A Historian Learns About
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A Historian Learns About
A podcast series where a historian talks about the things he found interesting while researching a topic for his blog, hereforhistory.com Here For History presents quick digestible history for those new or experienced in the topics.
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A Historian Learns About: Samuel Chamberlain's Memoir My Confession: Recollections of a Rogue
While researching the brutal Glanton Gang, I came across Samuel Chamberlain. Chamberlain's memoir turned out to be one of the best things I have ever...
Death By Lightning Review
In a change of pace, Ryan reviews the new Netflix show, Death by Lightning. He also talks about the book the show is based on, Candice Millard's Desti...
A Historian Learns About: The Outlaw Jesse James
One of the first Wild West Outlaws in American history, Jesse James holds a special place in pop culture. The mythology around him is strong enough th...
A Historian Learns About: Robert Morris, the "Financier of the Revolution"
How does a man get the nickname the "financier?" How does he get credit for funding the American Revolution? These are the questions Ryan had about Ro...
A Historian Learns About: J.P. Morgan and the Panic of 1907
For one month in 1907, America's financial industry stood on the brink of disaster. There were bank runs, and the New York Stock Exchange stood poised...
A Historian Learns About: The Quakers and the American Revolution
Why did a group of pacifists feel the ire of their fellow colonists during the American Revolution? What led people to dislike them? Why were the Quak...
A Historian Learns About: Jay Cooke & The Northern Pacific Railroad
How does a man known as a successful banker, businessman, and "Financier of the Civil War" fail so badly that he gets accused of starting a global dep...
A Historian Learns About: The Smoot Hawley Tariff Act
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act is one of the most infamous pieces of legislation in American History. So what was it? Ryan sets out to learn about the ac...
A Historian Learns About: The West Virginia Mining Wars 1912-1921
Did you know there was a series of violent clashes between West Virginia miners and the mining companies between 1912 and 1922? Ryan sure didn't befor...