Category: Writings
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Began Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America
Thought a good follow-up book to The Slaves’ War would be Lincoln and Douglas by Allen C. Guelzo.
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Finished The Slaves’ War
Andrew Ward’s The Slaves’ War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves turned out to be a good overview of the slave experience before, during and following the American Civil War, as told by the former slaves themselves.
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Book Trends in 2009
Appropos of an earlier post, here is an article forwarded to me from friend Mary (thanks, Mary!).
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Started The Slaves’ War
One important perspective largely missing from recountings of the Civil War is that of the slaves.
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Writing Show: What’s Hot and What’s Not
January’s JRW Writing Show discussed trends in publishing with local bookstore owners, Kelly Justice of Fountain Bookstore, Kelly Kyle of Narnia Children’s Books, Ward Tefft of Chop Suey, and Patrick Godfrey of Velocity Comics.