by Hank Nuwer | Jan 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Hank Nuwer Fred Brown fought the law. Guess who won? Today’s story starts in 1887. Richard (Dick) Beers, 14, was known in Greenville for juggling balls with the skill of a circus performer. Dick was worthless as gum on a boot heel. He had a mouth as foul as his...
by Hank Nuwer | Jan 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Hank Nuwer The Greenville Democrat said James J. (J.J.) Webster looked too dignified to be a criminal. “Rather did he appear as a bank clerk,” the paper said. Tall and dark, Webster wore spectacles and a brown business suit at his trial. The prosecution named him...
by Hank Nuwer | Jan 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
When we lived in Union City, our backyard neighbor was a mama opossum. The first time Gosia saw her with hanging babies, she couldn’t believe such a species existed. At our summer cabin in the woods in rural Poland, I equally thrilled to the sight of a mated pair of...
by Hank Nuwer | Jan 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
Back in mid-September, I interviewed the head of the Kroschel Wildlife Center near Haines, Alaska, as he was trying to locate and lure back a docile moose raised in captivity. Star attraction Duck Moses found a way to escape from the public education facility and...
by Hank Nuwer | Dec 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
By Hank Nuwer Some of my best feature stories never appeared in print. That’s because the era from 1976 to 1992 — when I wrote every month — saw magazine and newspaper circulation numbers drop drastically. As a result, advertisers pulled out and many publications...
by Hank Nuwer | Dec 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
Remembrances of Christmas Past By Hank Nuwer My recent role in Fairbanks’ “Miracle on 34th Street” as Kris Kringle has made this a particularly memorable Christmas season. With so many child actors and carolers in the play, the acting experience felt as if family...
