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A Review of Masterpiece’s “Little Women”

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Sarah Kay Bierle

Over Memorial Day weekend I binge-watched the new version of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. Though my review was delayed due to history conference coordinating, I’m delighted to share a few thoughts on the new show. I suppose I could … Continue reading →

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Andersonville Offers Wonderful Writing Amidst Horrific Suffering

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Chris Mackowski

Every so often as we read, we writers run into a sentence that is so spot-on perfect that we say, “Damn, I wish I’d written that.” Such writer-envy is not uncommon, and at its heart, it springs from a deep … Continue reading →

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The Year in Review 2016: #5

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Emerging Civil War

Pop Culture has always served as a useful and important way for the public to engage with Civil War history. The fall 2015-16 television season saw another high-profile example when PBS broadcast the Civil War hospital drama Mercy Street. Guest … Continue reading →

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Richard Adams, Author of Traveller, dies at 96

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Chris Mackowski

While most of the pop culture world was mourning the death this week of Star Wars’ Princess Leia and 80s pop icon George Michael, I heard the quieter news of the death of one of my favorite authors, Richard Adams. … Continue reading →

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Mercy Street–Another Review

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Meg Groeling

Because I’m doing my master’s thesis on a topic related to Civil War medicine, I was asked to review this PBS series, but just could not find the time to do so until now. I sometimes had to binge-watch a … Continue reading →

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“The New Nurse” – Review of Mercy Street, Episode 1

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Sarah Kay Bierle

In case you haven’t heard yet, PBS is featuring a new historical mini-series set during the American Civil War! It’s called Mercy Street and the first episode premiered last Sunday. In this beginning presentation – The New Nurse – the viewers are … Continue reading →

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The Ken Burns Effect

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Chris Mackowski

Lest anyone underestimate the importance of Ken Burns’ The Civil War, take a second to study this graph:

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Copperhead: A Case Study in Bad Marketing

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Chris Mackowski

Ron Maxwell has his fans and he has his detractors—but what he really needs is a good marketing department. Case in point: I recently ordered a copy of his movie from Copperhead from Amazon.com. At $5, it was hard to … Continue reading →

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