The Clamor of Lawyers

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BOOK REVIEW The Clamor of Lawyers: The American Revolution and Crisis in the Legal Profession By Peter Charles Hoffer and Williamjames Hull Hoffer 2018 About the Authors Peter Charles Hoffer has taught early American history at Ohio State University, the University of Notre Dame, and Georgia, the latter since 1978.  Williamjames Hull Hoffer was a … Continue reading The Clamor of Lawyers

Scars of Independence

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BOOK REVIEW Scars of Independence: America's Violent Birth By Holger Hoock  2017 Website: http://www.holgerhoock.com About the Author Holger Hoock was educated at Freiburg and Cambridge and received his doctorate from Oxford. He currently serves as the J. Carroll Amundson Professor of British History and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research in the Dietrich School … Continue reading Scars of Independence

We the People

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BOOK REVIEW We the People: The Economic Origins of the Constitution By Forrest McDonald 2017 About the Author Forrest McDonald was Distinguished Research Professor of History at the University of Alabama. He was the Sixteenth Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities in 1987 and was awarded the Ingersoll Prize in 1990. Dr. McDonald was the author … Continue reading We the People

The Deep Rig

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BOOK REVIEW The Deep Rig: How Election Fraud Cost Donald J. Trump the White House, by a Man Who Did Not Vote for Him By Patrick M. Byrne  2021 Website: http://www.deepcapture.com About the Author "Patrick received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and Asian studies from Dartmouth College, a master’s in philosophy (ethics) from Cambridge University … Continue reading The Deep Rig

Economics in One Lesson

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BOOK REVIEW Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics By Henry Hazlitt  1978 edition (first edition 1946) About the Author Henry Hazlitt (1894-1993), was a libertarian philosopher, an economist, and a journalist. He was the founding vice-president of the Foundation for Economic Education and an early editor of The … Continue reading Economics in One Lesson

Founding Finance

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BOOK REVIEW Founding Finance: How Debt, Speculation, Foreclosures, Protests, and Crackdowns Made Us a Nation  By William Hogeland  2012 Website: williamhogeland.wordpress.com About the Author William Hogeland is also the author of the Wild Early Republic trilogy: "The Whiskey Rebellion" (2006), "Declaration" (2010), and "Autumn of the Black Snake" (2017). Hogeland has also written  for "The Atlantic," … Continue reading Founding Finance

To Begin the World over Again

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BOOK REVIEW To Begin the World over Again: How the American Revolution Devastated the Globe By Matthew Lockwood Published by Yale University Press, 2019 Print length 512 pages Website: history.ua.edu/people/matthew-lockwood/ An audio version of this review is available at anchor.fm.  About the Author Matthew Lockwood is assistant professor of history at the University of Alabama. … Continue reading To Begin the World over Again