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Sunday Night Odds and Ends

John Fea   |  April 11, 2011 Leave a Comment

A few things online that caught my attention this week:

Fergus Bordewich reviews Nancy Lusignan Schultz, Mrs Mattingly’s Miracle.

Aram Bakshian Jr. reviews Edward G. Lengel, Inventing George Washington: America’s Founder in Myth and Memory.

Ronald White reviews two new collections of Civil War documents.

How the Civil War changed American literature.

Peter Berger on the revival of Mexico’s cult of La Santa Muerte.

Buy a tiny house.

Mark Cheathem on why studying history is important. 

Michael Bernath speaks about his new book, Confederate Minds: The Struggle for Intellectual Independence in the Civil War South. 

Scot McKnight’s top ten books on Jesus.

New Dr. Seuss stories.

Blogging the annual meeting of the National Council on Public History.

Richard Mouw on Hindus in heaven, the age of accountability, Al Mohler, and Rob Bell.

Teaching the Gettysburg Address to kids.

“Backstory with the History Guys” offers up some Civil War music.

RECOMMENDED READING

What do Americans think about Confederate flags and monuments? South Carolina and the First “Big Lie” The Author’s Corner with John Sacher David Barton spreads blatant falsehoods about the AP US History course, state history standards, and a bunch of other stuff.

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