Monday, August 11, 2014

A Trip to Abilene

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So last Thursday afternoon Michele and I got in the car and drove to Abilene. Compared to the panhandle it gets significantly hotter in that...
Friday, August 08, 2014

Joe S. Warlick Encounters R. W. Officer in Arkansas, 1926

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Joe S. Warlick  (1866-1941), editor and publisher of the Gospel Guide, often included an "Editorials" section in his paper. These ...
Friday, August 01, 2014

Early American History: A Dandy Baker's Dozen

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So here's a short list of recent titles in the field of Early American History. If you want to get a sense of the state of the art, thes...
Saturday, July 26, 2014

Adler, Selig. "The United States and the Holocaust." Abstract

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Adler, Selig. "The United States and the Holocaust." American Jewish Historical Quarterly 64, No. 1 (September 1974): 14-23. Ad...
Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Preachers at the South Thornton Church of Christ, Piggott, Arkansas, 1965-1993

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It's now been more than twenty years since I and my young family moved from NE Arkansas to Southern New England. In August of 1993, we s...
Friday, July 04, 2014

The American Revolution: A Brief History by a First-Rate Scholar

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Wood, Gordon S. The American Revolution: A History . New York: Modern Library, 2002. In the "Preface," to this brief survey, his...
Thursday, July 03, 2014

Aargh! A Book about Pirates!

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Rediker, Marcus. Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age . Boston: Beacon Press, 2004. Marcus Rediker's Villains...
Wednesday, July 02, 2014

Abstract of M.E. Aston article about Lollards

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Aston, Margaret E. "Lollardy and Sedition 1381-1431." Past & Present 17 (April 1960): 1-44. Aston summarizes the main point...
Monday, June 30, 2014

Reading List for Vietnam

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The following reading list is for the topic of "Vietnam" in a much longer list for U.S. History after 1877. It includes seven titl...
Sunday, June 29, 2014

All's Fair in War? Larry Berman's Wonderful Book about Pham Xuan An

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Berman, Larry. Perfect Spy: The Incredible Double Life of Pham Xuan An, Time Magazine Reporter and Vietnamese Communist Agent . New York: H...
Saturday, June 28, 2014

Jon Butler on Jack-in-the-Box Faith

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Butler, Jon. "Jack-in-the-Box Faith: The Religion Problem in Modern American History." Journal of American History 90 (March 2004...
Monday, June 23, 2014

A Visit with Bill Humble

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I shared lunch and had a nice visit with Bill Humble today. He'll turn 88 in September. He's lonely without Geraldine, "Gerry,...