: About Me

Author of Jerusalem Plank Road, a book of poetry focused around the Petersburg Campaign of the American Civil War (Durga Press, 2010). http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/jerusalem-plank-road/6557771

Education:

Master of Fine Arts in Writing & Poetics, Concentration in Poetry, Naropa University, Boulder, Colorado, 2008.

Bachelor of Arts in History, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 2004.

Interests:
American history (especially the Civil War), poetry, and music.

Arts & Humanities > 19th Century US History How the Civil War changed America

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The American Civil War: A Precarious Revolution The Civil War was an unprecedented period in American history. Some 630,000 young men from both sides lost their lives and countless others survived the war with wounds, both physical and psychological, that would never heal. The nation as a whole was itself marked in ways that changed it forever. The institution of slavery was eliminated and the nation's government, economy, and society all witnessed landmark changes. In short, the Civil War can certainly be characterized as a revolutionary chapter in the American saga. It could easily be ar...

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