Thread: Back in time

150 years ago, in line with family tradition, I'd likely be Vanner Trotting, a musician, or dealing in horses.

Either a bodger or a farmhand. But most probably dead.

I would like to think I'd still aspire to be a writer, and then have the chance to meet some of the greats of literature that were alive at the time.

150 years ago Missouri had already been fighting the Civil War with Kansas for 5 years, it would be another year before the rest of the country joined us, the 2 largest armies on the face of the earth at the time made up of fellow country men, with over 500,000 fatalities by the end of the war, the prospects look bleak.


If you are history buff or into the American Civil War a good read is "In Deadly Earnest" by Phillip Gottschalk.

Hmmm... that's 1860. With my current age of 58, that would put my birth year at 1802. Given the life-expectancies in those days, the location (Zatslav, in the Ukraine), the fact of my family having been Orthodox Jews, and the "national sport" of pogroms, I'd probably be dead.

Thanks for asking.

I'd have lived in a cabin in the woods, provided for myself, and stayed away from people.
That's what I'm going to do when I retire.

For all of my adult life, I've had vague memories of serving on a square rigged sailing vessel. I know I thrived in that environment.

It isn't what I would have done 150 years ago; it's what I did do.
Namaste,
Morty -_-

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

If you are history buff or into the American Civil War a good read is "In Deadly Earnest" by Phillip Gottschalk.

Not to steer the thread off topic, but is it non-fiction or historical novel?

Originally Posted by leadduck

Not to steer the thread off topic, but is it non-fiction or historical novel?

Nonfiction well researched and written.

150 years ago would have been before my family got here so would probably be in ireland taking part in a rising i would assume

-dan-