Posts Tagged ‘Civil War’
History, Myth, and the Gettysburg Address
Recently I’ve been working on a piece about the Gettysburg Address.* As always, I’ve done more research than required,** wandered down some interesting by-ways that were not relevant to the project, and had my preconceptions about the topic turned upside down and shaken. As always, My Own True Love has convinced me to remove some…
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A lagniappe
Dear Readers: I’m guest-blogging today at Karen Elliot’s Blog: Finding Your Way Through the Civil War Visit. Say hi. Sit a spell.
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Tough Broads of the Civil War
I’ve said it before: If you hang out in Popular History Land, or even Book World these days, it’s impossible to ignore the American Civil War and its sesquicentennial. Civil War references are everywhere. The most recent bit of Civil War “stuff” to start my brain churning was a review of a new book by…
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