Jeff Minick
Author
Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
LATEST
Lou Gehrig: ‘The Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth’
In this installment of “When Character Counted,” we spend some time with the “Iron Horse,” whose gemstone virtues extended beyond the baseball diamond.
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The Strange and Beautiful Story of Charles Lamb and His Sister
When his older sister suffered a mental breakdown that ended in tragedy, writer Charles Lamb devoted his life to caring for her.
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This Veterans Day, Remembering the Courage of Veterans and Noncombatants Alike
Behind every soldier are those who support off the battlefield and at home.
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Family Heirlooms: Your Story Is Part of Your Legacy
From childhood mischief to hard-won wisdom, the tales of our elders are family heirlooms waiting to be told and preserved.
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The Making of a Miracle Worker: Anne Sullivan
This installment of When Character Counted casts a light on the making of the young teacher who opened the world to a blind and deaf student.
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Two Sides of a Shield: Authors Mary Johnston and Margaret Mitchell
Two Southern women, decades apart, brought the Civil War to life in haunting fiction.
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Inside Ireland’s First Classical Academy
When Padraig and Grace Cantillon-Murphy founded Mater Dei Academy, they didn’t know they were starting a revival.
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Lou Gehrig: ‘The Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth’
In this installment of “When Character Counted,” we spend some time with the “Iron Horse,” whose gemstone virtues extended beyond the baseball diamond.
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The Strange and Beautiful Story of Charles Lamb and His Sister
When his older sister suffered a mental breakdown that ended in tragedy, writer Charles Lamb devoted his life to caring for her.
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This Veterans Day, Remembering the Courage of Veterans and Noncombatants Alike
Behind every soldier are those who support off the battlefield and at home.
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Family Heirlooms: Your Story Is Part of Your Legacy
From childhood mischief to hard-won wisdom, the tales of our elders are family heirlooms waiting to be told and preserved.
|
The Making of a Miracle Worker: Anne Sullivan
This installment of When Character Counted casts a light on the making of the young teacher who opened the world to a blind and deaf student.
|
Two Sides of a Shield: Authors Mary Johnston and Margaret Mitchell
Two Southern women, decades apart, brought the Civil War to life in haunting fiction.
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Inside Ireland’s First Classical Academy
When Padraig and Grace Cantillon-Murphy founded Mater Dei Academy, they didn’t know they were starting a revival.
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