Civil War (and other history) Linkspam!
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beboots Hey guys, I've just returned yesterday from being rugged and Canadian up in the Rocky Mountains, and will later post photographs of ice waterfalls and such, but for now I want to share with you a few links that I've run across while trying to do research/trying to avoid doing research for my thesis, which longtime readers may remember is on American Civil War medicine. Here are a few neat-o history links for you all!
-An awesome blog, Civil War Medicine (and Writing) by an awesome editor and writer/historian, Jim Schmidt! (Ironically, I had his book, Years of Change & Suffering (also highly recommended), on my desk and was searching up a reference when I ran across this blog. Small world!)
-A Map of American Slavery, showing the concentrations of slaves and the ratio of enslaved-to-free peoples in 1860, the year before war broke out. Sobering, but very neat.
-A neat little video on a Lincoln impersonator.
-The American Library of Congress' online archive of Civil War-era photographs. Very extensive. I <3 digital archives.
-On a more humourous note, history articles from Cracked.com:
5 Lesser Known (Completely Ridiculous) American Civil Wars
6 Insane Coincidences You Won't Believe Actually Happened
5 Fictional Stories You Were Taught in History Class
6 Ridiculous History Myths (You Probably Think Are True)
6 Historical Acts of Revenge (That Put Kill Bill to Shame)
The 5 Most Widely Believed Facts of WWII (That Are Bullshit)
The 10 Most Insane Medical Practices in History
6 Insanely Awesome Things The 1900s Thought We'd Have By Now
The 7 Most Bizarrely Unlucky People Who Ever Lived
6 Random Coincidences That Created The Modern World
7 Historical Figures Who Were Absurdly Hard To Kill
Where's The Bridge? The 7 Biggest Things Ever Stolen
5 Presidential Elections That Were Dumber Than This One (Somehow)
5 Most Badass U.S. Presidents of All Time
Trufax.
And now for something completely different: a fascinating three part documentary on North Korea. A travel writer manages to get into the country, and the results are quite interesting, to say the least. And a bit disturbing. His footage filmed during his trip is interdispersed with him speaking about his experience afterwards as well as clips from a propaganda/documentary film released by the North Koreans themselves.
-An awesome blog, Civil War Medicine (and Writing) by an awesome editor and writer/historian, Jim Schmidt! (Ironically, I had his book, Years of Change & Suffering (also highly recommended), on my desk and was searching up a reference when I ran across this blog. Small world!)
-A Map of American Slavery, showing the concentrations of slaves and the ratio of enslaved-to-free peoples in 1860, the year before war broke out. Sobering, but very neat.
-A neat little video on a Lincoln impersonator.
-The American Library of Congress' online archive of Civil War-era photographs. Very extensive. I <3 digital archives.
-On a more humourous note, history articles from Cracked.com:
5 Lesser Known (Completely Ridiculous) American Civil Wars
6 Insane Coincidences You Won't Believe Actually Happened
5 Fictional Stories You Were Taught in History Class
6 Ridiculous History Myths (You Probably Think Are True)
6 Historical Acts of Revenge (That Put Kill Bill to Shame)
The 5 Most Widely Believed Facts of WWII (That Are Bullshit)
The 10 Most Insane Medical Practices in History
6 Insanely Awesome Things The 1900s Thought We'd Have By Now
The 7 Most Bizarrely Unlucky People Who Ever Lived
6 Random Coincidences That Created The Modern World
7 Historical Figures Who Were Absurdly Hard To Kill
Where's The Bridge? The 7 Biggest Things Ever Stolen
5 Presidential Elections That Were Dumber Than This One (Somehow)
5 Most Badass U.S. Presidents of All Time
Trufax.
And now for something completely different: a fascinating three part documentary on North Korea. A travel writer manages to get into the country, and the results are quite interesting, to say the least. And a bit disturbing. His footage filmed during his trip is interdispersed with him speaking about his experience afterwards as well as clips from a propaganda/documentary film released by the North Koreans themselves.
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