Monthly Archives: February 2021

Clinton Dan Stackhouse Jr., (1923-2009), World War II Veteran of the War in Europe

Posted on February 17, 2021 by theamericanplutarch

Clinton Dan Stackhouse Jr. was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and died in Tulsa, Oklahoma. During the course of his long life he served in the Army Air Corps throughout World War II in Europe. After the war he was an … Continue reading →

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Maxwell Lawson (1802-1872) and Anna Gray Lawson (1807-1877), Tennessee and Arkansas Pioneers

Posted on February 14, 2021 by theamericanplutarch

Maxwell Lawson (perhaps christened as John Maxwell Lawson) was born in 1802 in Tennessee, but who exactly his parents were is unclear. Maxwell married Anna Gray in 1820, but what her ancestry was (besides her parents) is overall unclear. Maxwell … Continue reading →

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A Review of Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut

Posted on February 4, 2021 by theamericanplutarch

Slaughterhouse Five, written in 1969, is overall an antiwar book in which war so messes with a person that they go in and out of imaginary dreams and experiences, time is totally disoriented, the traditional narrative of life is broken, … Continue reading →

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