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79Review: The Real Lincoln
The Real Lincoln- A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War, by Thomas J. DiLorenzo is written in an attempt to demystify Abraham Lincoln. Popular belief is that Lincoln was the greatest President of the United Sates, known...
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76Review: The Alcoholic Republic
The Alcoholic Republic - An American Tradition by William Rorabaugh follows the culture of alcohol in the United States from the revolutionary period to the mid-nineteenth century. Rorabaugh uses many...
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72Review: Robert E. Lee
In his study Robert E. Lee: A Biography, Emory Thomas paints an intimate portrait of the man who many canonize in the former Confederacy. Thomas sets out, by his own admission to revise the image of Lee, or as...
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71Review: The Rise of American Democracy
Sean Wilentz’s ambitious book, The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln follows the often turbulent and troubled rise of the democratic government in the United States of America. Wilentz’s...
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67Dual Review: The Cherokee Removal & Tecumseh
Tecumseh - A Life by John Sugden and Cherokee Removal by Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green tell two distinct stories of the Indians’ struggle for survival in the early American landscape. After reading Tecumseh, one is immediately struck by the...
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67Review: And They All Sang Hallelujah
In And They All Sang Hallelujah - Plain-Folk Camp-Meeting Religion, 1800-1845 by Dickson D. Bruce, Jr. examines the religious camp-meetings that took place across the southern frontier in the early to middle...
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67Review: Freedom Just Around the Corner
Walter McDougall begins his history of American history from 1585 to 1828 by citing several American literary works which demonstrate how Americans seem naturally to be hustlers. Interestingly enough, he...
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