Today’s episode features Paul C. Graham, author, co-creator of Shotwell Publishing, philosopher, Southern-without-apology mover and shaker, and all-around great guy. Paul and I talk about his fascinating bio, Southern history, especially that of Columbia, SC, current events, and much more. Honestly, the two of us could have continued chatting another hour (or two!), so I hope you find this peek into what makes Paul tick as riveting an interview as do I. There are few better ways to celebrate today’s South Carolina Confederate Memorial Day than to hear the insights of one of her proudest native sons. Enjoy.
Mentioned in our discussion are Graham’s books “Confederaphobia” and “When the Yankees Come: Former South Carolina Slaves Remember Sherman’s Invasion,” as well as “American History for Home Schools, 1607 to 1885, With a Focus on Our Civil War” and “Exploring the Southern Tradition,” two works of which he was a contributing author. Be sure to check out more from my guest and friend at his website, paulcgraham.com.
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Wow! what a concept: I don’t have to be ashamed of being a Southerner!
Thanks to you, DM and to Mr. Graham, for this!
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And thank you for listening, DD!
Being Southern is awesome!
What Pauly G said!!
https://youtu.be/mw8qyJP_ReE
Good show, good guest. Thanks for all y’all are doing for the cause.
Revealing my age, I suppose (who cares?), but 9/11 wasn’t my big red pill event by several years; my biggest “red pill” came in the early ’90s while I was stationed at Elmendorf AFB, AK, and the sodomites in the state, and all over the U.S., began demanding special rights. Meanwhile, Bill Clinton was elected to the presidency, and Waco occurred.
Waco was probably my biggest “red pill,” not because I thought Koresh and the Davidians were ‘pure as the driven snow’ or anything of the sort, but because the U.S. Government murdered those people in cold blood, and made a big show of it start-to-finish. I wasn’t the only one who knew this in my unit at Elmendorf, btw; I was one of several who watched that event transpire beginning-to-end and began to ask, “what kind of government do I work for, and why am I working for it?!” That event soured me bigtime on the U.S.G. and ‘Murika. I mean, big time! And that’s when my journey began in earnest.
Concerning what is forthcoming due to the unprecedented shut downs and breaking of supply chains, I’ve written a few items on the topic as I see them transpiring in the months to come. See e.g., here:
https://orthosphere.wordpress.com/2020/04/28/i-need-a-haircut/#comment-143484
I’m on Shotwell’s mailing list; have been for quite awhile. I have purchased several of y’all’s ebooks on Kindle and have read all the free stuff, including Southernophobia. I wrote a book for my kids and grandkids (at the behest of my kids) about the life and times of Matthew Fontaine Maury that y’all might be interested in publishing. The kids all seem to think it deserves wider dissemination, but I ain’t s’sure. Send me an email @ selfgovwliberty@gmail.com, if y’all are interested, and I, in turn, will send you a chapter or two from the book for your consideration.
I’ll be happy to take a look at it. We’ve got a pretty substantial backlog of projects, but if you are not in a hurry, we might can work something out. You can submit a sample to us at shotwellpublishing@gmail.com … PG
The unReconstructed remnant doing its thang … warms my heart! https://media1.giphy.com/media/Y8tW6EgVscvGo/giphy.gif
Mr. Graham,
No, I’m not in any hurry. Thanks for the email address. I’ll send y’all a sample.
-TM
P.S. Sorry about misnaming your book in my original comment. It’s usually the other way around with me, but I think in that case my fingers were outrunning the cogs in my brain. LOL.
TM, thanks for listening and sharing your red-pill story. I was in the throes of leftism/atheism during Waco, so I bought the narrative hook, line, and sinker. Sad, but true.
I would love to read a book on Maury. Every time I pass his statue on Monument Avenue in Richmond, I think, man, I really need to know more about this great Virginian. I poked around his wikipedia page after seeing his beautiful tombstone at Hollywood Cemetery a few years back, but still I only know the basics and am sure there is a lot more to this brilliant Southerner’s story, so I would surely be one customer to buy your book! Good luck, brother. And if anyone can help you out, it’d be Pauly G!
DM:
I’ve probably read everything that was ever written and published about Maury, as well as most everything he himself wrote and published. Everything that is yet available, that is.
His daughter, Diane Fontaine Corbin, wrote his biography, A Life of Matthew Fontaine Maury, that you can get on Kindle, and/or Google books. Admiral Byrd did something similar, but the biggest part of Byrd’s book is essentially copied from Mrs. Corbin’s book, so I wouldn’t waste my time with that one.
When my (grown) kids and our DiL approached me (they actually hounded me about this for probably two years before I finally acceded) about writing the book, I of course had no intention of writing another copy of Mrs. Corbin’s work, so I decided, over time and with some thought put to it, to write it as more of a story than of a biographical nature. It is mainly written for adolescent boys and young adults, and contains all sorts of history and science that relates, in one way or another, to M.F. Maury, with of course the man, his character and worldview, being the central figure and themes throughout. …
Enjoyed the episode, and subscribed. When Gab gets its act together, try and pop in there more. I refuse to use the Bird.
Glad you liked it and super-glad you subscribed! 🙂 Yeah, I’m not on Twitter often, except to share my most recent posts and same goes for Gab. Honestly, I have my biggest social-media “following” on FB, but I try to stick to the same there: only share content from the DM site and then hopefully drive the conversation back here. I sure don’t want Zuck controlling my comment threads, which I think can be extremely useful in fostering the marketplace of ideas. Looking forward to hearing more from you, Des!