Archive for June 2011
A Public Service Anouncement for Readers
I’m assuming you all are readers. Why else would you join me in the odd corners of history a couple of times a week? As readers, I think you might enjoy Shelf Awareness for Readers, a new book review e-zine put out by the Independent Booksellers Association. (Of course, I could be biased. I’m one…
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Walking Hallowed Ground
In response to my recent post on the American Civil War, blog reader Karen Eliot talked about her experiences visiting Gettysburg. Her comments left me thinking about what makes battlefield visits such a powerful experience. I’ve certainly walked my share of Civil War battlefields: Gettysburg, Antietam, Pea Ridge, and my hometown battlefield of Wilson’s Creek.…
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Cowboys and Indians: North African Style
Unlikely though it seems, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the French Foreign Legion over the last week. I bet most of you have a few stock images of the Foreign Legion in your heads: men fleeing from their past into the desert and anonymity, absinthe, burning sands and blazing sun, those funny…
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