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ugh. show not tell the “NOT ALL CONFEDERATES” edition

Varina by Charles Frazier

December 18, 2019 by andtheIToldYouSos 3 Comments

Well y’all, I’ve done it again. I found another piece of sniveling, self-serving garbage. I finished this one out of spite. I wanted very badly, much like Signature of All Things, to cast this garbage into the sea. Unlike that previous disaster, I could not bring myself to punish the environment with this piece of “not all confederates” garbage.  Charles Frazier spent a mind-numbing 353 pages elaborating on what could have been a pamphlet – “Varina Davis was a lady that had ideas outside of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: #trashy, American History, Antebellum South, Charles Frazier, civil war, Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, lauded author, varina davis

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR11 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: #trashy, American History, Antebellum South, Charles Frazier, civil war, Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, lauded author, varina davis ·
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Outgunned, outmanned, outnumbered, outplanned….

February 2, 2017 by ingres77 3 Comments

I’ve long been interested in the American presidency. I’ve read,  perhaps, more about the various men to have served that role than any other particular historical subject. Over the last 2+ years participating in the Cannonball, I’ve read about 20 biographies of various presidents. I have books on the office itself, not just the men who’ve sat in it. I’ve read countless articles and think pieces. And in all of this, Jefferson Davis, one and only president of the Confederate States of America, is never […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: American History, civil war, Confederate States of America, Embattled Rebel, James M. McPherson, Jefferson Davis, Presidency

ingres77's CBR9 Review No:4 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: American History, civil war, Confederate States of America, Embattled Rebel, James M. McPherson, Jefferson Davis, Presidency ·
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