Alex A
Traveller, writer and history buff. You can usually find me in coffee shop somewhere in Europe.
Articles by Alex A:
Princess Angeline: When the settlers arrived, the eldest daughter of “Chief Seattle” refused to leave her land and became a legend
Heart-rending photos show child workers in sardine factories in 1911
Wall Street is so named because an actual wall was built by Dutch settlers in the 17th century to keep out English Colonists and Native American tribes
The King of the Dudes – Berry Wall, the fashion leader of the Gilded Age, once changed clothes 40 times between breakfast and dinner
Johnny Cash was the first American to to learn of Stalin’s death
In 1903 a handy banker trained and shaped a tree to grow into the form of a chair
In Ancient Egypt, dwarfs considered to be gifted by the gods, were treated with the greatest respect and enjoyed the highest social positions.
The Caesar Salad is unrelated to Julius Caesar – it was allegedly invented on the Fourth of July by Italian-American in Tijuana, Mexico
Marilyn Monroe was discovered during WWII while working in aircraft factory …
The early years of Picasso – he had to burn his own paintings for warmth in his freezing Paris apartment
