"Jo's Journal"
Little Women
An Aug. 12, 1961 decree by the Volkskammer, or "peoples' chamber", led to the construction of this barrier
the Berlin Wall
John Marshall, of Marshall Islands fame, gained notoriety bringing the first convicts to Port Jackson in this current country
Australia
Origami is the art of folding paper; gourami is one of these creatures
A fish
This, this, this is a 4-sided spinning top marked with Hebrew letters
A dreidel
"Hester and the Physician"
The Scarlet Letter
At the eastern end of the Great Wall of China, the Tiger Mountain section gives tourists a glimpse into this country
North Korea
In 1964 communications guru Marshall McLuhan wrote, in "Practical Fact", this "is the message"
The medium
Thermal pertains to heat; this 6-letter word means referring to the skin
Dermal
This species of camel has one hump
Dromedary
[DD]"The Siege of La Rochelle" & "Men of the Robe and Men of the Sword"
The Three Musketeers
Sycamore Gap is pretty as a picture, breaking up the tableau of this British wall named for a Roman
Hadrian’s Wall
Before his recovery plan, George Marshall helped plan Operation Overlord, taking place in this region of France
Normandy
Baklava is a pastry; Balaklava was the site of a military engagement in 1854 during this war
The Crimean War
The original value of this Greek coin in the mid-6th century B.C. was equivalent to that of a handful of arrows
Drachma
In this "familial" work: "The First Interview with Smerdyakov"
The Brothers Karamazov
[DD]It's the only remaining structure of the Second Temple of Jerusalem
the Western Wall (the Wailing Wall)
Born in 1834, this Chicagoan revolutionized the department store industry
Marshall Field
A quotation is a phrase originally said by someone else; this adjective, from Latin, means occurring every day
Quotidian
A fleshy fruit with a single seed, like a cherry
A drupe
By H.G. Wells, "The Reversion of the Beast Folk"
The Island of Dr. Moreau
The site seen here is known as Great this, a name that replaced Rhodesia
Zimbabwe
Before McCulloch v. Maryland, Chief Justice John Marshall dealt with the same M & M initials in this landmark 1803 case
Marbury v. Madison
Cinnamon is a spice; this was the first Western to win an Oscar for best picture, back in 1931
Cimarron
It's the name for the fancy silver ball seen here decorating a cupcake
A dragée