Story of Writing August 1, 2023

The British Empire abolishes slavery, Henry Perky patents shredded wheat, Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman in the U.S. to earn her pilot’s license, "Dune," by Frank Herbert is published, Francis Scott Key, Herman Melville, and Ramblin' Jack Elliott are in the birthday club - with a reading from Melville's "Moby Dick."