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About meAcademic historian, coffee aficionado, jazz enthusiast, chess amateur, former philosopher, and armchair theologian.

About my libraryMy main historical interests--which also account for most of my books--are in nineteenth-century American history, abolitionism, antebellum reform, and African American history. (Apparently, I am also attracted to alliteration.) I had a brief stint as a philosophy graduate student, which netted me a master's degree and a residuum of philosophy books. The small covey of theological books is for furthering my desultory self-education in theology. There is also a smattering of fiction. By using the "to read" tag, I'm trying to create a tiny little voice in my head that will restrain me the next time I am in my local Borders.

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wcm added:
Deliver Us from Evil: The Slavery Question in the Old South by Lacy K. Ford

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Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 (Oxford History of the United States) by Gordon S. Wood

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Chartism: A New History by Malcolm Chase

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The Fragile Fabric of Union: Cotton, Federal Politics, and the Global Origins of the Civil War by Brian D. Schoen

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Harriet Tubman: Myth, Memory, and History by Milton C.Sernett

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Logics of History: Social Theory and Social Transformation (Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning) by William H. Sewell Jr.

I also have an interest in abolition and african-american history, a love of Powell's shared by NWGirl (Oregon born myself as well). Just joined this site and have found lots of interesting things so far. In keeping with the original alliteration, I also have a passion for aviation and airmail history.

posted by LaPopessaOregana at 12:02 pm (EST) on Dec 28, 2007

Congrats on the Taylor book! Nothing like having your own copy, right? I just added to my library a copy of The Poetry of Elizabeth Chandler with a memoir by Benjamin Lundy published in 1836. Five dollars on EBay. Obviously not a lot of demand for Chandler's poetry, but she is very important to my dissertation so I was pleased to find a copy at great price. The only other copy I had found for sale was $120 or $125.

posted by NWGirl at 2:26 pm (EST) on Nov 30, 2006

A belated howdy from Texas. Not only do we share an interest in abolitionism, but I see a number of similarities in our choice of fiction. I lucked into the Clare Taylor book at Powell's City of Books in my old hometown of Portland, Oregon. Great place for bibliophiles. I usually take an empty suitcase when I visit PDX just so I can load up at Powells. Of course now that I'm in the midst of my dissertation, I justify my book purchases as necessary for research. (That's my story and I'm sticking to it!) In the course of your research did you spend any time at the Boston Public Library in their antislavery collection (which was the foundation of Taylor's book)? Just wondering. I plan to visit the BPL probably early 2007.

posted by NWGirl at 2:35 pm (EST) on Jul 2, 2006

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