We’re a small press with a big mission:
capturing history before it vanishes!
Discovering Hidden Graves at Al Tahoe Cemetery
We’re the luckiest of the lucky: this past summer, we got to watch as experts searched for long-forgotten graves at Tahoe, using ground-penetrating radar! I’ll confess we knew almost nothing about the historic Al Tahoe Pioneer Cemetery before our visit. Turns out this small cemetery near the shore of Lake Tahoe…
Continue Reading Discovering Hidden Graves at Al Tahoe Cemetery
Hot Memoir Tip: Go for a List!
True confession: I used to laugh at my mother for her constant list-making. She loved those long, narrow “list-size” tablets. There was always a grocery list in our kitchen, of course. But she’d keep lists of all sorts of things right there on the counter, too. It was a place to jot…
Three Bullets, Two Julias: What Happened Next? (Part 3)
For Nelson Savier, Hamilton, Nevada probably seemed like the perfect place to hide. No doubt he was hoping that the sordid tale of his mistress’s murder wouldn’t follow him to a remote mining town. And best of all, he’d left his murderous wife Julia back in California. But as…
Continue Reading Three Bullets, Two Julias: What Happened Next? (Part 3)
About Karen Dustman
Karen Dustman is a California-based journalist and author. From history to home improvement, natural health to self-help, she’s written about it during her twenty-year career. “The best part of being a writer is I get to write about whatever I’m interested in, and I’m interested in practically everything!” she laughs.
