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1632 & Beyond Issue 11 #4: Cittadino In Villa Or The Economy Of The Citizen In The Country

Previous / Next Cittadino In Villa Or The Economy Of The Citizen In The Country Lancelot Schaubert Vincenzo Tanara was currently stuck in a tree trying to not get caught stealing said tree. He liked growing wealth through stealth, preferably long-term stealth wealth. So he was stuck in the tree he was stealing, waiting for a […]

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Volume 11 #15: Adventures in Transportation

Previous Adventures in Transportation: An Examination of Drags, Carts, Wagons and Carriages Available in the 17th century Written by Karen Bergstralh The intention of this piece is to acquaint the 1632 aficionados with the types of wheeled and non-wheeled land transport available for moving heavy and bulky items. Considering that the up-timers will have a […]

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Volume 11 #14: Steam: Taming the Demon

Previous / Next Steam: Taming the Demon Written by Kevin H. Evans DISCLAIMER This article is not intended to provide all the information needed to design and build actual boilers. Many skills and cross checks are needed to ensure the safe design and construction of pressure vessels. This article is to promote the understanding of […]

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Volume 11 #13: Transportation Modes

Previous / Next Hither and Yon: Transportation Modes, Costs and Infrastructure in 1632 and after Written by Iver P. Cooper “If a man . . . make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.” If Emerson really said […]

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Volume 11 #12: Butterflies in the Kremlin Part Four

Previous / Next Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part Four Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett Yaroslavich Dacha, outside of Moscow A Dissertation on the Valueof Freedom and Security “Those that give up their freedom for a little temporary security deserve neither freedom or security and ultimately will lose both.” So goes an up-time quote. […]

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Volume 11 #11: Stretching Out, Part One: Second Starts

Previous / Next Stretching Out, Part One: Second Starts Written by Iver P. Cooper Grantville, May 2, 1632 “Race time ten minutes,” blared the speaker. The murmur of the fairground crowd rose, and then subsided. “I can’t believe you talked me into this,” Maria Vorst said. Maria had come to Grantville with her brother Adolph, […]

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Volume 11 #10: Trommler Records

Previous / Next Trommler Records Written by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett “Just sign right there.” The blond man, Contz Beckenbauer, indicated the space for her signature and handed her the pen. “Right there, as I said. Then we’ll talk about what you will sing for the record.” Els hesitated a moment. She was just […]

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Volume 11 #9: Bootstrapping

Previous / Next Bootstrapping Written by Kerryn Offord Winter 1631-32, Jena Catherine Mutschler made her way carefully through the winter mud. She was tired and listless after being kept up most of the night by Maria, her three-year-old daughter. She’d finally managed to settle Maria only by feeding her the last of the bread mixed […]

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Volume 11 #8: Bathing with Coal

Previous / Next Bathing With Coal Written by Russ Rittgers Fall, 1633 “Barnabas Kitchner! Wake up! It’s Tuesday morning and you have to buy wood for the bathhouse fire.” The thirty-eight year-old man rolled over in bed and opened one eye. His wife, Margarete Lutsch, was already dressed and standing in the doorway with her […]

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Volume 11 #7: O For a Muse of Fire

Previous / Next O For a Muse of Fire Written by Jay Robison O for a muse of fire, that would ascendThe brightest heaven of invention! —Shakespeare, Henry V Andreas Gryphius, born Greif, waited outside the door to Amber Higham’s office. He knew he hadn’t done anything wrong, knew that that was not why the high […]

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Volume 11 #6: The Treasure Hunters

Previous / Next The Treasure Hunters Written by Karen Bergstralh March, 2000 The librarian stamped the book and handed it across the desk. “This is a grown-up book, Mikey. It came all the way from a library in Richmond and you can only have one renewal on it. It must be back by April sixteenth.” Michael Arthur […]

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Volume 11 #5: A Gift of Blankets

Previous / Next A Gift of Blankets Written by Kerryn Offord and Vincent Coljee Quarantine House Alpha, Grantville, 1632 “How do we feel today?” Katharina Anna Schrey asked Quarantine House Alpha’s most important patient. John Thompson Sims looked up from his sick bed. “Lousy!” Katharina smiled down at the elderly doctor. He’d been her friend […]

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Volume 11 #4: Land of Ice and Sun

Previous / Next Land of Ice and Sun Written by Kim Mackey The match was tied at four games apiece when I looked up and saw the priest talking to Esteban’s navigator, Luke Foxe. He was a strange looking fellow. Oh, he wore the clothing of a priest, but his face was too dark and […]

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Volume 11 #3: Azrael’s Bargain

Previous / Next Azrael’s Bargain Written by Terry Howard Download this Podcast Episodehttp://www.grantvillegazette.com/img/pod/bargain.mp3 “Hey, Jimmy. Why don’t I ever see you down at the rail yard anymore?” It was a cold winter night and Club 250 had its every-night regulars and as many more folks who weren’t. The young man talking to Jimmy Dick was one […]

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Volume 11 #2: Lessons in Astronomy

Previous / Next Lessons in Astronomy Written by Peter Hobson “Your Eminence, I’m fluent in Latin, German and Italian. My French is passable. My Greek is a little weak and I’ve forgotten most of the smattering of Hebrew the seminary inflicted on me.” Father Scheiner knew he shouldn’t be taking that tone with a prince […]

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Volume 11 #1: Pilgrimage of Grace

Previous / Next Pilgrimage of Grace Written by Virginia DeMarce “They’re not taking what happened in Suhl last January out on Johnny Lee’s family because they can’t. His dad’s been dead for thirty years. His mother wasn’t from around here to start with and she moved back to Ohio after a while. Mary Fern–that’s his […]

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Grantville Gazette #011