Saw this verse in a poem which should give pause to those of us who want to travel back in time.
“The past is a cannibal country Where only the dead are happy Those who go there on a journey Return hollow eyed and beaten. Some stay there, And are eaten.” The Travel Advisory, by Michael Perkins
However, I will interpret this as having more to do with personal memories, and not history, so back to the time capsule.
Pleased to announce the publication of my book in May 2021 by the University Press of Kansas. This collection of “stories with a history” narrates incidents over the course of my career in the Foreign Service when historical understanding – or lack of it – got in the way in the conduct of day-to-day diplomacy.
Advance Orders for History Shock
Check out this book on the nineteenth century mills and those who owned and worked in them. Available through Arcadia Press or Amazon.
History All Around 