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Bubba’s Baedeker: A History Book as Travel Guide to the “Redneck Riviera”

Posted on October 15, 2015 by georgelamplugh

A Review of Harvey H. Jackson III, The Rise and Decline of the Redneck Riviera:  An Insider’s History of the Florida-Alabama Coast  (Athens, Ga., University of Georgia Press, 2012) [NOTE: I first read Hardy Jackson’s book in 2012, and it stirred in me … Continue reading →

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Growing Up in Colonial New England (Adventures in Interdisciplinary Land, 6)

Posted on June 15, 2014 by georgelamplugh

[Note: One of the “joys” of teaching in a prep school with a PhD., at least in the state of Georgia, was the state’s assumption, “back in the day,” that folks like me were deficient in “professional education” courses and … Continue reading →

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“The Thrill of the Hunt”: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (1917-2007), On History

Posted on November 15, 2013 by georgelamplugh

[Note: One of the things I tried to do while editor of the History Department Newsletter (1999-2000; 2006-2010) was to keep my colleagues informed of the passing of various noted historians. Usually, I could find an obituary in a historical … Continue reading →

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“Never Get Out of These Blues Alive”–John Lee Hooker (1917-2001) [Blues Stories, 8]

Posted on August 1, 2013 by georgelamplugh

John Lee Hooker was a true survivor. A native of the Mississippi Delta, he fled that region’s endless toil and painful, humiliating racism during the Great Depression, eventually settling in 1943 in Detroit, which remained his base until the early … Continue reading →

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Georgia and the Federal Constitution, Part II (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 11)

Posted on June 4, 2013 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE: In part one, we saw that Georgia played a small, but still significant, part in the creation of the Federal Constitution of 1787, especially in the role of the state’s delegation in helping to establish the famous “Connecticut Compromise,” … Continue reading →

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Teaching Prep School With a PhD: Is It For You?

Posted on November 6, 2012 by georgelamplugh

[Note:  Several times over the past few years, I’ve been asked by My Old Graduate School (MOGS) to speak to interested students about “prep school” teaching as an alternative to a career in the traditional professoriate (because, of course, those jobs are as scarce … Continue reading →

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Past Personal: Teaching the Vietnam War as History

Posted on May 1, 2012 by georgelamplugh

[Note:  This piece originated as a talk to a group of history teachers; it explains the genesis of the series, already posted here, “Growing Up With Vietnam.” (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4] * * * * * When I began … Continue reading →

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