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American author & public intellectual #GoreVidal was #BOTD 100 years ago!
You can find a large array of Vidal's own texts as well as secondary literature on topics such as #AmericanPolitics , sexuality & gender or #AmericanHistory in his works.
The Founding Father Who Lost a Leg, Romanced Married and
Single Women Alike, and Escaped the Bloodshed of the French
Revolution
"Gouverneur Morris wrote the preamble to the Constitution and
shaped the future of the nascent United States. Later in life, he
rejected the foundational document as a failure."
by Zachary Clary
Gouverneur Morris by Theodore Roosevelt
#AmericanPrestige pod welcomes #GregGrandin for Part 1 of an interview about his recent book, #AmericaAmérica: A New History of the New World. Discussion includes the #SpanishConquest, aspects of English and Spanish #settlerColonialism, as well as the evolution US-Latin American relations
#historyOfTheAmericas #LatinAmericanHistory #AmericanHistory #UShistory #ModernHistory #colonialism #colonialViolence #revolutions #bookstodon #books @bookstodon
"My own work emphasizes the continuing relevance of the #Reconstruction period to the world in which we live. In the past two generations, no era of #AmericanHistory has undergone a more complete revision of historical interpretation."
The Education of a Historian
excerpted from #EricFoner's #OurFragileFreedoms: Essays
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/eric-foner-our-fragile-freedom-essay/
#UShistory #USpolitics #modernHistory #contemporaryHistory #civilRights #civilLiberties #books @histodons @bookstodon
How Davy Crockett, the Rugged Frontiersman Killed at the Alamo, Became an Unlikely American Hero
"During his lifetime, Crockett—who went by David, not Davy—shaped his own myth. In the 20th century, his legacy got a boost from none other than Walt Disney"
by Greg Daugherty
"A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee" by Crockett at PG:
Where Did the Most Feared Gangs of the Wild West Emerge?
"The Wild West was renowned for its outlandish gangs, but where did they come from?"
https://www.thecollector.com/where-did-the-most-feared-gangs-of-the-wild-west-emerge/
#OnThisDay, 26 Aug 1970, the Women's Strike for Equality marches through New York City, USA. Estimates vary on numbers, with between10 and 20 thousand people taking part in a call for peace and equality.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons
Actually, #Slavery Was Very Bad
Trump’s latest criticism of #museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase #Black #history.
In what looks to be an intensifying quest to reshape #AmericanHistory & scholarship according to his own preferences, #Trump this week targeted the #Smithsonian Institution, the national repository of #USHistory & #memory. Trump seemed outraged, in particular, by the Smithsonian’s portrayal of the Black experience in America.
#OnThisDay, 24 Aug 1896, an unknown woman cyclist has a beer at the bar in New Jersey - making headlines in the New York Times.
Chapeau!
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Cycling #AmericanHistory #Histodons
🧵 #OnThisDay, 23 Aug 1941, American Virginia Hall arrives in France to work for the British Special Operations Executive.
Hall ended up on the German's “most wanted” list as 'the limping lady'.
#WomenInHistory #WorldWar2 #AmericanHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
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#OnThisDay, 22 Aug 1762, Ann Smith Franklin becomes the sole editor of the weekly Rhode Island Mercury: the first woman to be a US newspaper editor.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons
1917. At a time when it takes courage to love, hope, or have faith, three young Irish-American dare to believe in themselves and in America. Rich in period detail, this first book in the White Winter Trilogy by Laurie Marr Wasmund chronicles the beginning of a journey through a ravaged and fear-filled world toward hope, tolerance, and an understanding of the human condition.
#historicalfiction #books #americanhistory
https://www.amazon.com/White-Winter-Justice-Laurie-Wasmund-ebook/dp/B01N7XOUAW/
The Undiscovered Country: Triumph, Tragedy, and the Shaping of the American West by Paul Andrew Hutton, 2025
From the author of The Apache Wars, the true story of the American West, revealing how American ambition clashed with the realities of violence and exploitation.
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#nonfiction
#AmericanHistory
#AmericanWest
#OnThisDay, 14 Aug 1922, Lizzie 'Spike' Murphy became the first woman to play major league baseball in the US.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons
