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Sunday night odds and ends

John Fea   |  October 22, 2023

A few things online that caught my attention this week:

Historians tell ghost stories

George Will compares Trump to George Wallace.

The United Auto Workers strike is still going. Here is a piece comparing Shawn Fain to Walter Reuther.

The history of log drivers.

Slavery and the history of British naturalism.

Films on the history of Israeli-Palestine conflict.

Amanda Kolson Hurley reviews Victoria Houseman’s American Classicist: The Lives and Loves of Edith Hamilton

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on Ibram X. Kendi’s “limited view of change”

The story behind the film “Killers of the Flower Moon.”

Why are House Democrats unified and Republicans in disarray?

Goodbye Gettysburg Review.

Thomas Mallon reviews McKay Coppins, Romney: A Reckoning. Alex Beam reviews it here.

How to write a professional letter of recommendation.

History and satire

Fleeing slavery by sea

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