Richard Cunningham's Blog
June 27, 2014
Hot Summer Read
The July 2014 issue of Galveston Monthly has a wonderful article about the WWI historical mystery, Maude Brown's Baby, which the magazine recommends as its "Hot Summer Read." Here is a link:
http://galvestonmonthly.com/#/60/
Cheers x3,
Richard
http://galvestonmonthly.com/#/60/
Cheers x3,
Richard
December 10, 2012
Maude Brown's Baby historical mystery
Many people have asked how I came up with the story of Maude Brown's Baby, a historical mystery set in Houston and Galveston in September, 1918.
A single photograph inspired the book.
I paid four dollars for it in an antique store more than 20 years ago. The image (now on the cover) was of a sweet baby boy, about nine months old, sitting in a chair in what looked to be someone's home. That in itself was unusual for the time of the portrait, which I estimated to be about 1900.
Across the bottom of the photo, someone had written, "Maude Brown's baby" but there was no other information about the child or the photographer.
For two decades, the little photograph with its cryptic message sat on a bookshelf to the right of my computer. I saw it every day and couldn't help wondering who the child might have been or how his life turned out more than 100 years ago.
For me, Maude Brown's Baby brings that child back to life.
A single photograph inspired the book.
I paid four dollars for it in an antique store more than 20 years ago. The image (now on the cover) was of a sweet baby boy, about nine months old, sitting in a chair in what looked to be someone's home. That in itself was unusual for the time of the portrait, which I estimated to be about 1900.
Across the bottom of the photo, someone had written, "Maude Brown's baby" but there was no other information about the child or the photographer.
For two decades, the little photograph with its cryptic message sat on a bookshelf to the right of my computer. I saw it every day and couldn't help wondering who the child might have been or how his life turned out more than 100 years ago.
For me, Maude Brown's Baby brings that child back to life.
