfiction.
A short account of the Confederate retreat after the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. Under the command of Virginia General John D. Imboden, a 20-mile long wagon train of the wounded were sent south into Maryland and Virginia, only to meet the enemy again Williamsport, Maryland.
Price: $1.50 USD. 5690 words. Published on June 21, 2010. Nonfiction.
A short account of the Confederate retreat after the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. Under the command of Virginia General John D. Imboden, a 20-mile long wagon train of the wounded were sent south into Maryland and Virginia, only to meet the enemy again Williamsport, Maryland.