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Invasion! Sie kommen!
Invasion! Sie kommen! | Invasion! They’re Coming!© 1960, 1963 Paul Carell288 pages Invasion! is a German account of the D-Day landings and the battles that followed as the Allies worked to unite their separate beachheads and secure a foothold in … Continue reading
Pompey and Caesar
And do you now strew flowers in his wayThat comes in triumph over Pompey’s blood? Be gone! The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare The narrative of Julius Caesar and the fall of Rome that we get in elementary school … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged biography, classical world, history, Italy, Lars Brownworth, Rome
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Favorite subjects…
Today’s Wednesday writing prompt from Long and Short Reviews is: what is your favorite subject? I can still remember the first day of fourth grade, walking eagerly to my desk and rummaging through the pile of books there to find … Continue reading
Monroeville and TKAM
Monroeville and the Stage Production of “To Kill a Mockingbird” © 2023 John M. Williams160 pages The first time I ever visited Monroeville, I had the dumb luck to arrive on a day when the courthouse-turned-museum was hosting a theatrical … Continue reading
Posted in Classics and Literary, history, Reviews
Tagged Alabama, arts-entertainment, Harper Lee, history, race, the play is the thing
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Early Alabama
Early Alabama: An Illustrated Guide to the Formative Years © 2019 Mike Bunn184 pages Published in time for the celebration of Alabama’s bicentennial, Early Alabama invites readers back to when the Heart of Dixie was still a wilderness, save for … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged Alabama, American Frontier, American South, Colonial America, history
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The Hidden History of Chilton County
The Hidden History of Chilton County© 2022 Billy J. Singleton144 pages Forget Georgia peaches. The best to be had are in Chilton County, Alabama, which has been so long proud of its peach orchards that the local water tower, visible … Continue reading
The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War
The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War© 2008 H.W. Crocker III 370 pages This is not a book I’d expected to read, because as a Southerner who’s been reading different views about the war for twenty years, I … Continue reading
Spinning Atoms in the Desert
Bombast: Spinning Atoms in the Desert© 2010 Michon Mackedon236 pages Which is more breathtaking, the power of the atom bomb or the hubris of governments that use it? Michon Mackedon’s Bombast will leave readers wondering. It reviews the approach of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940s, 1950s, American Southwest, history, military, Nuclear
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America Walks into a Bar
America Walks into a Bar: A Spirited History of Taverns and Saloons, Speakeasies and Grog Shops© 2014 Christine Sismondo336 pages Welcome, friend. Pull up a stool. You’ve come in at the tail end of a story, but it’s one … Continue reading