The Ungovernable Frontier, continued
North American History. The eastern frontier. Ground for expansion to the Louisiana Territory
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Edgar David Boshart
Feb 11 min read
New Englishers, Coastal (cont.): The Cape and Martha's
This is my final segment of a photo-rich Book 1 survey of North American colonial history, until the be beginning of the 19th century...
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Edgar David Boshart
Jun 6, 20221 min read
Interview with Dan Boone, Deceased
Interview with Dan Boone, Deceased This colonial account features the life of Daniel Boone, frontiersman and pioneer. Photography...
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Edgar David Boshart
Jan 26, 20211 min read
The Illinois Country: He Speaks the Regular Way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPu3v4cCbu4 This narrative focuses on the pre-revolutionary war period in American History that saw...
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edgardavidboshart
May 1, 20201 min read
Pioneer Trail Continued: Prayers for Scalps
America's early colonization brought drastically different initial opinions and interactions between the settlers and the native...
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Edgar David Boshart
Nov 26, 20191 min read
Cowboy and Indian (Part 1 of The American Pioneer Trail)
https://youtu.be/FEsQD4Q1_6M (Video, 10 minutes) tap arrow photo (Part 1, Introduction) The beginning of an exploration of the...
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edgardavidboshart
Apr 19, 20193 min read
Last Voyages of an Amishman and a Sailor - Menno's Folks (Blog 8)
https://youtu.be/eN8jc-5Wy8I Menno’s Folks. The Mennonites are a pie of Christian Anabaptist denominations named after a Frisian priest —...
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edgardavidboshart
Apr 5, 20192 min read
Jeb (Ed) the Not-so-Amish Amishman
He was charming one moment, but coming out of a passing shadow Jeb can be dark and intense, aloof and judgmental in a single glance. His...
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edgardavidboshart
Dec 10, 20184 min read
Vietnam Redo: Emperors and Gods
(Hue, Vietnam, part 2) Emperors and gods are sometimes (usually!) indistinguishable. In Asia, and especially looming China, central...
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edgardavidboshart
Mar 9, 20184 min read
Between Earth and the Universe: Isfahan's Royal Mosque
It's early morning, late September. I stride across Meidan-e Shah Square (the massive Royal Square) in old town Esfahan (or Isfahan),...
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edgardavidboshart
Mar 2, 20183 min read
Half of the World: Isfahan
In the wilderness about 200 miles south of Tehran is a place called “Half of the World.” Ishfahan, twice the capital of Persia, was the...
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edgardavidboshart
Feb 5, 20186 min read
Great Monarchs of Persia - Events of Biblical Proportion
Tomb of Cyrus the Great (all photos are my own) “O man, whoever you are and wherever you come from, for I know you will come, I am Cyrus...
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edgardavidboshart
Jan 19, 20185 min read
First Town on Earth: Yazd, Iran
One of the oldest towns in the world displays some of the finest Persian architecture in central Asia
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edgardavidboshart
Jan 12, 20183 min read
Eternal Flame - Tower of Death
Modern Iran is certainly a paragon of Islam but the country’s culture also has deep roots in the ancient mostly unrecorded Zoroastrian...
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edgardavidboshart
Jan 5, 20185 min read
Persian Fire from Heaven: Zarathustra
Do human beings (living things) have real “free will”? The philosophical debate over this question probably will continue eternally even...
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edgardavidboshart
Dec 2, 20173 min read
Goodbye Tehran
While Tehran has much human drama to keep a first-time or umpteenth-time visitor entertained, the heart of Iran still beats in the...
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edgardavidboshart
Nov 17, 20174 min read
The Lion of Persia
Whose head is that? The Lion and Sun (شیر و خورشید, Shir o Khorshid) emblem (holding a shamshir, scimitar) remained the official...
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edgardavidboshart
Oct 27, 20173 min read
The Bazaar of Wares and Religion
Iran/Persia is the torn heart of Central Asia (Asia Minor). Secular China is the body, Byzantine Russia the head, the Hindu Indian...
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edgardavidboshart
Oct 20, 20173 min read
Tehran: The Many Become One
Cosmopolitan Smog - view from Tochal Ski Mountain Tehran, the largest city and capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran, fans out below...
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edgardavidboshart
Oct 12, 20176 min read
Faces of Iran, an Introduction (and Special Comment)
This account of Iran's people, land, arts, and history begins simply with a collection of faces -- of citizens going about their daily...
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