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Friday, June 1, 2012

Books to Die For

Published by Charleston Voice

Upon moving down South nearly 14 years ago, I dug in hard on learning southern history. Having grown up in Maine, I was pretty much up to snuff on the colonial period, F&I & Rev Wars, but came up short on the "civil war". Well, I certainly found out!

Knowing how to select what to read is crucial. Ask a friend whom you trust to know truthful history - - get a title or two from him, and if you liked the book, your source for future reading selections will be the bibliographies in the backs. Then, just use those as referral sources for future reading! You'll be keeping yourself from wandering off into the philosophical wilderness..... where you may be finding yourself right now!

Once you learn about the Whigs from whence came Lincoln, you'll get a clear understanding of the Republican mercantilism we still toil under today.  You'll have a clear focus then why Obama idolizes this tyrant. Tom DiLorenzo can set you straight on that issue.

At the very bottom below this image are some snippets I scanned from The Tragic Era by Claude Bowers - - perhaps my favorite, and recommended by another northern refugee, Al Benson of Revised History.

For a larger image you can read, click here



Suggested reading:

1. Union and Liberty: The Political Philosophy of John C. Calhoun, Ross M. Lence, Editor, Indianapolis: Liberty Press, 1992, 626 pages, hardcover.

2. Lincoln Takes Command, by John Shipley Tilley, Nashville: Bill Coats, Ltd., 1991, 334 pages, hardcover.

3. The Coming of the Glory, by John Shipley Tilley, Nashville: Bill Coats, Ltd., 1995, 290 pages, paperback.

4. Facts the Historians Leave Out: A Confederate Primer, by John Shipley Tilley, Nashville: Bill Coats, Ltd., 1951, 80 pages, paperback.

5. The Southern Tradition at Bay: A History of Postbellum Thought, by Richard M. Weaver, Washington, DC: Regnery Gateway, 1989, 400 pages, hardcover.

6. The Southern Essays of Richard M. Weaver, George M. Curtis, III and James J. Thompson, Jr., Editors, Indianapolis: Liberty Press, 1987, 268 pages, hardcover.

7. War For What?, by Francis W. Springer. Nashville: Bill Coats, Ltd., 1990, 221 pages, paperback.

8. The South Was Right!, by James Ronald Kennedy and Walter Donald Kennedy, Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company, 1994, 431 pages, hardcover.

9. Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery, by Robert William Fogel and Stanley L. Engerman, New York: W.W. Norton, 1989, 306 pages, paperback.

10. The Tragic Era, The Revolution After Lincoln, by Claude G. Bowers, Houghton Mifflin, 1929, 567 pages, hardcover.

11. The Real Lincoln, by Thomas DiLorenzo, Prima Communications, 2002, 336 pages, hardcover.

12. The Prostrate State: South Carolina under Negro Government, by James S. Pike, 1874, D. Appleton & Co., New York, (back cover review)

13. Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men, by Jeffrey Rogers Hummel,OPen Court Pub.,1996,420 pages,softcover.

14. Tariffs, Blockades, and Inflation, The Economics of the Civil War, by Robert Thornton and Robert Ekelund Jr.,SR Books, 2004,124 pages,softcover.

15. The Political Culture of the American Whigs, by Daniel Walker Howe, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1979, 404 pages, softcover.

16. View of the Constitution of the United States, by St. George Tucker and Clyde Wilson, Liberty Fund, 1999, 478 pages, hardcover.

17. The Fate of Liberty, Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties, by Mark E. Neely, Jr.,Oxford University Press, 1991, 278 pages, paperback.