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Civil War (and other history) Linkspam!
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.