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A Politically Incorrect Confession

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on July 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I have never been a fan of Native American history.  It’s not the guilt over how we stole their land and slaughtered them, whether by disease or guns.  No, it’s really just that I am not an outdoorsy person.  And living off the land has never been something that interested me.  I admire that some tribes [...]

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Vacation Reading

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

This post was started in the midst of my recent vacation, but then there were internet connection issues and piles of stuff to go through when I got back to Texas and, well, you know how it is.  Part of my trip was spent at a friend’s house who is also a big kid lit [...]

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Let me count the ways. . . In love with Calpurnia Tate

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on February 2, 2010 | 3 Comments »

As a public historian in Texas, there are certain subjects that you just have to deal with on a regular basis.  The Alamo.  Cowboys.  The frontier.  I have attended conferences where it feels like every single session is pre-1900 history and mostly about the Texas Revolution.  These are all fine topics for historical study, but [...]

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The Perils of Historical Fiction

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on January 8, 2010 | 4 Comments »

It’s not that I don’t like historical fiction for kids.  It’s just that there’s so much bad historical fiction out there–books that probably aren’t going to convert any kids to the history-nerd lifestyle. In the past couple of weeks, I’ve been doing a lot more reading than usual.  Due to the bizarre combination of a [...]

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