Feb 12, 2006

February 6, 2006

HNN STATS THIS WEEK:	Most Popular Article:"Did Truman Really Oppose the Soviet Union's Decision to Enter the War Against Japan?" D.M. Giangreco, 1-30-06 Most Popular Blog Entry:"BUY DANISH" ASK MY DANISH FRIENDS, Judith Apter Klinghoffer, 1-28-06 Hottest Topic: History of Terrorism Most Popular Feature:Quotes About History, By Ferenc M. Szasz. All-Time Favorite:"Historians vs. George W. Bush" Robert S. McElvaine, 5-17-04
MOST POPULAR:	OP-ED: Lewis Gould:"Abolish the State of the Union Address" - Washington Post, 1-29-06 Lewis Gould: OP-ED mentioned in White House Press Briefing, Jan. 30, 2006 - Whitehouse.gov Lewis Gould: OP-ED discussed in Newshour with Jim Lehrer State of the Union Preview - PBS Newshour, 1-30-06 Lewis Gould: Appeared on Al Sharpton's"Keeping It Real" and ABC Nightline discussing his OP-ED, & State of the Union, Jan. 31, 2006.
IN THE NEWS:	John Hopkins U Historians: Gillman Hall, If These Halls Could Talk - John Hopkins Magazine, 2-4-06 Carter G. Woodson: Sing praises of black historian - NY Daily News, 2-3-06 Laurel Thatcher Ulrich: To lead 5-member committee that will advise search for new Harvard dean - The Harvard Crimson, 2-2-06 Keith Thor Carlson: Uncovers historical injustice involving aboriginal youth - Star Pheonix (Canada), 2-2-06 Duke Historians: Black History Month Raises Issues of How We Remember the Past, Think About the Future - Duke News, 2-2-06 Ira Katznelson: Black history needs more than 1 month - Buffalo News, 2-2-06 David Rosner: Lead paint case in which he testified could go to jury next week - Providence Journal, 1-30-06 Judith Apter Klinghoffer:"BUY DANISH" ASK MY DANISH FRIENDS Making Waves - Deja vu -- Judith Apter Klinghoffer, HNN, 1-28-06
REVIEWED:	Taylor Branch: At Canaan's Edge, The Whirlwinds of Revolt - NYT, 2-5-06 Taylor Branch: At Canaan's Edge Featured First Chapter - NYT, 2-5-06 Taylor Branch: King's lost dream - Salon.com, 2-1-06 Taylor Branch: Tragic, But Not in Vain, The Final Years of King's Life - NY Observer, 2-6-06 Michael Kazin: A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan - LA Times, 2-5-06 Alan Wolfe on Michael Kazin: A GODLY HERO The Life of William Jennings Bryan, The Common Touch - Washington Post, 2-5-06 Walter Isaacson on James Risen: State of War, Spies and Spymasters - NYT, 2-5-06 Fred Barnes: REBEL-IN-CHIEF Inside the Bold and Controversial Presidency of George W. Bush, The Vision Thing - Washington Post, 2-5-06 Eugene Genovese: Divine Rights - New Republic, 2-6-06 Leonard Steinhorn: The Greater Generation, Talkin' bout my generation - Salon.com, 2-3-06 David Levering Lewis on Richard Slotkin: Lost Battalions, The Race to War - The Nation, 2-2-06
OP-ED:	Seth Perry: An Outsider Looks In at Mormonism - Chronicle of Higher Education, 2-3-06
PROFILED:	Taylor Branch: Freedom Writer - Washington Post, 2-5-06 Questioning torture: Alfred McCoy shines a bright light on a dark subject - Isthmus, The Daily Page, 2-5-06 U of Central Florida Historians: Bloggers uncover links to history - Orlando Sentinel, 2-5-06 Keith Carlson: Historian's investigation of 1884 lynching made into film - CBC, 2-2-06
INTERVIEWED:	David Hackett Fischer: Interviewed by American Enterprise Institute - American Enterprise Online
QUOTED:	Steve Gillon on the Baby Boomers:"It's a generation that grew up in a unique historical moment: at the end of World War II, when there was prosperity, a sense of expectation and hope about the future. So it's a generation that was born with a sense of entitlement..." - CBS News, 2-5-06 Taylor Branch on the Passing of Coretta Scott King:"This is the last of the pioneers that will have worldwide resonance from that period." - Baltimore Sun, 2-1-06
SPOTTED:	John Hope Franklin: To Discuss Autobiography at Guilford College, Mar. 6, 2006 - Guilford College News and Events Dennis McNally: Local historian to speak at UMass starting Feb. 20 - Daily Collegian, 2-4-06
ON TV:	African American Lives: Searching for Our Names/ Beyond The Middle Passage PBS, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 9pm ET - PBS American Experience: Jesse James, PBS, Monday. Feb. 6, 9pm ET - PBS Declassified: Castro - The Survivor, History Channel, Thursday, Feb. 9, 10pm ET/PT - History Channel History Channel: Black History Month 2006 TV Schedule - historychannel.com
SELLING BIG (NYT):	Doris Kearns Goodwin: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, #15 (14 weeks on list) - 2-5-06 David McCullough: 1776, #18 - 2-5-06 Taylor Branch: At Canaan's Edge, #23 - 2-5-06 Douglas Brinkley and Julie M. Fenster: Parish Priest, #29 - 2-5-06
FUTURE RELEASES:	James L. Swanson: Manhunt : The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer, February 7, 2006 - Amazon.com Deborah Davis: Party of the Century : The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black-and-White Ball, Feb. 24, 2006 - Amazon.com Robert L. McLaughlin, Sally E. Parry: We'll Always Have the Movies: American Cinema During World War II, Mar. 2006 - Amazon.com Douglas Brinkley: The Great Deluge : Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Apr. 1, 2006 - Amazon.com
HONORED:	Michael Dintenfass: Unique Teaching Style Earns History Professor Burpee Civic Award - U of Conn, Daily Campus, 2-3-06 Timothy Clark: UC Berkeley art historian gets $1.5 million award - Daily Review, 2-2-06
DEPARTED:	Lance Banning: longtime Univ. Kentucky history professor dies - WKTY (Lexington, KY), 2-1-06

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