If you enjoy reading nonfiction and want to listen to more podcast episodes, try Eric Eyre, Joe Berkowitz, or Bridgett Davis. His mystery A Pre-Existing Condition can be purchased here. Ty Seidule, a 36-year Army veteran who recently was the vice chair of a commission tasked with renaming military installations and other assets. First up is a podcast featuring retired Brig. Thanks to Gene Rontal for sponsoring this episode. Army is releasing two new podcasts in May as part of its relaunched Army Matters series. Ty Seidule, this Southern soldier and scholar who once revered Lee and the Confederacy but later learned the true history was born to write this book. Other books referenced in this episode are Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz and The British Are Coming by Rick Atkinson. Louis and the Violent History of the United States by Walter Johnson Lee and Me: A Southerners Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause, Ty Seidule professor of history, Southerner, and Army veteran examines. Lee Through His Private Letters by Elizabeth Brown Pryor We find it hard to confront our past because it’s so ugly, he writes, but the alternative to ignoring our racist history is creating a racist future (73). Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. An effective antidote to the Lost Cause, Seidule’s book deserves both a wide readership and a place on undergraduate syllabi.

The False Cause: Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory by Adam Domby.

Lee and Me: A Southerner’s Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause can be purchased at Murder by the Book. The Associated Press called it an extraordinary and courageous book, a confessional of America’s great sins of slavery and racial oppression, a call to confront our wrongs, reject our mythologized. Lee and Me, the myth of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy and its creation and perpetuation, how telling his own personal story is more impactful than just sharing his views, why questioning history distresses and unsettles people, and much more. Lee and Me: A Southerner’s Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause was published in January 2021.

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