The Scholar's Attic

A quick tour of Melville's most overlooked novel, with prescient applications for our own time. Fasten your seat belts!

From guest speaker, Alex Dromm:  An overview of the major battles of the War of Northern Aggression from Fort Sumter to Gettysburg and the tactics used by both sides of the conflict. We recommend you listen to this while looking at his PowerPoint presentation, posted on Edmodo (March 2020 folder).

The South secedes from the Union - the short version. (That's why you all have history books, yes?)

In which I talk about habits, asking "why" and commonality of experience in culture. Originally recorded on 3/18/2020. Sorry for the notification dings - I'll keep tweaking those internal controls. 

A quick tour of "The Great Triumverate."

PODCAST ERROR:  At the 4:20 mark - I refer to a span of time as "from the Napoleonic Wars to the eve of..." I meant the CIVIL WAR. Not the American Revolution. *facepalm* ALSO: At the 29:23 mark - Webster was chiefly concerned with manufacturing in the NORTH.

A brief blurb about why I'm doing this and what serves as the backbone of my research and lectures.

Main Source: Gileskirk Curriculum, 2003 edition, by Dr. George Grant. Includes a quick recap of the War of 1812, a brief explanation about chronology of lessons, and a focus on the rising divide leading into the Civil War and the vastly different world views that defined them.