The Author’s Corner with Kenneth W. Noe Kenneth W. Noe is Draughon Professor of Southern History Emeritus at Auburn University. This interview is based on his new book, Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend: Reconsidering Lincoln as Comm…

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Since we’re all going to die, I’ve been doing this! Yup, in my 60s, hanging out at tattoo parlors! This shit is addictive! #tattoos #midlifecrisis #booklogo #noire #lsupress

A big crowd was on hand to hear @irishacw.bsky.social talk about his new book "Green and Blue" #LSUPress at the Gettysburg National Military Park theatre. Everyone fascinated by this ground breaking scholarship regarding Irish Americans in the Union military during the American Civil War. Congrats!

Drumsville goes to college! Today I’ll be giving a guest lecture to an NYU undergraduate course Media and Spectacle on the history of drums and drumming in New Orleans with a focus on Congo Square, Black Masking Indians, and Second Lines.
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Before I forget; I do this too!
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Title page text: SANDHILL CITIES: Metropolitan Ambitions in Augusta, Columbus, and Macon, Georgia; J. Mark Souther

CONTENTS List of Illustrations / x Acknowledgments / x Introduction / X Chapter 1 The Heart of Georgia / XX Chapter 2 The Winter Capital of America / XX Chapter 3 Metropolis of the Chattahoochee Valley / XX Chapter 4 Planning “The South’s Most Progressive City” / XX Chapter 5 What Augusta Builds, Builds Augusta / XXX Chapter 6 Building the Future from Our Past / XXX Epilogue ~ Where Soul Lives / XXX Notes / XXX Bibliography / XXX Index / XXX

I’m pleased to share that my new book, Sandhill Cities: Metropolitan Ambitions in Augusta, Columbus, and Macon, Georgia, is in press for fall 2025 publication in LSU Press’s Making the Modern South series edited by David Goldfield. #lsupress #southernhistory #urbanhistory @urbanhistorya.bsky.social

Oh, this concerns new(-ish) books by @uncpress.bsky.social, @ugapress.bsky.social, #LSUPress and #OUP.

Learning a ton about the intricacies of the executive pardon system under Andrew Johnson in this important book. Contrary to popular belief, each clemency application was carefully weighed and lots of supplicants were unsuccessful in their attempts. #books #reconstruction #johnson #lsupress
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