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“That History Commercial”: Today in Georgia History

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“Hey! Aren’t you the guy that does that history commercial every night on TV?” I was walking back to my office one afternoon after lunch in Chatham Square here in Savannah, and that question was shouted at me from a guy unloading a truck on Gaston Street. That history commercial?  He was referring to Today …Continue Reading »

This entry was posted in Today in Georgia History on October 22, 2013 by Stan Deaton.

Worth Reading:
The Letters of C. Vann Woodward

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The Letters of C. Vann Woodward. Edited by Michael O’Brien

The Letters of C. Vann Woodward. Edited by Michael O’Brien. Yale University Press, 480 pp., $40. C. Vann Woodward has cast a long shadow over the American historical profession for the last 75 years. His path breaking biography Tom Watson, Agrarian Rebel, first appeared in 1938, the first of Woodward’s 15 books and numerous essays …Continue Reading »

This entry was posted in Books on October 15, 2013 by Stan Deaton.

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