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
Storm-Born: Three Doctors, a Nun, and a Twister
In this installment of “When Character Counted,” we look at the Doctors Mayo and a nun who created one of the world’s great medical institutions.
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Lessons We Can Learn From George Washington’s Code of Conduct
Much wisdom is still to be found in ‘110 Rules of Civility.’
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‘Where You Are, Papa, I Shall Be’: A Story of Loyalty and Love From the Titanic
American millionaires Isidor and Ida Straus shared their birthdays, their lives, and their deaths.
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‘We Hold These Truths ...’: The Sentence That Shaped America and Changed the World
One document played a principal part in forming a nation and changing the world—the Declaration of Independence.
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Mirror, Mirror: The Looking Glass of Medieval Poetry
Far from being primitive or ignorantly pious, medieval poetry reveals emotional depth, humor, and intellectual sharpness that still resonate today.
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Champions of Honor: Bobby Jones and Brian Davis
This installment of ‘When Character Counted’ features two men who put honesty and fair play above winning.
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Storm-Born: Three Doctors, a Nun, and a Twister
In this installment of “When Character Counted,” we look at the Doctors Mayo and a nun who created one of the world’s great medical institutions.
|
Lessons We Can Learn From George Washington’s Code of Conduct
Much wisdom is still to be found in ‘110 Rules of Civility.’
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‘Where You Are, Papa, I Shall Be’: A Story of Loyalty and Love From the Titanic
American millionaires Isidor and Ida Straus shared their birthdays, their lives, and their deaths.
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‘We Hold These Truths ...’: The Sentence That Shaped America and Changed the World
One document played a principal part in forming a nation and changing the world—the Declaration of Independence.
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Mirror, Mirror: The Looking Glass of Medieval Poetry
Far from being primitive or ignorantly pious, medieval poetry reveals emotional depth, humor, and intellectual sharpness that still resonate today.
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Champions of Honor: Bobby Jones and Brian Davis
This installment of ‘When Character Counted’ features two men who put honesty and fair play above winning.
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