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Reinhold Niebuhr and the American South by Blake Barton Renfro
Introduction: Guest Blog–Blake Barton Renfro In southern historical circles, the world traveling, cigar wielding, bourbon swigging gentleman known as Blake Barton Renfro hardly requires any such introduction. For the sake of consistency, we’ll give it a go anyway. JHW and … Continue reading
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Bertram Wyatt-Brown, 1932-2012
Southern historians around the world lost a mentor and friend on November 5, 2012. Bertram Wyatt-Brown, a legend in our field and an inspiration to all of us at Bowtied and Fried, passed away this morning. He was 80 years … Continue reading
Posted in General Commentary, Guest Bloggers, RCP
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Southern Outlaws, Duelists, and Degenerates: Edgefield vs. Little Dixie
For those friends and acquaintances most frequently forced to “enjoy” the company of JHW and myself, this geographical duel will come as no surprise. More than one bottle of bourbon as refereed the two of us boasting which southern locality … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, General Commentary, JHW, MCH
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A Review of Malinda Lowery’s “Lumbee Indians in the Jim Crow South” by Andrew Epstein
Lumbee Indians in the Jim Crow South: Race, Identity, and the Making of a Nation by Malinda Maynor Lowery. University of North Carolina Press, 2010. Paper, ISBN: 9780807871119. $21.95. Native American Studies and History, at least in their strictest sense, can … Continue reading
Raising Hell in a District of Devils: Honor & Violence as Edgefield Family Tradition
Raising Hell in a District of Devils: Honor & Violence as Edgefield Family Tradition By James “Trae” Welborn III Anglican itinerant Parson Mason Locke Weems once reviled the Edgefield District of the colonial South Carolina backcountry as “pandemonium itself, a … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, General Commentary, JHW
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A Review of Robert Moss’s “Barbecue” by Sam Thomas
Barbecue: The History of an American Institution by Robert F. Moss. University of Alabama Press, 2010. Cloth, ISBN: 9780817317188. $26.00. “It seems remarkable to me,” writes sensory historian Mark Smith, “that we live in the world where we have all … Continue reading
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The Strange Tales and Ugly Travails of an ex-Bushwhacker: Jim Cummins
The Strange Tales and Ugly Travails of an ex-Bushwhacker: Jim Cummins By Matthew C. Hulbert Given the recent surge in enthusiasm for all things associated with Missouri’s brutal brand of guerrilla warfare—a phenomenon perhaps best exemplified by guerrilla-related scholarship claiming … Continue reading
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Second Thoughts on Race, Sex, and Thomas Jefferson by Dr. Woody Holton
Introduction: Guest Blog–Dr. Woody Holton We’ve covered quite a bit of ground on this blog. General Buford, looking a bit like Sam Elliott, might even have called it damn good ground, at that. But our thoughts on the finer points … Continue reading
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Ghost Writers of the Confederacy by Dr. James J. Broomall
Introduction: Guest Blog–Dr. James J. Broomall It is with great pleasure that we present the work of a historian who is more than likely to become a permanent fixture on your literary radar (and who, at some future moment in … Continue reading
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Brief Notes on the Southern Historian and the Bow Tie
Brief Notes on the Southern Historian and the Bow Tie By Matthew C. Hulbert Anyone who has attended the annual meeting of the Southern Historical Association in recent years can honestly—though perhaps begrudgingly, depending on whom you ask—testify to the … Continue reading →