Bullers Arms

In 1991, Time Magazine wrote that Americans were tired of the rat race and wanted a “simple life.” And no Americans were more desirous to find something personally meaningful than the 77 million Baby Boomers populating the place. Stumbling into the ancient village of Chagford amid the desolate Dartmoor in England, the author encounters villagers at a pub called Bullers Arms, who seem to embody that “simple life.” He meets them, and marvels at their camaraderie and stress-free life. Moreover, he demonstrates that even if Boomers discovered this life, they would still be haunted by a generational ghost that prevents a truly simple existence: Vietnam, a measuring stick for America since the 1970s and a collective guilt trip following every Boomer. Surely, such a “ghost” couldn’t inhabit a sleepy village on the moor? In fact, there is a ghost, as terrible as Vietnam, and the author reveals it. During his final stay, he also discovers that life is not that simple in Chagford, but that there is still a way to attain this elusive dream. Written in a lively, humorous style and traveling from past to present, Bullers Arms is a journey you will take with relish, again and again.

Mark R. Horowitz is an English historian, business executive, marketing consultant, author, educator and news commentator. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He has authored scholarly articles and given academic papers in the U.S., England, Portugal and Ireland. He has written more than 500 articles and scripts as a weekly international columnist for UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL; Guest columnist for USA TODAY; weekly radio commentator for an NBC affiliate in Chicago; and OP-Ed contributor to newspapers. These commentaries look at everything occurring today from the perspective of the last 5,000 years of history. His book Stonehenge to Star Wars uses this concept.
 
He taught an upper level course, THE TUDOR KINGS, at the University of Illinois as an Adjunct Professor. He also created a presentation for universities and the public based on a murder he solved that took place 500 year years ago. He was Guest Editor of a special volume of Historical Research entitled "WHO WAS HENRY VII?", for which he chose the scholars on both sides of the Atlantic and wrote the Intro and two articles. It became the journal's best-selling volume in its 90-year history. Mark's collection of brass rubbings created from English tomb effigies dated from 1277 to 1631 toured the U.S. and now resides at the Spurlock Museum. His latest book is DARING DYNASTY: Custom, Conflict and Control in Early-Tudor England.
 
Mark was a senior executive at an international marketing/public relations firm, part of the $15 billion global Omnicom company. He consults for companies and non-profits, and works with state governments on 21st century educational concepts based on marketing processes he has trademarked. He created unique driver education programs to help reduce a leading cause of injury and death, especially among young people: vehicle crashes. Mark earned his BA from Tulane University, his MA from the University of Illinois (Chicago) and his PhD from the University of Chicago.