Kevin M. Levin - "Follow Me on Substack" Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Kevin M. Levin is a historian. Former HS history teacher now working to help educators better understand and teach the Civil War era. Author, Searching for Black Confederates https://t.co/Wd3cA2exrk
White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America
Anthea ButlerKevin M. Levin - "Follow Me on Substack"And after you finish watching this pick up copies of @KevinMKruse's book *One Nation Under God* and @AntheaButler's book *White Evangelical Racism.* https://t.co/E6ycRRJSk5
Hardcover, 2021
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Walden
Henry David ThoreauKevin M. Levin - "Follow Me on Substack"The Black people who lived in Walden Woods long before Henry David Thoreau https://t.co/uqODhZzJYN
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Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness
Elizabeth D. SametKevin M. Levin - "Follow Me on Substack"@woodyholtonusc Chris Wallace should read Elizabeth D. Samet's new book, LOOKING FOR THE GOOD WAR: AMERICAN AMNESIA AND THE VIOLENT PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. He is such a lightweight. https://t.co/7p3wzxkUmr
Paperback, 2022
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Walden
Thoreau Henry DavidKevin M. Levin - "Follow Me on Substack"The Black people who lived in Walden Woods long before Henry David Thoreau https://t.co/uqODhZzJYN
Paperback, 2017
$11.18$5.59 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Romance of Reunion: Northerners and the South, 1865-1901
Nina SilberKevin M. Levin - "Follow Me on Substack"@cwbarr @RichardPCondon @markjohnson0208 Let's keep in mind that this series predates Nina Silber's *Romance of Reunion* and David Blight's *Race and Reunion.*
Paperback, 1997
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Illusions of Emancipation: The Pursuit of Freedom and Equality in the Twilight of Slavery
Joseph P. ReidyKevin M. Levin - "Follow Me on Substack"Did George Packer even read the books that he claims represent the historical trend of "fatalism"? He cites Joseph Reidy's *Illusions of Emancipation* which is a wonderful study that complicates how we understand the unfolding of freedom during the Civil War. Hardly fatalistic.
Paperback, 2020
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Seeds of Empire: Cotton, Slavery, and the Transformation of the Texas Borderlands, 1800-1850
Andrew J. TorgetKevin M. Levin - "Follow Me on Substack"I am reading the book in question. The authors of "Forget the Alamo" rely heavily on scholarship such as Andrew Torget's book "Seeds of Empire" published by UNC Press. I am dumbfounded as to how this guy earned a PhD in history. https://t.co/gd24tVc5X3
Paperback, 2018
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner
Toni MorrisonKevin M. Levin - "Follow Me on Substack""If her novel is 'obscene,' that is because the institution of slavery was obscene. The novel is about slavery — including, but not limited to, the sexual abuse that it encouraged and relied upon as a tool of power."--@FJasmineG https://t.co/SYR1nH4JrH
Paperback, 2004
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Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America
Megan Kate NelsonKevin M. Levin - "Follow Me on Substack"Join me in congratulating @megankatenelson on the publication of SAVING YELLOWSTONE. It promises to be another dynamite book. I know because I had a chance to read and comment on part of it. Do yourself a favor and order a copy today. #twitterstorians https://twitter.com/megankatenelson/status/1498639430025895941
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Teaching White Supremacy: America's Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of Our National Identity
Donald YacovoneKevin M. Levin - "Follow Me on Substack""Massachusetts, usually though of as the cradle of abolitionism and liberalism, was the birthplace of Jim Crow and white supremacy."--Donald Yacovone, *Teaching White Supremacy* (p. 25) https://t.co/aguGelB8i5
Paperback, 2023
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