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1920 Mardi Gras
What a crazy and busy year! So much to catch up on. Anyway, here is a mini documentary on Mardi Gras 1920 that I did for the local PBS station, WYES. It focuses on General John Joseph “Black Jack” Pershing’s visit … Continue reading
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Tagged black jack pershing, dane rhodes, general pershing, kerry cahill, Mardi Gras, peggy scott laborde, prohibition, tulane, will burdette, wyes
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14 Commandments For Writing History and Then One More
My professor Judith K. Schafer gave us a handout that was modeled after William B. Hesseltine. I would like to share it here. THE FOURTEEN COMMANDEMENTS FOR WRITING HISTORY Thou shalt not use the present tense, nor the passive voice. … Continue reading