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
Two Sides of a Shield: Authors Mary Johnston and Margaret Mitchell
Two Southern women, decades apart, brought the Civil War to life in haunting fiction.
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Inside Ireland’s First Classical Academy
When Padraig and Grace Cantillon-Murphy founded Mater Dei Academy, they didn’t know they were starting a revival.
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Father to the Man: The Boyhood of Winston Churchill
The great British prime minister’s formative years were difficult but helped immensely by the invaluable love he received from his nanny.
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A Radiance of Words: The Artistic Beauties of Literature
Literature bypasses the immediate senses of sight and hearing, and goes directly for the imagination.
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Johnny Cash, a Fighter Throughout His Life
In this installment of When Character Counted, we visit the life of the man in black, who battled addiction while writing songs that made him a legend.
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How Rome Shaped the American Republic
Roman influences can be seen in American language, architecture, and philosophy—from Latin legal phrases to the Great Seal.
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A One-of-a-Kind Encyclopedia: Why Commonplace Books Still Matter
Personal collections of quotations, reflections, and observations are reemerging as a way to sift through information to preserve what matters most.
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Two Sides of a Shield: Authors Mary Johnston and Margaret Mitchell
Two Southern women, decades apart, brought the Civil War to life in haunting fiction.
|
Inside Ireland’s First Classical Academy
When Padraig and Grace Cantillon-Murphy founded Mater Dei Academy, they didn’t know they were starting a revival.
|
Father to the Man: The Boyhood of Winston Churchill
The great British prime minister’s formative years were difficult but helped immensely by the invaluable love he received from his nanny.
|
A Radiance of Words: The Artistic Beauties of Literature
Literature bypasses the immediate senses of sight and hearing, and goes directly for the imagination.
|
Johnny Cash, a Fighter Throughout His Life
In this installment of When Character Counted, we visit the life of the man in black, who battled addiction while writing songs that made him a legend.
|
How Rome Shaped the American Republic
Roman influences can be seen in American language, architecture, and philosophy—from Latin legal phrases to the Great Seal.
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A One-of-a-Kind Encyclopedia: Why Commonplace Books Still Matter
Personal collections of quotations, reflections, and observations are reemerging as a way to sift through information to preserve what matters most.
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