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The Virginia Series Sources: What Books about Colonial and Early Republic Virginia You Ought Read!
These are the works I read to study and learn about the history of Virginia, from the earliest days of colonization into the modern, postbellum era. …
1 month, 1 week ago
The Knights of the Golden Circle: A Secret Filibustering Order Almost Built an Empire of Slavery
This is the tale of the Knights of the Golden Circle, a pro-slavery, semi-secret, and paramilitary society in the 1850s and early 1860s that aimed to…
1 month, 1 week ago
Building Christian Heroes with Chase Davis
In this episode, Will and J. Chase Davis discuss his new book, Offensive Christianity, through the lens of where the modern church went wrong, and ho…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Real Story of Pocahontas: Betrayed by Her People, Adopted by the English
This is the true story of Pocahontas, not the Disney one. This is the tale of a beloved little princess in the Powhatan Confederacy named Matoaka kno…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Cradle of the Revolution: How Virginia's Greatest Gentlemen Began the American Revolution in 1766
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In this show, Will argues that Virginia, rather than Ma…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Life of John Smith: Virginia's First Hero
In this episode, Will tells the tale of the life of John Smith, the mercenary-turned-explorer who was the first great Virginia hero. This is the tale…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
John Rolfe: How the Hero Twice Saved Virginia
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This is the tale of the…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
The Golden Age: How the Virginia Gentry Cultivated the Founding Generation
This is the story of Colonial Virginia in its fullest flowering. From its unique culture to its excellent people, from the glorious Georgian mansions…
2 months ago
The Knights of the Golden Horseshoe: The Birth of Virginian Chivalry
The Knights of the Golden Horseshoe: 12 Virginia Gentlemen who embarked upon the Transmontane Expedition with Governor Alexander Spotswood as he soug…
2 months ago
1622: The Indian Massacre that Almost Destroyed Virginia
The Great Massacre of 1622 almost destroyed Virginia. Understanding that the ever-larger numbers of settlers and their accumulation of land would des…
2 months, 1 week ago