Thursday, October 31, 2013

The Civil War at 100

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Here is how the literary critic Alfred Kazin opened his essay  "And the War Came"  in the May 11, 1961, issue of The Reporter  as ...
Tuesday, October 29, 2013

The decline of the book review

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Like most things in our culture having to do with the printed word, the book review is in decline. In the survival struggles of several met...
Sunday, October 27, 2013

'It would be a pleasure to linger here and write of the heroic deeds of those who fought.' – "Carleton"

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I spent many days this past summer reading for possible book projects. One idea was to write the wartime life of Charles Carleton Coffin, t...
Friday, October 25, 2013

All hear this

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David M. Blight Terry Gross interviewed David M. Blight on Fresh Air yesterday. The subject is slavery in America. Inspired by the movi...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Finding Private Lamprey: the sequel

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My wife Monique and I took a walk in Blossom Hill Cemetery in Concord on Monday to find the grave of Pvt. Horace A. Lamprey of the 2nd New ...
Monday, October 21, 2013

A temporary grave, and then what?

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I never visit a local historical society in New Hampshire without picking up something new about the state’s Civil War history. One night la...
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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Little Round Top, summer morning, 2013

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Little Round Top, summer morning, 2013. My wife Monique's painted this after our Gettysburg trip for the 150th. Summer is gone in Ne...