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Continue reading →: Talk on Marching Masters, Saturday August 16th
By Colin Woodward I will be giving a talk on my book, Marching Masters: Slavery, Race, and the Confederate Army during the Civil War at the Cox building in downtown Little Rock’s River Market on Saturday, August 16th at 2 p.m. The Cox building is owned by CALS, the Central…
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Continue reading →: Quotation of the Day: Arthur Schlesinger on Historical Revisionism
“But others, especially in the United States … represent what American historians call “revisionism” — that is a readiness to challenge official explanations. No one should be surprised by this phenomenon. Every war in American history has been followed in due course by skeptical reassessments of supposedly sacred assumptions … for…
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Continue reading →: Marching Masters: Get Your Signed Copy Today!
If you would like a signed copy of my book, you can get one direct from me for $30, which includes shipping. Payment will be made via media mail once payment is received. Should you wish to contact me about it, email me at marchingmasters@gmail.com
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Continue reading →: Writing a Book, Part II: The First Review
By Colin Woodward In my last post about Marching Masters, I discussed the early stages of writing a book, which involved much research. After the research comes the writing, a discussion of which I will have to skip this time. Because recently, while searching online, I read the first review…
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Continue reading →: Marching Masters: Thoughts on Writing a First Book, Part I (Grad School)
By Colin Woodward My book has been out for more than two months now. It’s hard to resist checking its progress on Amazon.com, which seems to be about the only place people buy books these days. And it’s amazing how quickly your book can jump from being ranked #83,000 to…
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Continue reading →: Robert Hilburn and Johnny Cash
By Colin Woodward Robert Hilburn visited Little Rock last Thursday to talk about his new biography on Johnny Cash. It’s too early to say–and I have only just begun to read the book myself–but Hilburn’s will probably stand as the best life of the “Man in Black” yet written. Hilburn’s…
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Continue reading →: The 2014 Arkansas Historical Association Meeting
By Colin Woodward Last week, I attended the annual meeting of the Arkansas Historical Association. This year, the meeting was at Historic Washington state Park, which is not too far from Hope, the birthplace of Bill Clinton. I went to the AHA meeting last year, too, in Helena. In 2015,…
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Continue reading →: In Defense of Otey
By Colin Woodward So, no likes Otey. The haters surely are correct. The Natural State deserves better. The Travelers should be ashamed of themselves. They should instead follow the example of Fayetteville and name mascots after more enlightened and respectable creatures: like the pig. I don’t know how to put…
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Continue reading →: The Best of the Drive-By Truckers’ Albums: A List
Music fans love lists. Don’t believe me? Watch High Fidelity. And in honor of that tradition, I’m listing my favorite Drive-By Truckers albums. By Colin Woodward The Truckers hail from northern Alabama. The band’s founding members, Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley have been playing together for decades. The two are…
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Colin Woodward is a writer, historian, archivist, and recovering podcaster. His latest book is Country Boy: the Roots of Johnny Cash, winner of the Ragsdale Award for best book on Arkansas history, 2022. He has also written for the Civil War Times, Civil War Monitor, Arkansas Times, Style Weekly (Richmond, Va.), and other publications. He is a frequent contributor to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas. He lives in Richmond.
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