Kathleen Angelone’s Story Archive

Detective Benjamin Thornton: Black Police Officer In Victorian Indianapolis by Patrick R. Pearsey

March 9, 2017 | by Kathleen Angelone

Detective Benjamin Thornton: Black Police Officer In Victorian Indianapolis by Patrick R. Pearsey tells the remarkable story of Benjamin Thornton. Born a slave in Virginia, he escaped at age 12 and ended up in Indianapolis. Here he was a celebrated police detective, civil rights leader, real estate investor and devoted … Read More

Forging The Bee Line Railroad by Arthur Andrew Olson III

March 2, 2017 | by Kathleen Angelone

Forging The Bee Line Railroad:  The Rise And Fall Of The Hoosier Partisans And Cleveland Clique is a comprehensive history of the Bee Line Railroad by Arthur Andrew Olson III. The early American transportation policy had the goal of helping people move west and develop a national cohesiveness. Thus the … Read More

The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict

January 20, 2017 | by Kathleen Angelone

Mileva Maric enters her first physics class at the Zurich Swiss Federal Polytechnic University in the first paragraph of The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict. This action doesn’t seem particularly interesting until you realize that it takes place on October 20, 1896 and she is the first woman to ever … Read More

Classic Restaurants of Indianapolis by Jeffrey S. Kamm

December 8, 2016 | by Kathleen Angelone

Jeffrey S. Kamm’s new book Classic Restaurants of Indianapolis tells the story of Indianapolis’ restaurants — those only in memory and those still in existence. The book’s outline is told in the names of the chapters, “Legends That Stand The Test Of Time,” “Gone But Not Forgotten,” “Cruising Down North … Read More

Small Business Saturday Nov. 26

November 24, 2016 | by Kathleen Angelone

Along with your other local shopping trips, we hope you will stop in at Bookmamas bookstore to chat with some of our favorite authors.  Their appearances will be staggered on Saturday between the hours of 11 am-3 pm. • Larry Sweazy – See Also Deception • Mandy Hussey – But … Read More