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Tag: American Civil War

Introducing: Kit Carson

January 22, 2020 Megan Kate Nelson 3 Comments

Kit Carson is the only protagonist in The Three-Cornered War who is well-known outside of the Southwest, and western history. But what…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: 1st New Mexico Volunteers, American Civil War, Civil War West, Kit Carson, Navajo Campaigns, Navajo history, New Mexico Territory, Union Army, Valverde

Writing History … in a Novel Way

December 3, 2019 Megan Kate Nelson 10 Comments

When I left academia, my plan was to write a book that I had been thinking about for a while.…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: American Civil War, Fiction, history writing, Native American History, U.S. West, Writing

Why the Civil War West Mattered (and Still Does)

June 29, 2017 Megan Kate Nelson 7 Comments

In two recent columns for Civil War Times, historian Gary Gallagher repeats many arguments he has made in the past…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: American Civil War, Arizona, Civil War history, New Mexico

Watching and Talking About “Free State of Jones”

June 30, 2016 Megan Kate Nelson 17 Comments

Free State of Jones. Directed by Gary Ross. STX Entertainment, 2016. In wide release, June 25, 2016. As I settled…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: American Civil War, Free State of Jones, Gary Ross, Matthew McConaughey, Reconstruction, STX Entertainment, Victoria Bynum

Staging Slavery and the American Civil War: Suzan-Lori Parks’ *Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2, & 3)*

February 20, 2015 Megan Kate Nelson Leave a comment

A few weeks ago, I went with Kevin and Michaela Levin to see Suzan-Lori Parks’ new play, Father Comes Home…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: American Civil War, American Repertory Theater, Father Comes Home from the Wars, slavery, Suzan-Lori Parks, theater

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