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In this episode, I reviewed The Anabaptist Story by WIlliam R. Estep. An old version of the book is available for free on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/20191217theanabaptiststory/page/n1/mode/2up https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1253770.The_Anabaptist_Story Thumbnail from this website: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13586/baptism-of-jesus/

In this episode, I review Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.'s book Bust Hell Wide Open: The Life of Nathan Bedford Forrest. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29563506-bust-hell-wide-open/ Picture of the thumbnail: https://picryl.com/media/gen-nathan-bedford-forrest-harpers-weekly-1865-5d9b73

In this episode, I review African Founders: How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals by David Hackett Fischer. I recommend reading his previous book, Albion's Seed, as African Founders act as a companion book. I also touch on immigration, both during the Colonial Period and modern times. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58438531-african-founders Thumbnail from here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/45803876@N00/31911547722

In this episode, I reviewed The Pope Who Would Be King: The Exile of Pius IX and the Emergence of Modern Europe by David I. Kertzer. I expected it to cover Pius IX's entire papacy, but it only really covered the first few years. I was initially interested in Pius IX because he was the longest serving Pope (32 years) and he wrote to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Thumbnail: https://garystockbridge617.getarchive.net/media/pius-ix-photo-634073

Hello. It's been over a year since I've uploaded. In this episode, I review Colin Woodard's book American Nations (2012). Here's the official webpage of the book: https://colinwoodard.com/books/american-nations/ The map of the American Nations can be found on several websites. Here is one: https://nickcoccoma.substack.com/p/american-nations-part-i Thumbnail:

In this episode, I review Calhoun: American Heretic (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52044030-calhoun). I think I refer to John C. Calhoun: American Portrait's author as Margaret Mead, instead of Margaret Coit (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1542187.John_C_Calhoun?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_25). I was glad to learn new things about Calhoun in this biography, even though I was going into it knowing the author would bring up slavery a lot. Brion McClanahan talked about this book a few times on his podcast and I finally got around to listening to it. This episode was recorded before the results of the 2022 CPC Leadership Race. Source of the thumbnail: https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Johnny_Calhoun

In this episode, I review Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief by James M. McPherson. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20821184-embattled-rebel) I'm glad that McPherson lets the readers know from the beginning that he is a Union man and that he would try to judge Davis without comparing him to Lincoln. I guess a lot of pro-Union writers love to compare Lincoln to Davis. Certainly, I learned much from this book.

In this episode, I review James C. Klotter's book Henry Clay: The Man Who Would Be President (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36464393-henry-clay). This book focuses on Clay's 5 unsuccessful attempts at becoming President. He's pretty important when it comes to the centralization of the United States as his idea of the American System was important to his disciple, Abraham Lincoln.

In this episode, I review At the Edge of the Precipice: Henry Clay and the Compromise That Saved the Union by Robert V. Remini (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7950142-at-the-edge-of-the-precipice). The book showcases the events of the Compromise of 1850 through Senator Henry Clay's point of view and vilifies President Zachary Taylor to a certain extent. Taylor dies and Millard Fillmore succeeds him, but the omnibus bill that the Compromise was drafted from was unraveled. So, Senator Stephen Douglas pushed for the Compromise as 5 separate bills. Sectional tensions were hot in the United States back then and, today, they are also pretty hot in both Canada and the United States.

Hello, everyone. In this episode, I review Light-Horse Harry Lee: The Rise and Fall of a Revolutionary Hero - The Tragic Life of Robert E. Lee's Father by Ryan Cole (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39858868-light-horse-harry-lee). I found it interesting that the author contrasted Light-Horse Harry Lee with his famous son, Robert. Both fought for Virginia, but for different reasons.

Hello, everyone. It's been about 4 months since my last podcast. Thank you for continuing to watch me. In this episode, I review Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America by David Hackett Fischer (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32081.Albion_s_Seed). It took a while to go from Episode 10 to 11 because I first went through From Manassas to Appomattox by James Longstreet (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/775254.From_Manassas_To_Appomattox?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=mKFTbW2yrs&rank=1), but I didn't really enjoy that book.

In this episode, I review The South Was Right! by James Ronald Kennedy and Walter Donald Kennedy, who are twin brothers. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/868869.The_South_Was_Right_ I reviewed the 3rd edition which came out during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The thumbnail is from the public domain: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carpetbagger.jpg

I recently finished listening to the audiobook It Wasn’t About Slavery: Exposing the Great Lie of the Civil War by Samuel W. Mitcham. Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43909471-it-wasn-t-about-slavery?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=jaHAx7Vlmq&rank=1 The thumbnail is a cartoon drawn after the Morrill Tariff had been signed in 1861: https://www.marottaonmoney.com/protective-tariffs-the-primary-cause-of-the-civil-war/ The book didn't just talk about tariffs in the antebellum Union. It also explains how the African Slave Trade started and how Yankees profited heavily from it for many years.

In this episode, I review Pulitzer Prize-winner The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682804.The_Killer_Angels) and its sequel The Last Full Measure by son Jeff Shaara (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29923.The_Last_Full_Measure). These are the sequels to Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara, which I reviewed last episode. Together, these 3 books are one trilogy.

In this episode, I review Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara. In the next two episodes, I will review the other 2 books in the trilogy. The 2nd book, The Killer Angels, written by his father Michael Shaara, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1975. Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29925.Gods_and_Generals

In this episode, I talk about American Secession: The Looming Threat of a National Breakup by F.H. Buckley. Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52188682-american-secession Listen to the audio version here: https://anchor.fm/cedric-ramirez/episodes/Episode-6---American-Secession-The-Looming-Threat-of-a-National-Breakup-e17tvsb

This month, I reviewed John C. Calhoun: American Portrait by Margaret L. Coit. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1951. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1542187.John_C_Calhoun?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=2bqevxRuZH&rank=2

Today, I reviewed the Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government Volume 2 by Jefferson Davis. I listened to the audiobook here: https://librivox.org/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-confederate-government-volume-2-by-jefferson-davis/

Today I reviewed The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government Vol. 1 by Jefferson Davis. I listened to the book on Librivox. Vol 1A: https://librivox.org/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-confederate-government-volume-1a-by-jefferson-davis/ Vol 1B: https://librivox.org/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-confederate-government-volume-1b-by-jefferson-davis/

In this episode, I reviewed Brion McClanahan's book How Alexander Hamilton Screwed Up America. The book doesn't just cover Alexander Hamilton, but also 3 U.S. Supreme Court Justices who carried out his nationalist dream: John Marshall, Joseph Story and Hugo Black. I listened to the audiobook on Audible. Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34557853-how-alexander-hamilton-screwed-up-america

First episode of the new podcast. I'll try to improve my speaking ability as time goes on. Goodreads description of the book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1819927.Senator_Sam_Ervin_Last_of_the_Founding_Fathers?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=I7bGEOrkmH&rank=1