Today I was sitting in a recliner with my two year old child on my lap, when I read these words: “TRUMP: I will tell you something. I watched those very closely, much more closely than you people watched it. And you had, you had a group on one side that was bad. And you…
Episode 2 – Transcript
Introduction Hello, and welcome to American Legends. Episode 2: The Treaty of Paris Part 1: The Road to Paris Only two years before the Revolutionary War began, John Adams was a lawyer and farmer situated right outside of Boston, in Braintree, Massachusetts. He was a short, portly man in his late forties. You can see…
Episode 1 – Transcript
What follows is the transcript for episode 1. WordPress doesn't support footnotes automatically, so I'll have to add those when I have more time. I would expect to see episode 2 live by Monday. Cheers! Transcript Introduction Hello, and welcome to American Legends. Episode One: What are “These United States” Part 1: Newburgh George…
The Anglo-Cherokee War 1759: The Slippery Slope to War
I'm currently in the midst of writing the fourth episode of the podcast currently titled, "John Sevier in the State of Franklin." In the course of researching it, I realized how closely related it is to the Anglo-Cherokee war of 1759. My senior research paper was actually on that very subject. As a result, I'm…