Saturday, July 28, 2007

Want to Speak With the Author?

Would your classroom or book club like to schedule an interview with the author via telephone? Interviews may be arranged at your convenience. Go to SallyJadlow.com and click the CONTACT button. An e-mail window will pop up. Put TELEPHONE INTERVIEW in the subject line.
Let's have a party!

Coming Appearances

APPEARANCES
Sally will be signing books in Oklahoma City at the Full Circle Bookstore on Friday, August 3rd from 5-7 pm.
She will be an exhibitor at the Historical Museum Saturday, August 4th, just east of the capitol building for the celebration of the First Families of the Twin Territories.
Come meet the author of “The Late Sooner.”
Cox Network will air an interview with Sally about “The Late Sooner” September 10th through the 15th.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

The Twin Territories


Before Oklahoma was a state, it was two separate territories. The east was Indian Territory and the west was settled mostly by whites. In 1907 they finally hammered out the agreement to become one state--Oklahoma.

The symbol of this "marriage" was an Indian maid and a farmer standing in a marriage ceremony, forming a single state. Outside the Territorial Museum in Guthrie, is a life-sized bronze statue of these two shown at the right.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Medicines in the 1800s

Laudanum was a common use for a wide variety of pains, both real and imagined. This derivative of opium was often used for illness, particularly for any form of diarrhea. Even though it made the patient more corfortable, physicians did not recognize its addictive characteristics. One could order 4 oz. of Laudanum out of the 1897 Sears & Roebuck catalogue for $.29 or a dozen bottles for $3.00.