From Putnam’s Monthly Magazine September 1869, pp. 352-359 Note by the Editor — During Mr. Cooper’s residence at Paris, he wrote, at the request of an English friend, his recollections of the great eclipse of 1806. This article, which is undated, must have been written about the year 1831, or twenty-five years after the eclipse. [...]
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James Fenimore Cooper’s Account of the Dark Day of 1806
Posted in First-person accounts on May 27, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Sense of Direction
Posted in First-person accounts, Photography on July 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“However, when I come back from trips to Siberia or the Sahara Desert, my friends often marvel at how easily I can lose my way between Grand Central and Fifty-first Street while walking to the dentist. Just recently, driving home from New York to Connecticut, I managed to lose my sense of direction so completely [...]
Leningrad? Beirut? Sarajevo?
Posted in First-person accounts on October 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The caves were plainly becoming a necessity, as some persons had been killed on the street by fragments of shells. The room that I had so lately slept in had been struck by a fragment of a shell during the first night, and a large hole made in the ceiling. I shall never forget my [...]
