by Amanda Read Sheik | Mar 11, 2016 | Journal, Literary Projects
Indiana’s 200: The People Who Shaped the Hoosier State is a collection of biographical essays compiled by Linda C. Gugin and James E. St. Clair in honor of the Indiana Bicentennial. My essay is about Dr. Harvey Wiley (1844-1930), and can be found on page 376....
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jun 30, 2015 | Dramatizing History, Literary Projects, Luke Historians
From my Crusading Chemist website: …June 30th is another example of bizarre historical dates that seem to have transcendent value. On that day a little more than two decades later, Harvey W. Wiley passed away. A year before, Wiley had published his book The...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Sep 22, 2014 | Literary Projects, Politics, The Crusading Chemist
Oh yes, another one of my back burner projects that has received a bit more attention as of late. See the amateurish poster I made for my screenplay The Crusading Chemist several years ago? Perhaps only one face in that collage is familiar to most, but you can learn...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 12, 2013 | Literary Projects, Luke Historians, Politics, World Views
Anyone who has followed my writings for awhile knows that I have a thing for men of science. I adored Sir Isaac Newton at an early age, I wrote a screenplay about Chief Chemist Harvey Wiley as a teenage girl (I think it needs a second revision), I’ve dissected...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Aug 22, 2010 | Politics, The Washington Times Communities, World Views
What part of “acute health hazard” does BP not understand? History shows why government approval doesn’t mean much. This month Orange Beach, Ala., resident Margaret Long discovered residue of BP’s dispersant of choice – Corexit – floating by her...
