The Tangled Web is a Historical Character Mystery that is part of Julie's books.
Characters[]
From the Central Series[]
Introduced[]
Only in The Tangled Web[]
Chapter By Chapter Summary[]
Chapter One: Figure in the Fog[]
Chapter Two: New Girl[]
Chapter Three: Spy Radio[]
Chapter Four: Puzzle Pieces[]
Chapter Five: Secrets[]
Chapter Six: An Unsettling Visit[]
Chapter Seven: The Ogre[]
Chapter Eight: Visit to a Painted Lady[]
Chapter Nine: A Sticky Web[]
Chapter Ten: Caught![]
Chapter Eleven: Second Chances[]
Chapter Twelve: Thanksgiving[]
Looking Back[]
Discusses how people began to focus on making healthy living accessible. Topics discussed:
- The need to accommodate disabled people in public and older buildings
- The passage of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, prohibiting discrimination against the disabled applying for federal assistance and employment
- The failure to enforce the Rehabilitation Act, which led Judy Heumann to stage a 26-day sit-in at the U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare in San Francisco
- How the enforcement of the Act affected disabled Vietnam War veterans
- How the Vietnam War not only affected soldiers, but civilian opinion as well
- The lack of support Vietnam War veterans faced when they returned home
- How people began to focus more on healthy living, such as partaking in exercise, yoga, and paying attention to what they ate
- The development of farmers' markets
- Alice Waters, who founded Chez Panisse and pioneered the concept of California cuisine
Trivia[]
- The quotation at the end of the book comes from Marmion, an epic poem about the Battle of Flodden Field and written by Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet.
Book Covers[]
First cover from 2009-2016
References[]
- ↑ In Chapter 1 Mrs. Albright mentions the possible presence of rain, and in Chapter 2 T. J. mentions it rained on Sunday. The only Sunday in November that rained in San Francisco was the 14th.
- ↑ The story ends on Thanksgiving evening. Thanksgiving in 1976 was November 25th.