Caught, The Missing, Book 5 by Margaret Peterson Haddix. I have enjoyed all of the books in this series about time-traveling children who were kidnapped from their proper places in history and given to adoptive parents in the twenty-first century, but Caught may be my favorite of all the books in the series. In this …
Category Archive: 1903
Jul 30
1903: Art and Music
“In the Good Old Summertime” was a popular song of 1903, first published in 1902 with music by George Evans and lyrics by Ren Shields. Sheet music, player piano, and even recordings were all ways to buy and enjoy popular music in the early twentieth century. Sousa’s band recorded “In the Good Old Summertime” in …
Jul 29
1903: Events and Inventions
Mach 5, 1903. The Turkish Ottoman Empire and Germany sign an agreement to build the Constantinople-Baghdad Railway. Germany is trying to make an easily accessible way for German trade to the Far East. Britain, Germany’s rival, shows concern about German expansionism. April 22, 1903. The new New York Stock Exchange building at 18 Broad Street …
Jul 27
1903: Books and Literature
Nobel Prize for Literature: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian poet and playwright. Fiction Bestsellers: 1. Mary Augusta Ward, Lady Rose’s Daughter 2. Thomas Nelson Page, Gordon Keith 3. Frank Norris, The Pit Wheat speculation and the commodities market in Chicago. 4. Alice Hegan Rice, Lovey Mary Orphan girl Lovey Mary runs away to the Cabbage Patch (see …
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