APUS Historical Studies Honor Society

For Women's History Month ... Review of: Maude (1883-1993): She Grew Up with the Country, by Mardo Williams regarp.com/2016/12/16/rev…

For Women's History Month ... perhaps the finest book on Civil War memory & the one that introduced me to "Confederate Porn" ... Review of: Tara Revisited: Women, War & The Plantation Legend, by Catherine Clinton regarp.com/2016/08/04/rev…

For Women's History Month ... an outstanding female historian brilliantly analyzes Appomattox and historical memory ... Review of: Appomattox: Victory, Defeat, and Freedom at the End of the Civil War, by Elizabeth R. Varon regarp.com/2015/08/13/rev…

Happy International Women's Day. This is your must-read book for today ... Review of: The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality, by Angela Saini regarp.com/2023/02/28/rev…

For Women's History Month ... one of my absolute favorite Civil War books ... Review of: Tara Revisited: Women, War & The Plantation Legend, by Catherine Clinton regarp.com/2016/08/04/rev…

For Women's History Month ... Review of: Love & Duty: Confederate Widows and the Emotional Politics of Loss, by Angela Esco Elder regarp.com/2023/05/21/rev…

OTD in 1872 Yellowstone established as first national park. Outstanding book on how that came to be here ... Review of: Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America, by Megan Kate Nelson regarp.com/2023/07/29/rev…

Deja Vu? Review of: America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History, by Andrew J. Bacevich regarp.com/2020/03/30/rev…

For Black History Month ... Review of: Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine, by Jim Downs regarp.com/2022/05/31/rev…

For Black History Month ... Review of: Africa: A Biography of the Continent, by John Reader regarp.com/2021/04/17/rev…

For Black History Month ... Review of: Atlas of Slavery, by James Walvin regarp.com/2017/03/26/rev…

For Black History Month ... Review of: Superior: The Return of Race Science, by Angela Saini regarp.com/2021/11/13/rev…

For Black History Month ... Review of: Ota Benga: The Pygmy in the Zoo, by Phillips Verner Bradford & Harvey Blume regarp.com/2024/01/28/rev…

For Black History Month ... Review of: Kennedy and King: The President, the Pastor, and the Battle Over Civil Rights, by Steven Levingston regarp.com/2018/12/31/rev…

Tuesday morning surprise is to find three of my Regarp Book Blog reviews of books by Serhii Plokhy and Timothy Snyder cited as sources by the "The Uyghur Research Institute"--several of the numbered citations in the initial paragraphs land on my reviews! uysi.org/tr/2026/02/17/…

For Presidents Day ... there would be no United States without him ... Review of: George Washington: The Political Rise of America’s Founding Father, by David O. Stewart regarp.com/2022/01/23/rev…

For Black History Month ... Review of: The Orlando, Florida, Civil Rights Movement: A Case Study in Cooperation and Communication, 1951-1971, by Fred Altensee regarp.com/2016/07/04/rev…

For Black History Month ... my very own published journal article "Strange Bedfellows: Nativism, Know-Nothings, African-Americans & School Desegregation in Antebellum Massachusetts" know-nothings.com

For Black History Month ... Review of: Sarah’s Long Walk: The Free Blacks of Boston and How Their Struggle for Equality Changed America, by Stephen Kendrick & Paul Kendrick regarp.com/2022/02/20/rev…

For Lincoln's birthday, my favorite bio ... Review of: A Self-Made Man: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I, 1809–1849, by Sidney Blumenthal regarp.com/2022/07/13/rev…