Publications and Journal Articles
Period Americana's founder, Ken Olson, undertakes the painstaking process of deciphering historic diaries and letters. Delving into an 1800s diary or a trove of love letters between a WW1 doughboy and his sweetheart back in the States offers you a front row seat to history; unfiltered by movie makers and fiction writers. A selection of titles are available for purchase on Amazon. Click on the title to purchase a Kindle or paperback version.
Books authored by Ken Olson for sale on Amazon
Fighting from Below: Diary of a WW1 submariner aboard HMS E53
Fighting from Below: Diary of a WW1 submariner aboard HMS E53
Fighting from Below: Diary of a WW1 submariner aboard HMS E53
First hand account of a Royal Navy submariner serving aboard a British submarine in World War 1. Douglas Adams shares his experiences of U-boat encounters, evading torpedoes, review by the King, collisions with mines, and hiding from destroyers.
The Irish Rebellion of 1798, as told by an Eyewitness
Fighting from Below: Diary of a WW1 submariner aboard HMS E53
Fighting from Below: Diary of a WW1 submariner aboard HMS E53
This eyewitness account of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 was written in 1856 and was deemed lost for more than 150 years. It tells the story of the Caldwell's, famed for leading the rebellion and then being banished from Ireland forever, through the memories of Flora Caldwell, a mere girl during the bloodshed and pillaging. The author is Flora's nephew, famed Baltimore artist Francis Blackwell Mayer.
Articles authored by Ken Olson
Aunt Flora Remembers the Irish Rebellion of 1798
This eyewitness account of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 was written in 1856 and was deemed lost for more than 150 years. It tells the story of the Caldwell's, famed for leading the rebellion and then being banished from Ireland forever, through the memories of Flora Caldwell, a mere girl during the bloodshed and pillaging. The author is Flora's nephew, famed Baltimore artist Francis Blackwell Mayer.