Canadian Meets the South

In this episode, I review At the Edge of the Precipice: Henry Clay and the Compromise That Saved the Union by Robert V. Remini (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7950142-at-the-edge-of-the-precipice).  The book showcases the events of the Compromise of 1850 through Senator Henry Clay's point of view and vilifies President Zachary Taylor to a certain extent. Taylor dies and Millard Fillmore succeeds him, but the omnibus bill that the Compromise was drafted from was unraveled. So, Senator Stephen Douglas pushed for the Compromise as 5 separate bills.  Sectional tensions were hot in the United States back then and, today, they are also pretty hot in both Canada and the United States.

Hello, everyone. In this episode, I review Light-Horse Harry Lee: The Rise and Fall of a Revolutionary Hero - The Tragic Life of Robert E. Lee's Father by Ryan Cole (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39858868-light-horse-harry-lee).  I found it interesting that the author contrasted Light-Horse Harry Lee with his famous son, Robert. Both fought for Virginia, but for different reasons.

Hello everyone! I haven't posted in 4 months, but it is good to be back. Initially, I had planned to go through From Manassas to Appomattox by James Longstreet (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/775254.From_Manassas_To_Appomattox?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=mKFTbW2yrs&rank=1), but I didn't really enjoy going through it. After, I went through Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America by David Hackett Fischer (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32081.Albion_s_Seed). This is the book I chose to review for this episode.

Politically, a lot has happened in the last 4 months in Canada. I have other books to review this year. Thank you for tuning in to the podcast!

In this episode, I reviewed The South Was Right! by James Ronald Kennedy and Donald Walter Kennedy, who are twin brothers. This was the 3rd edition of their book, which came out in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/868869.The_South_Was_Right_

I recently finished listening to the audiobook It Wasn’t About Slavery: Exposing the Great Lie of the Civil War by Samuel W. Mitcham. Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43909471-it-wasn-t-about-slavery?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=jaHAx7Vlmq&rank=1

The book didn't just talk about tariffs in the antebellum Union. It also explains how the African Slave Trade started and how Yankees profited heavily from it for many years.

In this episode, I review Pulitzer Prize-winner The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...) and its sequel The Last Full Measure by son Jeff Shaara (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...). These are the sequels to Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara, which I reviewed last episode. Together, these 3 books are one trilogy.

In this episode, I review Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara. In the next two episodes, I will review the other 2 books in the trilogy. The 2nd book, The Killer Angels, written by his father Michael Shaara, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1975.  Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29925.Gods_and_Generals

In this episode, I talk about American Secession: The Looming Threat of a National Breakup by F.H. Buckley.  Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52188682-american-secession

This month, I reviewed John C. Calhoun: American Portrait by Margaret L. Coit. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1951. It goes over his entire life and explains his philosophy as a states' rights man and a Unionist.

John C. Calhoun is considered by many to be the most important Vice President of the United States who never became President. Along with Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, he was part of The Great Triumvirate. From the War of 1812 until the Compromise of 1850, these 3 men were considered the most important Americans, overshadowing the Presidents of this time period.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1542187.John_C_Calhoun?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=2bqevxRuZH&rank=2

I continue reviewing The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government by Jefferson Davis. I had reviewed Volume 1 in the previous episode.

Here is where I listened to Volume 2 for free: https://librivox.org/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-confederate-government-volume-2-by-jefferson-davis/