From Sept. 2016: “He is the author of ‘Reluctant Confederates’ and more recently ‘Lincoln and the Politics of Slavery.’ “
Here, he talks with Colin about growing up in Chicago, studying under C. Vann Woodward at Yale, and his adventures teaching in China, following in the footsteps of his missionary grandfather.
via Podcast 25: Daniel Crofts — Amerikan Rambler: Everybody Has a Story
From July 2016: “Ed Ayers and Gary Gallagher are two of the best southern historians working today.”
Ed Ayers and Gary Gallagher are two of the best southern historians working today. Ed Ayers is from Tennessee, taught at UVA, and is now president emeritus and professor at the University of Richmond. Gary Gallagher came to UVA by way of Penn State, University of Texas, Colorado, and Los Angeles. Both are now working in the field of Civil War studies.
via Podcast 15: Ed Ayers and Gary Gallagher — Amerikan Rambler: Everybody Has a Story
From July 2016: “He talks with Colin about doing Civil War history, the publishing industry, the writing process, and the recent exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union.”
Nelson Lankford is the author of several books about the Civil War, including “Richmond Burning” and “Cry Havoc!: The Crooked Road to Civil War, 1861.”
via Podcast 14: Nelson Lankford — Amerikan Rambler: Everybody Has a Story
From April 2016: “James McPherson is the Dean of Civil War historians.”
He has also won the Lincoln Prize twice, for “For Cause and Comrades:Why Men Fought in the Civil War” and “Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief.” He is the author more recently of “Embattled Rebel” and “The War that Forged a Nation” both published in 2015.
via Podcast, Episode 9: James M. McPherson — Amerikan Rambler: Everybody Has a Story
From March 2016: “Graham is the author and editor of ‘A Gunner in Lee’s Army: The Civil War Letters of Thomas Henry Carter’ “
The book contains 100 letters written by Carter, an artillery officer in Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Graham is also the editor of the “Virginia Magazine of History and Biography” at the Virginia Historical Society.
via Podcast 7: Graham Dozier and Civil War History — Amerikan Rambler: Everybody Has a Story
From Nov. 2013: “The story of the Army of the Potomac from late-1861 to late-1862 is the story of an internal battle between the ‘Young Napoleon’ and the Lincoln Administration.”
Lee got lucky to have fought the North to a draw in Maryland. However, despite being outnumbered 2:1, Lee held a psychological advantage over McClellan that allowed him to fight a better battle tactically. McClellan always thought Lee had more men, and it was this delusion that gave Lee confidence that he could carry the day.
via “A Great and a Terrible Day”: The Battle of Antietam — Amerikan Rambler: Everybody Has a Story
From Feb. 2016: “Perhaps most disturbing are the passages dealing with cannibalism, particularly the cannibal feasts Jackson had in the White House during the Blizzard of ’31.”
Jackson’s “Secret Diary,” which was written in code, provides grim details of the president’s decision to dine on White House staff when food ran out in the nation’s capital. The blizzard of January 17-20, 1831 was the worst in Washington D.C.’s history. The storm left six feet of snow in the nation’s capital. Many people were house-bound for weeks. Some, such as Jackson, resorted to eating fellow Washingtonians.
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via New Documents Shed Light on Nation’s Seventh President — Amerikan Rambler: Everybody Has a Story
From Feb. 2016: “Perhaps the best example of the do-it-for-free trap is the book review.”
Teaching can be a very rewarding job — financially and personally. Unfortunately, however, many academics, especially aspiring ones, do far too much for free. Often, it’s part of their job. Other times, it becomes a kind of borderline bad habit. And yet, it’s easy for historians to get into the habit of writing or talking too often for free. Perhaps the best example of the do-it-for-free trap is the book review.
via Historians and the Do-It-for-Free Trap — Amerikan Rambler: Everybody Has a Story
From Nov. 2015: “Host Colin Woodward answers such burning questions as ‘Who am I?’ and ‘Why am I doing this?’ “
It’s the inaugural episode of Amerikan Rambler! Host Colin Woodward answers such burning questions as “Who am I?” and “Why am I doing this?” Also, he talks about the recent James Bond movie, “Spectre,” and why playing James Bond is a lot like being a mall Santa Claus.
via Podcast: Episode 1, James Bond — Amerikan Rambler: Everybody Has a Story
From July 2015: “I am a recovering one. Or at least, committed to change.”
If you are a historian, you probably have lots of books. The same goes for all academics, historians or otherwise. You might have so many books, in fact, that they have become a problem. A problem to store, a problem to move, a problem to get read. Let’s face it, some of us are book hoarders.
via Confessions of a (Former?) Book Hoarder — Amerikan Rambler: Everybody Has a Story
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