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Every book Alan Taylor recommended on podcasts
Alan Taylor appeared as a guest across multiple podcast platforms, including Conversations with Tyler in July 2024 and The Book Review in July 2024. On Conversations with Tyler, Taylor discussed Marvin Meyers book The Jacksonian Persuasion, analyzing American history and pointing out how Meyers work overlooked the role of American expansion into the West at the expense of native peoples. Later, on The Book Review, Taylor explored biographical treatments of Robert E. Lee. He discussed Douglas Southall Freemans massive four-volume biography R. E. Lee, noting its historical prominence and its Pulitzer Prize win in the 1930s. Taylor also examined Thomas Lawrence Connellys 1977 critical biography The Marble Man, which offered a sharply critical perspective on Lee. Through these varied discussions, Taylor demonstrated a deep engagement with American history, political culture, and the changing historiography surrounding prominent historical figures from the civil war and Jacksonian eras.
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R.E. Lee
Discussed“and the the climax of that comes in the 1930s when Douglas soual Freeman produces his enormous four volume re Le which wins the Pitzer prize”
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The Jacksonian persuasion
Discussed“thinking about American history so that's not an important dimension of his one great book Jacksonian persuasion and so the role of American expansion into the West at the expense of native peoples is just what was not on his agenda”
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The marble man
Discussed“in 1977 Thomas Connell published a book entitled The Marble man which really was very critical of Lee”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| Alan Taylor on Revolutionary Ironies and the Continental Civil War | Conversations with Tyler | 2024-07-24 | 1 |
| Alan Cumming Talks About ‘Baggage’ | The Book Review | 2024-07-18 | 2 |