Vonnegut Bio; Hank Nuwer Stories
Grab a coffee and enjoy the story clearinghouse of Hank Nuwer with photos of Alaska and its wildlife by Malgorzata (Gosia) Nuwer.
You’ll find that I’ve added some finished and partially finished biography-in-progress of Kurt Vonnegut, “The Man in the Hole.”
Hank Nuwer’s Indiana University Press books on hazing. Podcast in The Culture
Podcast of “Weed in the Garden of Academe” with Hank Nuwer
Scroll down for archived Realalaskadaily stories.Thank you for reading. Got a compliment or gripe? Drop a line to Hjnuwer@Alaska.edu. Gosia and I want to keep this site ad-free. Trying to raise funds for last-minute research on my Kurt Vonnegut biography: “Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole. A Life of Reinvention.” (“Not authorized, but authentic scholarship”). Your donation would be so helpful: Hank Nuwer, PO Box 73446; Fairbanks, AK 99707-3446.
The horrific 1930 Ohio Penitentiary fire killed a war veteran
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...
Wash, fold, and stab. Murder in a Chinese laundry.
By Hank Nuwer I became fascinated with the history of 19th century Chinese workers in America while conducting research for my historical novel, Sons of the Dawn: A Basque Odyssey.” In one chapter, an Idaho buckaroo attempts to cut off the queue...
Ice cream treat
Near Darke By Hank Nuwer When Gosia and I moved to Union City, Ind., we stopped by an antique and nostalgia store on 236 N. Columbia Street, Union City, Indiana. The building over time served many owners. It hosted a civic club, dry cleaners, a vacuum cleaner store, a...
The influence of lobbying groups and the media on the law-making process by Hank Nuwer
Hank Nuwer, University of Alaska, Fairbanks The influence of lobbying groups and the media on the law-making process in the United States with selected examples of offenses to the detriment of minors and crimes of human trafficking. Crimes against victims regularly...
Greenville’s outspoken Victorian publisher: Charles W. Roland By Hank Nuwer
Week after week, 52 Wednesdays a year, Ohio publisher Charles W. Roland put out the Greenville Democrat from 1866 to 1899. His name at birth on Aug. 6, 1831, was Charles W. Rowlands. He was the son of a housewife and a shipyard worker from the Isle...
When death stalked the cannery floor by Hank Nuwer
When Death Stalked the Cannery Floor By Hank Nuwer Margaret Andrianoff was born to a Japanese mother, her father unknown. Fisherman Constantine (Costia) Andrianoff and his Alaska Native wife Annie adopted her, according to the 1900 U.S. Census. Margaret, also...
My new column is about an Alaska pioneering physician
My new column is about an Alaska pioneering physician who did great things but was accused and acquitted of heinous acts with children. Alaska’s Pioneering Doctor Mahlon Freeborn Hall By Hank Nuwer While miners aplenty lived in Alaska during the early years of the...
They never did bring in William Dempsey, alive or dead
McNeil Island prisoner William Dempsey was one of three convicts on a road gang who escaped the Washington State prison in 1940. Dempsey and two other road-gang prisoners took advantage of dense fog conditions on January 30, 1940 to attempt a getaway from the...
The Stateline Jewel
By Hank Nuwer “Books…are like TV for smart people,” actor Robert Redford declares in the film “A Walk in the Woods.” Patrons from Union City, Indiana and Darke County, Ohio have borrowing privileges few border communities can boast. Any Darke County resident...