Thank you everyone for your kind words! And thank you, dad. We miss you.

. I think of that. I'm the Big Pot. And I will always boil.

In 2007, I was depressed b/c I had been on the acad job mkt for yrs w/o a job to show for it. My late father said to me: "You're the big pot. You hold a lot of water, so you take a while to boil, but when you do, you will cook everything!" When something doesn't go my way. .

Thanks to everyone who has responded! Btw, if you're interested in the relationship between race and the railroad in Amer culture, pls consider attending a talk on my book #theracialrailroad under the auspices of the CA Historical Society @CAhist.

in terms of YA lit; geography seems to be a marker of how aware folks were about the books; there were several comments that the series is popular amongst those who are home-schooled in Christian settings. Thank you everyone who answered!.

I can't keep up w the responses but some general observations: LHOTP seems to have been most influential on GenX (which incl me) and older; the TV show increased awareness about the novels, even if one didn't watch/read either; there are so many more options out there now 1/.

In response to my previous tweet, it appears that the series; popularity began to decline around 2008, which is right when my class of college students would have started reading or reading chapter books. Thank you @eleventhjoe !.

Did you read the Little House on the Prairie Books as a child and if so, old are you now? I'm teaching a class and none of the students have heard of these titles much less read them. I'm trying to see when these books fell out of favor. .

RT @blgtylr: Do you guys remember that tweet or Tumblr post that was like," Charlotte Bronte describing a romantic hero: He is ugly. Hideou….

RT @smoljiminniee: This BTS edit

Despite the role that it has played in the extermination, disenfranchisement, & exploitation of native and communities of color, the train is nevertheless deeply embedded in the psyches, histories, and cultures of these groups.

"A couple of these [2nd-generation Vietnamese Amer] students had great difficulty articulating the issues that shape their community, prob b/c their only source of relevant information is their parents, and their parents see the world through a much diff lens. " 2/.