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Who Created Miss Marple?
Several years ago, I was writing entries for an encyclopedia—and the project lost its funding. So, this meant that I could use the entries I wrote in another way. One of them was titled “Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple Series” and, while I don’t claim to have a super high traffic website, after I posted it on my blog, it has consistently gotten the most keyword traffic. In fact, I have fifty-nine keywords on the subject of Miss Marple in Google’s top 100. So, I thought I’d address answers to questions posted in those keywords. Who Created Miss Marple? The creator
What is Content Creation?
As a freelance content developer, I create content for a wide variety of businesses, both B2B and B2C, on a full-time basis. These have ranged from small mom and pop shops to a Fortune 500 company. I am a member of the prestigious, member-vetted American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA). I am a lifelong learner with a passion for research and writing, and I love it when a piece of content works well for a client. In the past, I provided a wide spectrum of content creation services, and so I’ll provide answers to FAQs that includes information about
Wells Waite Miller Overview
In June 2018, I decided to pick a forgotten Civil War soldier, doing so pretty randomly, and then try to reconstruct his life and his world as fully as possible. Wells Waite Miller came from a farming background and attended Oberlin Preparatory School. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in the spring of 1861 in response to President Abraham Lincoln’s call for men. He fought in the heat of the battle at Antietam without injury and was badly wounded at Gettysburg during what’s now called “Pickett’s Charge.” He went on to become a noted agriculturalist and businessman, serving as the
A Look at Lodowick G. Miller
Over the past few years, I’ve done a deep dive into the life of Wells Waite Miller, a forgotten Civil War hero. Although I’ve found more information about him than I originally anticipated, I’m far from done—and, in this post, I’m going to share what I’ve learned about his brother, Lodowick. He also fought for the U.S. Army during the Civil War but came to a more tragic end. The parents of Lodowick and Wells—Amos and Emily (Graves) Miller—had five children in total, but three of them died in a very short period of time at far too young of
Oberlin Years: Fierce Debates About Abolitionism
When Wells Waite Miller (b. February 20, 1842) was a child and teenager, “the debate over slavery raged in the nation’s political institutions and its public places.” Because this post is part of an ongoing blog series about the life and times of a forgotten Civil War hero—Wells Waite —I want to know what the Miller family thought about the slavery question. If they had any abolitionist leanings, did they put their beliefs into practice? Unfortunately, I haven’t found direct evidence one way or the other (which doesn’t mean that I won’t speculate). What is clear: the region in which they chose
Glory Days to Invalid Corps
After suffering from serious wounds at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on July 3, 1863 in what’s now called Pickett’s Charge, Captain Wells Waite Miller of the 8th OVI faced a long recovery. As the previous blog post in this saga shows, several months later, he still required medical care. On January 8, 1864, Miller received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Army. Clearly, he wasn’t in fighting shape. So what was next for this 21-year-old man? Invalid Corps On March 5, 1864 (just two weeks after his 22nd birthday), Miller was “allowed to appear before a Board of Officers at Indianapolis, Ind.