The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
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by esbynum
1M ago
One of the books I have taught for the past decade has been The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. Every year I talk about how the book helped pass legislation dealing with food preparation. As a class we read tiny segments of it and some students find the segments quite gross. It is never fun to […] The post The Jungle by Upton Sinclair appeared first on History Havoc ..read more
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Ph.D. Break
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by esbynum
4M ago
I have decided to take a break from my Ph.D. and there are several reasons why. First of all, I am tired. It has been a long haul, and after this semester I will take an extended break. At this point I do not know if I will go back and finish. Perhaps one day. […] The post Ph.D. Break appeared first on History Havoc ..read more
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Ph.D. Update
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by esbynum
5M ago
If you are not aware, I am working on my Ph.D. through Liberty University. That is reason #1 why I have been absent here lately. I have so much I want to write about, but very little time. Currently I am taking 2 comprehensive exam courses. One on Early Modern Europe and the other on […] The post Ph.D. Update appeared first on History Havoc ..read more
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Can Texas Secede?
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by esbynum
7M ago
Having lived in Texas for a long time, this is my home and I absolutely love it here. However, there is one thing that sticks in my crawl so to speak. Can we stop with the Texas secession talk? First of all, legally and constitutionally the state cannot secede. Plus it would be ludicrous. Texas v. White (1869) This is the Supreme Court case that set the legal president that does not allow a state to secede. Background During the Civil War, the Confederate government of Texas sold US bonds owned by the state. After the war the state filed suit saying this was done so illegally. However, the Sup ..read more
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Appomattox Court House
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by esbynum
1y ago
One misconception I think many people have is that the Civil War ended at a courthouse. It did not. There is a difference between court house and courthouse. The one word version is the actual courthouse where judges would hear cases. The other is a small town. Appomattox Court House is a small town in Virginia, and a must see for any history buff. The National Parks Service has done a phenomenal job keeping this great piece of history alive. This past June my father and I got the chance to visit for the first time, and it was awesome. We both expected maybe one building left from the wartime ..read more
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Pickett’s Charge – Battle of Gettysburg
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by esbynum
1y ago
Recently I had the chance to visit Gettysburg for the first time. This was one of the best trips I have been on in my life, partly because I got to share the experience with my father who is a huge history buff. I will save the stories from the road for another post, but today I want to talk about Pickett’s Charge. This was one of the most incredible things that has ever been tried on a battlefield. And as our tour guide explained, it wasn’t as bad a decision as it might seem at first glance. If I were to tell you that Major General George Pickett led 9-11 brigades (roughly 12,500 men) across ..read more
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A Little on the Bynum Family
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by esbynum
2y ago
Having always been a huge fan of history, the history of my family interested me. Then one day when my father was cleaning out my grandparent’s house after their passing, he came across a pair of books that blew me away. The first was printed in 1916 by Jasper E. Bynum and was called The History of the Bynum Family. The other was printed in 1958 and was called Historical Sketches of the Bynum Family. These two books supplied a wide range of information on my family’s history. Stories ranged from family moving out west to Texas from Alabama to stories of my ancestors fighting in the Civil War ..read more
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Causes and End to the Great Depression
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by esbynum
2y ago
Today let us take a look at the Keynesian economic theory and how it applies to the causes and end of the Great Depression. Just a quick note about the theory, in its simplest form it states that changes in a component of spending, whether investment, consumption, or governmental, causes output to change. When looking at the Great Depression, the focus will start with investment but then move to government spending. Companies during the 1920s rode high on the immense investment boom that took place. As stock levels began to reach a level desired by the companies, new investments were not neede ..read more
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Ty Cobb: Ballplayer, Investor, and Philanthropist.
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by esbynum
2y ago
Hall of Fame baseball player Ty Cobb had an interesting financial life. As one of the best players of his time, Cobb was one of the highest paid. But I want to focus on his financial life as a whole including his investments and even his philanthropy. First of all, let’s take a look at his salary. During his time he was one of the highest paid players in the league. In fact, for several years (1910, 1911, 1914,1916-1920, and 1921) he was the highest paid player in baseball earning as high as $25,000 in 1921. This was all just before Babe Ruth took the baseball world by storm and became the hig ..read more
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New Video – Francis Butler Leigh and her time on a Georgia Plantation
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by esbynum
2y ago
Check out my latest YouTube video – just a quick bit about Francis Butler Leigh and her time on her Georgia plantation after the war. You can even see her book online at the link below. Abstract: Francis Butler Leigh was a plantation owner and former slave owner who wrote a book about her experiences after the war. She discusses her life as well as the former slaves lives and what they were going through, and then I take a look at a study on slave owning vs. non-slave owning wealthy families and how their wealth changed after emancipation. The results of the study were a bit shocking. Bibliog ..read more
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