Moncure Conway Rewrites the Past
April 15, 2024
By Frank Cirillo The author of The Abolitionist Civil War describes his efforts to separate fact from fiction in the autobiographical record of an antislavery activist. As a historian, I… READ MORE
Category: History
Remembering the Empire of Brutality
January 17, 2024
By Christopher Michael Blakley Through the brutal incident described in this blog post, Christopher Michael Blakley demonstrates the indirect ways enslaved people fought back against the dehumanization they experienced at… READ MORE
Another Perspective on the Kennedy Assassination
November 16, 2023
By Peter Adams The author of a book on deep-state conspiracy theorist Edwin A. Walker ponders a pivotal event in American history. Seven months before he assassinated President John F…. READ MORE
Victorian Girls Doing STEM
November 9, 2023
By Hans Rasmussen In this post, Hans Rasmussen uses the diary of Ella Grunewald, a teenage girl in late nineteenth-century New Orleans, to show that, despite various campaigns in recent… READ MORE
Historical Déjà Vu
September 19, 2023
By Ritchie Devon Watson The climate of division and discontent that characterized the United States during the antebellum period bears some striking resemblances to current times, Ritchie Devon Watson notes… READ MORE
Priceless Encounters
August 14, 2023
By Robert Mann In this blog post, Robert Mann describes the surprising connections he’s made at events featuring his latest book, Kingfish U: Huey Long and LSU. For decades, my… READ MORE
The Human Zoo
July 14, 2023
By Michael Pierson A childhood memory prompts Michael Pierson to reflect on the spectacle of the Wild Woman of Cincinnati exhibition of 1856, the topic of his LSU Press book… READ MORE
Portrait of a Steamboat Riverfront
March 27, 2023
By Gregg Andrews To celebrate its being awarded the James V. Swift Medal for Excellence in Maritime Literature, we share here an excerpt from the introduction of Gregg Andrews’s Shantyboats… READ MORE
New Orleans and Mardi Gras Indian Culture
February 14, 2023
By Nikesha Elise Williams In this post, we celebrate both Black History Month and the Mardi Gras season by presenting an excerpt from our new book Mardi Gras Indians, by… READ MORE
Sherman and the Strains of Leadership
January 18, 2023
By Eric Michael Burke In this post, Eric Michael Burke recounts the circumstances that led William Tecumseh Sherman to confess, “I have not the confidence of a Leader in this… READ MORE
