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A teacher uncovers history with “Pulling Off the Sheets: The Second Ku Klux Klan in Deep Southern Illinois.”

In his In Depth interview on C-SPAN yesterday, Steve cited Leo Strausss Natural Right and History as one of the books he most wanted to recommend to viewers. Watch the interview here to pick up the rest of his recommendations. Seeing the image of Strausss book on the screen reminded me of my own list. I thought it might make sense to reiterate it today at the beginning of another

In his review of Stalins Library: A Dictator and His Books, by Geoffrey Roberts, Nigel Jones writes in the Spectator: Roberts takes us through Stalin’s life and shows how his reading molded his actions. Books transformed the bright seminary student into a ferocious revolutionary, prepared to sacrifice family, friends and a vast array of enemies — capitalists, kulaks, fellow Bolsheviks, imperialists, Trotskyist deviationists and millions of ordinary Soviet citizens —

Christina Shutt: "All (previous historians) were focused mostly on Abraham Lincoln. Illinois’ history is far more complex than that."

National News Pivotal time: Museum obtains key 1854 Lincoln letter SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An 1854 letter hinting at Abraham Lincolns transition from prairie legislator to political powerhouse, donated to the state of Illinois, was unveiled Thursday at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. by Associated Press Jul. 2 2021 @ 11:05pm Abraham Lincolns signature at the bottom of a 1854 handwritten letter donated to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum by Guy Fraker, ...

John Oconnor Christina Shutt, executive director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, hugs Guy Fraker, of Bloomington, Ill., attorney, author and Lincoln collector, after a ceremony in which he donated a 1854 handwritten letter from Lincoln for the collection of the ALPLM during a ceremony at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Ill., Thursday, July 1, 2021. Abraham Lincolns 1854 letter to Elihu Powell says that he has decided not to serve as a...

PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Sheriff’s Office released the following reports March 15: * From March 8-14, the Wood County Sheriff’s Office answered 310 calls, including: 22 traffic stops; 43 complaints by phone and in person; 22 domestic calls and domestic protective orders served; 15 suspicious person(s) and vehicles; five check area, subject, welfare; 16 disorderly subject, motorist; 10 accidents; 13 larceny; two mental hygiene order/pick up/transport; 13 intrusion alarms; and 11 warra...