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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ftxh4-1b26abd Review of: Got a Revolution!:The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane, by Jeff Tamarkin Reviewed by Stan Prager, Regarp Book Blog, https://regarp.com/
On August 11, 2013, my wife and I were eagerly settling in at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center—popularly known as “The Kate”—in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, truly pumped for the upcoming show that evening with Marty Balin, the primary founder of the groundbreaking psychedelic rock group Jefferson Airplane, one of its principal lead vocalists and … Continue reading "Review of: Got a…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-nj9u6-1aa636e Review of: The Last Adieu: Lafayette’s Triumphant Return, the Echoes of Revolution, and the Gratitude of the Republic, by Ryan L. Cole Reviewed by Stan Prager, Regarp Book Blog, https://regarp.com/
He was the most famous man in America, but he wasn’t even an American. The United States was a young country, but he was an old man. Many of the key figures of the Revolution and the early Republic were gone, most notably Washington and Hamilton, but yet many remained, including Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and … Continue reading "Review of: The Last Adieu: Lafayette’s Triumphant Return, the Echoes…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2cxnj-1a81314 Review of: The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier, by Megan Kate Nelson Reviewed by Stan Prager, Regarp Book Blog, www.regarp.com
Imagine that you were brought up in a home that hosted a large extended family that was multiracial and multicultural. Your parents were white, of European ancestry, but through marriage and adoption you had a Native American uncle, an aunt who was born in China, a Mexican cousin, and an African American brother, all who … Continue reading "Review of: The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-qncu4-1a29b65 Review of: Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global, by Laura Spinney Reviewed by Stan Prager, Regarp Book Blog, www.regarp.com
Back in 2011, I was visiting Philly, where my daughter lived in those days, but the timing of my trip was all about the opening day of the exhibit of the Tarim Basin mummies at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Fans of the history of the storied Silk Road know of … Continue reading "Review of: Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global, by Laura Spinney"
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4zyzs-19d8d33 Review of: Putin’s Sledgehammer: The Wagner Group and Russia’s Collapse into Mercenary Chaos, by Candace Rondeaux Reviewed by Stan Prager, Regarp Book Blog, www.regarp.com
On June 23, 2023, as the world watched with mouths collectively agape, longtime Vladimir Putin associate Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the notorious paramilitary force known as the Wagner Group, mounted a rebellion against the Russian military leadership over its fumbling prosecution of the war in Ukraine. Wagner mercenaries captured Rostov-on-Don almost unopposed and began a … Continue reading…
