TSHA Annual Meeting 2019
The 123rd annual meeting of the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) was held in Corpus Christi from February 28 – March 2, 2019. I’ve previously attended parts of several annual meetings, but this is...
Category: History
TSHA’s Texas Almanac – historical data science analysis
The data scientists in my company Media Sourcery have been using Tableau to analyze various types of data from our products and our customers. In recent projects with the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA),...
book notes – Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca: The Great Pedestrian of North and South America by Donald E. Chipman
The subtitle of this book on Cabeza de Vaca says it all. From the summary on the back cover: Between 1528 and 1536, explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca trekked an estimated 2,480 to...
Civil War and World War I winter parallels
I’ve almost finished S.C. Gwynne’s excellent book Rebel Yell – The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson. And the parallels between one scene set in the winter of 1862-1863 with the first winter...
National Museum of World War II Aviation
The National Museum of World War II Aviation houses the largest collection of operational (yes, that means flying) World War II aircraft in the world. That statement alone should get WWII and airplane buffs...
The Civil War by Shelby Foote – V1.Chapter 6: The Sun Shines South
As I’m reading Shelby Foote’s incredible The Civil War: A Narrative, these are my notes on the points I may have forgotten from before or new pieces I’ve learned. Any and all comments appreciated. Previous...
The Civil War by Shelby Foote – V1.Chapter 5: Fighting Means Killing
As I’m reading Shelby Foote’s incredible The Civil War: A Narrative, these are my notes on the points I may have forgotten from before or new pieces I’ve learned. Any and all comments appreciated....
The Civil War by Shelby Foote – V1.Chapter 4: War Means Fighting….
As I’m reading Shelby Foote’s incredible The Civil War: A Narrative, these are my notes on the points I may have forgotten from before or new pieces I’ve learned. Any and all comments appreciated....
The Civil War by Shelby Foote – V1.Chapter 3: The Thing Gets Under Way
As I’m reading Shelby Foote’s incredible The Civil War: A Narrative, these are my notes on the points I may have forgotten from before or new pieces I’ve learned. Any and all comments appreciated....
The Civil War by Shelby Foote – V1.Chapter 2: First Blood; New Conceptions
As I’m reading Shelby Foote’s incredible The Civil War: A Narrative, these are my notes on the points I may have forgotten from before or new pieces I’ve learned. Any and all comments appreciated....