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Samuel Pack Elliott, not a Southern gentleman as some might assume, but rather a product of the West Coast, is a quintessential icon of the American film industry. Known for his signature deep, gravelly voice and robust mustache, Elliott's career has been as enduring as his on-screen presence. https://youtu.be/KWap4nqM_9o?si=HSwfL29vheQw4LiV Born on August 9, 1944, in…
Part five in a series. In my last post, I began to discuss Michael Shaara’s aesthetic choices for constructing The Killer Angels as he did, and how he adopted a Lost Cause-interpretation of Robert E. Lee as a central choice for his novel. Where Shaara deviates significantly from Lost Cause tradition, though, is his choice to make Confederate…
Ever since he was a child, Mark Leonard has been fascinated by the American Civil War.
After a decades-long search across the US and Hawaii, two veterans discovered their paradise nestled in the hills of Costa Rica
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Since statehood, and even before, Illinois has been well-represented in American wars. In many cases, Illinois was among national leaders in the number of men and women supplied to the service.