Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2020-02-27
Books mentioned on Part Two: The Dumbest Colonizer in History
Robert is joined again by Miles Gray to continue discussing William Walker. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.
Robert Evans discussed The filibusters by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne, The Financier by Theodore Dreiser, and The War in Nicaragua by William Walker, and criticized Tycoon's War by Stephen Dando-Collins.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The filibusters
The filibusters by C.
Discussed“I'd like to open part two uh this episode uh with a paragraph from the book Filibusters and Financiers uh which is again a 1916 book that is kind of like beusedly positive towards William Walker and the ideas of manifest destiny.”
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The Financier
The Financier by Theodore Dreiser is a classic American novel detailing the ruthless rise of a Gilded Age businessman navigating corruption and finance.
Discussed“I'd like to open part two uh this episode uh with a paragraph from the book Filibusters and Financiers uh which is again a 1916 book that is kind of like beusedly positive towards William Walker and the ideas of manifest destiny.”
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The War in Nicaragua
Discussed“In 1860, he published a book, The War in Nicaragua, and named himself as General William Walker on the title page.”
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Tycoon's War
Why people recommend it: Tycoon's War by Stephen Dando-Collins is a historical non-fiction book that details the intense rivalry between Cornelius Vanderbilt and the American filibuster William Walker during the mid-nineteenth century.
Critiqued“It's reviewing a book called Tycoon's War about Walker's career. And the fine folks at KO really [ __ ] like William Walker. Here's how they describe the start of his war in Nicaragua.”
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