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For those interested in the Civil War
Posted on 05/25/2020 6:51:40 AM PDT by Bull Snipe
The History Channel is running a 3 part mini-series on Ulysses S. Grant starting at 9: pm tonight. Grant biographer Ron Chernow is the executive producer. Parts 2 and 3 run on Tuesday & Wednesday.
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To: JonPreston
To: dp0622
There it is...
CW I has nearly no interest for me compared to the upcoming CW II
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posted on
05/25/2020 7:44:10 AM PDT
by
L,TOWM
(An upraised middle finger is my virtue signal.)
To: Bull Snipe
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posted on
05/25/2020 7:44:12 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Great Things Never Come from Comfort Zones)
To: Bull Snipe
oh. the last one. nvrmnd...
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posted on
05/25/2020 7:45:47 AM PDT
by
null and void
(By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
To: silverleaf
The story goes that Grant died, from throat cancer, the day after his memoirs were complete
To: Bull Snipe
You, sir, must mean the Wah of Northern Aggression.
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posted on
05/25/2020 7:47:36 AM PDT
by
JT Hatter
(Who is Barack Obama? And What is He Really Up To?)
To: L,TOWM
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05/25/2020 7:48:31 AM PDT
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dp0622
(Radicals N racists dont point ftingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
To: Bull Snipe
Also that he refused pain relief in order to keep writing,
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05/25/2020 7:49:57 AM PDT
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silverleaf
(Great Things Never Come from Comfort Zones)
To: TomServo
I saw where Leonardo di Caprio was the film producer? What is with that? Interesting if it will turn out like another Ken Burns film?
To: JonPreston
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posted on
05/25/2020 8:06:58 AM PDT
by
gdzla
(Tyrannis Seditio, Obsequium Deo)
To: JonPreston
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posted on
05/25/2020 8:14:29 AM PDT
by
rockrr
( Everything is different now...)
To: Bull Snipe
I skipped the bio because it was by Ron Chernow, a darling of the Left. His bio of Alexander Hamilton is the source of the rap musical :Hamilton", in which we learn that blacks like George Washington with the support of a hispanic guy like Hamilton won the Revolution. Chernow also joined a group of other historians to single out Trump as "the most horrifying" of presidents.
As to the documentary, throw in "produced by Leonardo DiCaprio", and I see it as a lose/lose project. I have read a lot about the Civil War and Grant already, so I'll pass.
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posted on
05/25/2020 8:15:01 AM PDT
by
Sans-Culotte
(With every passing day, I am a little bit gladder that Romney lost in 2012.)
To: JonPreston
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05/25/2020 8:24:45 AM PDT
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vpintheak
(Live free, or die!)
To: JonPreston
Youre on the wrong side of every issue arent you?
To: allendale
Grant was not a functioning alcoholic.
To: Bull Snipe
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05/25/2020 9:16:40 AM PDT
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GreenLanternCorps
(Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Atsk about franchise opportunities in your area.)
To: Bull Snipe
To: GranTorino
Ive heard that he was a drunk from some,and others say he had a small problem when he was out West. I think Chernow spent too much time on it in the book. Suffice it to say that Grant may have had his issues with alcohol but it never interfered with his work during the war.
To: JonPreston
I only wish the South had won. Even if they had won you probably wouldn't have had your slaves. Not at this late date.
To: Bull Snipe
The story goes that Grant died, from throat cancer, the day after his memoirs were complete Not the day after, but it was a few days after.
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