| HNN STATS THIS WEEK: | |
| BIGGEST STORY: | |
| IN THE NEWS: | - Douglas Brinkley:
Hurricanes' Aftermath Restoring one's 'Soul' -
Chicago Sun-Times, 3-19-06
- Robert Remini: Andrew Jackson's plantation named site on Trail of Tears -
Dallas Morning News, 3-19-06
- David Garrow: Speeches by justices veer toward the political
Ginsburg and O'Connor address topical issues -
NYT, 3-19-06
- Walter Woodward: Refused Connecticut Grant for"Samuel Colt: Arms, Art and Invention" Exhibition -
Hartford Courant, 3-19-06
- Historians Hindu groups: Sue California Board of Education -
Rediff, India, 3-19-06
- Historians: Armenian conference invites academics of all convictions to floor -
Turkish Daily News, 3-19-06
- Stanley Kutler: Wisconsin law historian fined for alleged threat -
Chicago Sun-Times, 3-17-06
- Sean Wilentz: Some bloggers are upset with his Bancroft award -
Hiram Hover (blogger), 3-16-06
- Tariq Ramadan: ACLU takes Bush admin to court over his visa revocation -
NYT, 3-16-06
- Wendy Doniger: Complaints about her profile posted at Wikipedia.org -
Peter Gottschalk in an email circulating on the Internet, 3-13-06
- Robert Dallek: Historian says Bush fails any greatness test -
News Journal, 3-13-06
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| REVIEWED: | - Alan Brinkley on Kevin Phillips: Clear and Present Dangers American Theocracy -
NYT, 3-19-06
- Eric Foner on Raymond Arsenault: Bound for Glory Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle
for Racial Justice -
NYT, 3-19-06
- Ira Berlin & Leslie M. Harris: Our Captive Past Slavery in New York -
NYT, 3-19-06
- Harvey C. Mansfield: Who's the Man? Manliness -
NYT, 3-19-06
- Elaine Feinstein: Not Silenced Anna of All the Russias: The Life of Anna Akhmatova -
NYT, 3-19-06
- Richard Carwardine: British Historian Crafts Masterful Political Biography of Abraham Lincoln -
Huntington News Network, 3-17-06
- Kevin Phillips: Tying Religion and Politics to an Impending U.S. Decline
American Theocracy -
NYT, 3-17-06
- Francis Fukuyama: Supporter's Voice Now Turns on Bush America at the
Crossroads -
NYT, 3-14-06
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| OP-ED: | |
| PROFILED: | - James L. Swanson: Fascinated by Lincoln's Assassination, and the Trail of the Killer -
NYT, 3-15-06
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| INTERVIEWED: | |
| QUOTED: | - Jill Lepore on teaching about slavery in the North:
Most Americans do not know the story of slavery in the North. There's no reason to hide
the fact that New York City was built by slaves. It's an important part of the city's past."
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AP, 3-17-06
- Michael Kazin on the Third Anniversary of the Iraq War:"During Vietnam, Lyndon
Johnson said we can fight them there or fight them here, but no one believed it.
This time, there's more fear about what happens next." -
Courier Post Online, 3-19-06
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| SPOTTED: | - Richard Larsen: Historian to discuss life during Civil War
in Minnesota and Wisconsin, Mar. 28, 2006 -
Pioneer Press, 3-17-06
- Billy D. Higgins: Book signing for A Stranger and a Sojourner: Peter
Caulder, Free Black Frontiersman in Antebellum Arkansas -
Baxter Bulletin, 3-16-06
- Laurel Thatcher Ulrich: Discussing"Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History,"
Mar. 29, 2006 @ the University of Notre Dame -
South Bend Tribune, 3-16-06
- Mark E. Neely, Jr.: To Compare Civil Liberties Restraints of Lincoln Era
to Post-Sept. 11, Mar. 23, 2006 @ SUNY Cortland -
SUNY Cortland News, 3-16-06
- H.R. McMaster: Featured in 60 Minutes story about Iraqi town taken back by US -
60 Minutes, 3-12-06
- Historians: Book Conference to honor legacy of Shelby Foote @
University of Mississippi, Mar. 30-Apr. 1, 2006 -
Daily Journal, 3-12-06 and
U of Miss Conference Registration
- David Wrobel: K-12 Teachers Invited To Partner With History Professors At
CU-Boulder Center Of The American West Event, Mar. 22, 2006-
CU Boulder News & Events, 3-9-06
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| ON TV: | - PBS: American Experience,"Murder of the Century," Monday, Mar. 20, 2006 @ 9pm -
PBS
- History Channel: UFO Files Texas' Roswell, Monday, March 20 @ 8pm ET/PT -
- History Channel: Digging for the Truth"Troy: Of Gods and Warriors,"
Monday, March 20 @ 9pm ET/PT
- History Channel: The True Story of the Philadelphia Experiment,
Wednesday, March 22 @ 11pm ET/PT
- History Channel: Decoding The Past Secret Brotherhood of
Freemasons, Thursday, March 23 @ 9pm ET/PT
- History Channel: Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces, Friday,
March 24 @ 8pm ET/PT
- Caligula: Reign of Madness, Friday, March 24 @ 10pm ET/PT
- C-Span2: After Words: Kevin Phillips and Grover Norquist,
Saturday, March 25 @ 9:00 pm & Sunday, March 26 @ 6:00 pm @ 9:00 pm -
BookTV
- History Channel: Women's History Month Listings -
History Channel
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| SELLING BIG (NYT): | - James L. Swanson: Manhunt The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer,
#6, (5 weeks on list)
3-26-06
- Doris Kearns Goodwin: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln,
#11 (20 weeks on list) -
3-26-06
- David McCullough: 1776, #26 -
3-26-06
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| FUTURE RELEASES: | - Kevin Phillips:American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion,
Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century, Mar. 21, 2006 -
Amazon.com
- Jerome Armstrong & Markos Moulitsas Zuniga: Crashing the Gate: Netroots,
Grassroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics, Mar. 2006 -
Amazon.com
- Colin G. Calloway: The Scratch of a Pen : 1763 and the Transformation of
America,
Mar. 31, 2006 -
Amazon.com
- Ronald Kessler: Laura Bush: An Intimate Portrait of the First Lady,
Apr. 4, 2006 -
Amazon.com
- Jon Meacham: American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the
Making of a Nation, Apr. 4, 2006 -
Amazon.com
- Efraim Karsh: Islamic Imperialism : A History, Apr. 11, 2006-
Amazon.com
- Robert Dallek & Terry Golway:
Let Every Nation Know, Apr. 17, 2006 -
Amazon.com
- Douglas Brinkley: The Great Deluge : Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the
Mississippi Gulf Coast, May 9, 2006 -
Amazon.com
- Nathaniel Philbrick: Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War,
May 9, 2006 -
Amazon.com
- Gordon Wood: Revolutionary Characters : What Made the Founders Different,
May 18, 2006 -
Amazon.com
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| HONORED: | |
| DEPARTED: | - Madeleine P. Cosman: 68, Medieval Expert, Dies -
NYT, 3-19-06
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