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10 Steps to War
“To the Austins: May their bones burn in Hell,” cried John H. Wharton in a toast to William T. Austin. We don’t know Austin’s immediate response to the toast, but we know the ending. Those be fightin’ words, and a slap across the face with a glove. (We like to imagine, tragically, we don’t know how the duel was arranged.)
In the second episode of our new podcast, “10 Steps to War”, we dive into the simmering tensions of the early 1830s through two of the leading families: the Austins and the Whartons. Their rivalry and division mirrored the increasing division between those looking to cry war and those who wanted peace.
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“To the Austins: May their bones burn in Hell,” cried John H. Wharton in a toast to William T. Austin. We don’t know Austin’s immediate response to the toast, but we know the ending. Those be fightin’ words, and a slap across the face with a glove. (We like to imagine, tragically, we don’t know how the duel was arranged.)
In the second episode of our new podcast, “10 Steps to War”, we dive into the simmering tensions of the early 1830s through two of the leading families: the Austins and the Whartons. Their rivalry and division mirrored the increasing division between those looking to cry war and those who wanted peace.