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Fragments Observed: Riding with the Mobile Police Department, Part 1
After completing “Fragments Observed: Life During Mobile’s Progressive Era” last month, I’m pleased to announce a new blog series that will hopefully take us through the end of the year. New articles in “Fragments Observed: Riding with the Mobile Police Department” will post the third week each month. In keeping with the tone of the…
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June Events and New Book
For me, author events tend to come in clumps. February was my last busy time, but this month has it topped with events. Starting things off, I’ll be presenting “What is Southern Gothic?” at Azalea Creative Con on Saturday, June 14, at 11am. It’s a ticketed event, so you need to register for ACC or purchase a…
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Part Ten, Washington Square Park
The namesake of my most recent series Washington Square Secrets is the neighborhood surrounding Washington Square Park. The area is also prominent in The Malevolent Trilogy and a couple of my short stories. The park has stood since 1850 in what is now called the Oakleigh Garden District, one of Mobile’s not-so-hidden treasures. As seen…
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Part Nine, The 1919 Fire
The city of Mobile has seen its share of disasters. Hurricanes are often the most thought of, but the disaster with one of the highest impacts for Mobilians of the past were fires. We’ve already discussed how fire destroyed two hotels at the current site of the Battle House, but there were plenty of other…
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Part Eight, The Mobile County Courthouse and a Royal Street Revisit
Part Two of this blog series showcased the Battle House hotel at the corner of Royal and St. Francis Streets. Here are a few more photographs of that area before we travel three blocks south. Reminder: the historic photos in this post are used with the permission of Historic Mobile Preservation Society for my “Fragments…