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AMerican History blog

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My vision is to provide book reviews, trip updates as I visit historical sites (with my lovely wife), and other history related items. My focus is primarily on American History with an emphasis on the Civil War and Native American studies. Unfortunately, (or fortunately) I have a wide variety of interests, so posts here should be interesting.

• Added on: Aug 26th, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Jim Jolly
• Listed in: History Big History
• Tags: history native american civil war american history us civil war us history

Recent Posts

• The Federalist Papers & the Constitution

  Posted on Sunday December 6th, 2009 at 21:07 in constitution, american revolution, american history, us constitution, us history, federalist papers, articles of confederation

  When discussing the US Constitution most people get the warm fuzzies.  Without really thinking about the struggle to create a new government, they mostly identify with the rights guaranteed by the Constitution (Bill of Rights actually but I won̵...

• Book Review – The Great Locomotive Chase

  Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 21:26 in texas, book review, General, civil war, us civil war, us history, great locomotive chase

  The good people at Osprey Publishing sent me a copy of Gordon Rottman’s The Great Locomotive Chase.  This book was of particular interest to me since I live about 35 miles from where the raiders were finally caught.  I’ve also been to t...

• Tennessee Battlefield Tour

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 08:04 in Tennessee, events, civil war, tn, us civil war, us history, battlefield tours, davis bridge battlefield

  I received the following from my friends at the Nashville Civil War Roundtable: TCWPA Hosts first Three-Star Battlefield Tour at Davis Bridge Battlefield TCWPA will launch its new Three Stars tour series at a reception the evening before in Corinth, ...

• Bundling

  Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 13:20 in american revolution, american history, bundling

  For class we are reading Benson Bobrick’s Angel in the Whirlwind.  He is writing of the British surrender at Saratoga and relates the following story on page 283: The British had been escorted to Boston with many civilities, and some of the of...

• America’s Prophet

  Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 20:45 in books, book review, moses, american history, us history

  The good folks at HarperCollins sent me a copy of America’s Prophet.  The latest book by Bruce Feiler, America’s Prophet is an interesting read.  Feiler takes a journey through American history and looks at times and places when America...

• Where Have You Been?

  Posted on Tuesday October 27th, 2009 at 09:32 in 1

  Hello Readers, My apologies for not posting much in the last month.  Work, school, job search, an anniversary with my lovely bride of one year, and some travel have indeed kept me busy.  I do have so much to write about: two book reviews, a site vi...

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David Greenstein

Gordon S. Wood, author of Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early
Republic 1789-1815, will speak in The Great Hall of the Cooper Union on
Monday, Oct. 26 at 6:30 pm. Prof. Wood, winner of the Pulitzer and
Bancroft prizes, is one of the most esteemed names in American History.
His new book is part of the multi-volume Oxford series on American
history. The lecture is free and open to all. Seventh Street at Third
Avenue. #6 train to Astor Place, R & W trains to 8th St.

David Greenstein
Director of Public Programs
The Cooper Union for the Adcancement of Science and Art
212-353-4198 davidg@cooper.edu

Posted: October 22nd, 2009 | Report This Comment

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