All posts tagged "American History"
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The Naming of America by John W. Hessler
February 27, 2025But as we travel further and further from established trade routes, things become hazier. The Caspian...
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Fortune’s a River by Barry Gough
February 25, 2025By the closing years of the 18th century the stage was set for a major international...
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American-Made by Nick Taylor
February 24, 2025Meanwhile, walls of buildings were rising, mud roads were being paved, library books were being delivered...
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Four Shipwrecked Castaways Cross Sixteenth Century America
February 19, 2025"But at that point most of the expeditionaries perished as a result of Indian attacks, illness,...
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Almost a Miracle by John Ferling
February 12, 2025As contemplated by Ferling, few, if any, colonial Americans escaped the impact of hostilities. Wars were...
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Lincoln Emancipated: The President And the Politics of Race edited by Brian R. Dirck; foreword by Allen C. Guelzo
January 28, 2025What is heartening is that, as Professor Michael Vorenberg stresses in his essay, Lincoln’s thinking about...
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The Bloodiest Day: December 6, 1967
January 23, 2025In Lieutenant Morris’ words, “We moved into the woods and within minutes all hell broke loose.”...
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Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior, Conservative Statesman by Walter Brian Cisco
January 21, 2025Biography, if it serves the reader, is best written not only with the exploits of the...
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The Uncivil War: Irregular Warfare in the Upper South 1861-1865 by Robert R. Mackey
January 21, 2025Army Major Robert R. Mackey, currently assigned to the Pentagon, has written a much-needed study of...
History
Never Come To Peace Again: Pontiac’s Uprising and the Fate of the British Empire in North America – by David Dixon
January 13, 2025Dixon’s approach is both refreshing and accurate. He eschews the required kowtowing associated with ethnic minorities.