Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-06-04
Books mentioned on Part One: Thomas Jefferson: King of Hypocrites
Robert sits down with Jason Petty, AKA Prop, to discuss how Thomas Jefferson became a global prophet of liberty despite owning human beings and helping to invent modern racism. (4 Part Series) See omnystudio.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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In the spirit of Crazy Horse
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Matthiessen is a compelling investigative account of the struggles surrounding the American Indian Movement and the legal case of activist Leonard Peltier.
Recommended“for more information on lard Peltier you can listen to Margaret's podcast on the looda nation and read in the spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter maen”
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Master of the mountain
Master of the Mountain by Henry Wiencek is a critical historical examination of Thomas Jefferson and the complex, deeply flawed realities of his life as a slaveholder.
Discussed“in the book master of the mountain henry weinik writes he had grown up with Jupiter born at Shadwell the same year as he if they followed the custom of the time the two of them were Playmates and companions in fishing and hunting”
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American Sphinx
American Sphinx by Joseph J.
Discussed“Thomas gains a reputation for being in biographer Joseph Ellis's World words an obsessive student Ellis writes in the book American Sphinx that Thomas would spend sometimes 15 hours with his books 3 hours practicing his violin and the remaining 6 hours eating and sleeping”
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Lives
Lives by Plutarch is a classic collection of parallel biographies of famous Greek and Roman leaders, offering enduring moral and historical lessons from antiquity.
Discussed“From Plutarch's 'Life of Cato the Elder,' quote, 'A slave of his was expected to either be busy about the house or to be asleep, and he was very partial to the sleepy ones.'”
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