Nanek Aaron
nanekaaron.bsky.social
Nanek Aaron
@nanekaaron.bsky.social
Veteran Secondary History and English Teacher.

Historian of 19th & 20th Century American Race & Religious History.

Nerd, D&D enthusiast, Writer & Creative.

Christian Liberal/Mystic, Father, Husband, & fellow traveler in life's journey.
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March 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Day 20 in the 20 influential books in 20 days challenge.
It's been so hard doing this and not giving explanations for each book :)

I almost posted Eric Foner's for the last, but...

"In Search of Another Country: Mississippi and the Conservative Counterrevolution" by Joseph Crespino
February 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Day 19 of the challenge to make 20 posts of 20 influential books I read without giving explanation.
"Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory" by David W. Blight
February 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Day 18 of 20 in the 20 books in 20 days challenge.
"Strom Thurmond's America" by Joseph Crespino
February 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Just about sums up my views on government action these days.
February 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
17 of 20 in the 20 influential books in 20 days challenge.

"White Flight and the Making of Modern Conservatism" by Kevin M. Kruse
February 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Book 16 of 20 in the 20 influential books posted in 20 days.

"Freedoms Coming: Religious Culture and the Shaping of the South from the Civil War through the Civil Rights Era" by Paul Harvey
February 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Influential books, 20 in 20 days challenge.

"Wide Open Town: Kansas City and the Pendergast Era"
February 14, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Day 14 of 20 for the 20 influential books I've read in 20 days.

"Redeeming the South: Religious Cultures and Racial Identities Among Southern Baptists 1865-1925" by Paul Harvey.
February 12, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Book 13 of 20 influential books in 20 days.

"Baptized in Blood: The Religion of the Lost Cause, 1865-1920" by Charles Reagan Wilson
February 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Book 12 of the 20 influential books in 20 days challenge.

"The Romance of Reunion: Northerners and the South 1865-1900" by Nina Silber
February 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Book 11 of the 20 influential books in 20 days challenge.

"The Gospel of Disunion: Religion and Separation in the Antebellum South" by Mitchell Snay.
February 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Book 10 of 20 influential books in 20 days challenge.

We Should All Be Feminists
By Chimamanda Ngozi Adishie
February 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Day 9 of 20 influential books in 20 days challenge. Sorry it's a bit late.

A City Divided, by Sherry Lamb Schirmer
February 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Day 8 of the post 20 influential books in 20 days challenge.

"No Depression in Heaven: The Great Depression, The New Deal, and The Transformation of Religion in the Delta" by Alison Collis Greene
February 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Book 7 of the 20 influential books challenge.
"Lying About Hitler: History, Holocaust, and the David Irving Trial", by Richard J. Evans
February 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Day 6 of the 20 influential books I've read in 20 days challenge. No explanations, just book titles.
"Reforging the White Republic: Race, Religion, and American Nationalism ; by Edward J. Blum.
February 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Day 5 of posting 20 influential books over 20 days.
February 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Day 4 of the 20 days 20 influential books challenge.
January 31, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Despite overwhelming public opposition, the senate committee passed the anti-union anti-working class public workers bill. Now it is down to the senate committee in Utah and that is the last chance for it to be stopped. If you're in Utah, please call, text or email your Senator. No, on HB 267.
January 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Day 3 book for top most influential books I've read.
January 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Day 2 book for the top 20 influential books I've read
January 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Please contact Utah senators to encourage a no vote on hb267. It is intensely anti-teacher anti-firefighter anti-bus driver, anti-janitor, anti-cop and anti any other public service Union member
January 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Doing the 20 days of 20 influential books challenge.
No explanations of why they are influential, just the book covers, in no particular order.

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January 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Just about sums it up.
November 24, 2024 at 11:24 PM