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The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild

Wilson's Weblog Posted on November 13, 2025 by LarryNovember 13, 2025

by Bryan Burroughs, 2025, Audiobook narrated by Fred Sanders, Penguin Audio This book details the history and culture of the gunfighters in the West from after the Civil War until the turn of the 20th century. The author dispels the … Continue reading →

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Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them,

Wilson's Weblog Posted on July 25, 2025 by LarrySeptember 19, 2025

by Timothy Eagan, 2023, Kindle Edition. The book relates the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana starting in 1923. A man from Oklahoma abandoned his wife and child in Oklahoma and moved to Indiana where his charisma allowed … Continue reading →

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Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment

Wilson's Weblog Posted on May 5, 2025 by LarryMay 5, 2025

by Allen Guelzo, 2024, Audiobook narrated by Justin Price Let me first say that I am a big fan of Allen Guelzo. He has an astounding grasp of historical facts and concepts. I viewed his online Great Courses course, Our … Continue reading →

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An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960’s

Wilson's Weblog Posted on March 17, 2025 by LarryMarch 17, 2025

by Doris Kearns Goodwin, 2024, Simon & Schuster, New York I have read other books by Doris Goodwin and think highly of her as an author and historian. This book is quite different from her other books as it is … Continue reading →

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The American Story, Conversations with Master Historians

Wilson's Weblog Posted on February 16, 2025 by LarryFebruary 16, 2025

by David Rubenstein, 2019, Simon & Shuster, New York This book is a collection of edited transcripts of conversations that the author, David Rubenstein, had with some well-known American historians. The conversations were held at the Library of Congress beginning … Continue reading →

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Morale

Wilson's Weblog Posted on August 25, 2024 by LarryAugust 25, 2024

by John W. Gardner, 1978, W.W. Norton & Company, New York As is the case with many of the books I read, I didn’t really seek this book out as one I would really want to read. It was in … Continue reading →

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Imagined Communities

Wilson's Weblog Posted on August 22, 2024 by LarryAugust 25, 2024

by Benjamin Anderson, 1991 revised and extended edition, Verso, an imprint of Left Wing Books My son went to George Washington University in Washington, D.C., to get his Master’s degree in Eastern European History. After graduating he had a collection … Continue reading →

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Demons of Unrest

Wilson's Weblog Posted on August 1, 2024 by LarryAugust 3, 2024

by Erik Larson, 2024, Audiobook narrated by Will Patton, Random House Audio This book is a detailed account of the events that led up to the attack on Fort Sumter which was the start of the Civil War. The author … Continue reading →

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So Close to Home

Wilson's Weblog Posted on July 22, 2024 by LarryJuly 22, 2024

by Michael J. Tougias and Alison O’Leary, 2016, Pegasus Books, Ltd. I didn’t initially think much about this book. It’s the story of a family that was on board a freighter bound to New Orleans from Costa Rica during WWII … Continue reading →

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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

Wilson's Weblog Posted on October 29, 2023 by LarryMarch 24, 2024

by David Grann, 2023, Doubleday, New York This is the story of the Wager, a ship that was shipwrecked on the coast of Chile during the War of Jenkin’s Ear between England and Spain in 1740. The ship was part … Continue reading →

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