Mark Richard is Professor of History and Canadian Studies at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. This interview is based on his new book, Catholics Across Borders: Canadian Immigrants in the North Country, Plattsburgh, New York, 1850-1950 (State […]
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Ed Ayers in the “burned-over district”
The historian and his wife Abby recently toured “the quiet farmlands and serene towns along the Erie Canal” once known as the “burned-over district.” As Ayers writes in this piece at Bunk: “Religious revivals, reform movements, and political conflict had […]