tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post142456667642405891..comments2024-03-19T18:17:56.821-04:00Comments on Colonial Quills: The Loyalist DilemmaCarrie Fancett Pagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-77462746141422908812016-04-12T16:37:37.397-04:002016-04-12T16:37:37.397-04:00Thank you, Janet! So much story fodder, so little ...Thank you, Janet! So much story fodder, so little time ... ! And the words seem so inadequate sometimes to fully convey what I feel when I research.Shannon McNearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14731942705231600275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-56963038209346205222016-04-12T16:36:02.875-04:002016-04-12T16:36:02.875-04:00You're so welcome! We do occasionally need tha...You're so welcome! We do occasionally need that, don't we? I hope it proves to be helpful. :)Shannon McNearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14731942705231600275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-64505699418752549382016-04-12T09:58:34.260-04:002016-04-12T09:58:34.260-04:00Great post, Shannon. Studying Revolutionary War he...Great post, Shannon. Studying Revolutionary War here in Virginia, one constantly comes across the disparate motivations for people taking either side. Either way, was very risky.Janet Grunsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03635290708361600803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-8723897161782584362016-04-12T00:53:35.062-04:002016-04-12T00:53:35.062-04:00Shannon, thank you for the links to these resource...Shannon, thank you for the links to these resources. I'm so bogged down in my plot lines that I really need some good reading to jump start my enthusiasm again. Can hardly wait to check them out.Judith Roblhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896616623573839165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-15568319010751535182016-04-11T15:02:15.452-04:002016-04-11T15:02:15.452-04:00Exactly, Pegg. It was risky to take sides, risky n...Exactly, Pegg. It was risky to take sides, risky not to. "Perilous times shall come..." and that isn't just referring to today. I love studying the complexity of history and individual families' backgrounds. Thanks for sharing!Shannon McNearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14731942705231600275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-27161213510406845042016-04-11T15:00:31.770-04:002016-04-11T15:00:31.770-04:00Yes!! Beautifully put. Thank you so much for takin...Yes!! Beautifully put. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit and comment!Shannon McNearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14731942705231600275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-91738332435405213572016-04-11T14:59:07.236-04:002016-04-11T14:59:07.236-04:00Oh, fun stuff! We've researched our family tre...Oh, fun stuff! We've researched our family tree back to the 1600s and during the Revolution, we had family fighting on both sides. One branch resettled in Canada, only to relocate back to the States after a couple of generations. One of my colonial era novellas has as the hero a young man who is not on fire for the Revolution and yet isn't a Tory either. I found him to be a very Pegg Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113756304449398701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139112422565969072.post-72994414310601102642016-04-11T13:22:22.310-04:002016-04-11T13:22:22.310-04:00Classroom histories, and even popular fictionaliza...Classroom histories, and even popular fictionalizations (I'm looking at you, Mel Gibson!) that depict the incredible complexity of the American War of Independence as a simplistic black-and-white, good-versus-evil struggle are not only inaccurate, but they're missing out on the many incredible stories of wrenching choices made by those who lived through that era.<br /><br />There were Lars D. H. Hedborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943440398890692578noreply@blogger.com