american civil war

‘Sword of Trust’ Is Random-Generation Comedy for a Truth-Deficient Time
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‘Sword of Trust’ Is Random-Generation Comedy for a Truth-Deficient Time

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 / 10 July 2019

Lynn Shelton's lo-fi Southern satire Sword of Trust yokes historical artifacts, the quest for meaning, Civil War Truthers, and the devastation of addiction to a pleasingly ramshackle comic quest.

‘Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom’ Is as Monumental as the Man It Chronicles
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‘Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom’ Is as Monumental as the Man It Chronicles

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 / 4 April 2019

Noted historian David W. Blight offers readers the fullest portrait of Frederick Douglass yet in this "biography of a voice".

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‘Death and the Civil War’ Is an Excellent Account of How America Learned to Handle Death

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 / 2 October 2012
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‘The Civil War: 150th Anniversary Commemorative Edition’ Is Simply Profound

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 / 15 April 2011