Rudy H. Garcia and Pat McGrath Avery wrote an excellent book on shrimping in the Port Isabel- Brownsville area of Texas.

Gail Neustadt (Dylan Weiss) talks about her book, TRAVELING OUR ROAD. It’s a lovely tale about a couple living through medical...

JackVan Loan stepped back on American soil after serving 6 years as a prisoner of war.

Red Engine Press has published Can you See my Dust? By Lisa Bell Wilson.

Jack Van Loan was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam…

Apollo XI

Stockdale’s Medal of Honor recognizes his strength but it doesn’t explain it.

“In war, everybody loses…”

"But we don't always go down to the sea in calm waters. Occasionally King Neptune has a bad day, a bad week, a bad month….”

Juneteenth is the celebration of the “peculiar institution” of slavery.

Looking back at an interesting, talented and complicated person…

Flash, Bam, Alakazam,” we land out of an orange-colored sky, into the backyard of my 2007 house.

Sometimes not even love helps…

1953 Oldsmobile 98 Holiday Coupe

My old friend and hero, the cantankerous, amazing, wonderful Jerry Yellin.

Why not post something to the Red Engine Blog at least twice a week?

In January 2022, Mattel launched its Barbie Doll of Ida B. Well, journalist and activist for women's suffrage.

Memorizing information is sometimes difficult.

When the ordinary do the extraordinary!