Mark R. Cheathem
@markcheathem.bsky.social
Historian, documentary editor, and writer. Views are my own. https://linktr.ee/markcheathem
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Grateful for this thoughtful review by John Kinder in the American Historical Review.
“Evan Sullivan joins the top tier of historians working in the field of the history of disabled veterans…”
“Evan Sullivan joins the top tier of historians working in the field of the history of disabled veterans…”
Evan P. Sullivan. Constructing Disability after the Great War: Blind Veterans in the Progressive Era
The past quarter century has witnessed an outpouring of interest in the welfare of disabled military veterans. In the United States, this concern can be ch
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January 23, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Grateful for this thoughtful review by John Kinder in the American Historical Review.
“Evan Sullivan joins the top tier of historians working in the field of the history of disabled veterans…”
“Evan Sullivan joins the top tier of historians working in the field of the history of disabled veterans…”
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Morning Lanes. 8°C and a Southerly breeze. Hares.
January 20, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Morning Lanes. 8°C and a Southerly breeze. Hares.
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I am pleased to learn that my forthcoming book is now listed on bookshop dot org, and there’s a nice little discount! Nice if you want to avoid the evil empire (the website not Man United)
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bookshop.org/p/books/whit...
White Power: Policing American Slavery
Policing American Slavery
bookshop.org
January 21, 2026 at 12:22 AM
I am pleased to learn that my forthcoming book is now listed on bookshop dot org, and there’s a nice little discount! Nice if you want to avoid the evil empire (the website not Man United)
bookshop.org/p/books/whit...
bookshop.org/p/books/whit...
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How do historians tell a story of a fascinating person who left few personal papers? In a new Commonplace piece, David Stowe explains how/why his historical novel might be the right approach for the life of William Billings, the first significant US composer. 🗃️
commonplace.online/article/writ...
commonplace.online/article/writ...
Writing William Billings - Commonplace
When historical details are nonexistent, make them up. Not usually considered sound advice to historians, granted, but possibly warranted under these circumstances.
commonplace.online
January 20, 2026 at 5:58 PM
How do historians tell a story of a fascinating person who left few personal papers? In a new Commonplace piece, David Stowe explains how/why his historical novel might be the right approach for the life of William Billings, the first significant US composer. 🗃️
commonplace.online/article/writ...
commonplace.online/article/writ...
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I had so much fun chatting with @londomomposino.bsky.social about Canal Dreamers. He was such a wonderful conversationalist! I am currently reading a new source he recommended for my research on the history of Nicaraguan Sharks! 🌎 🌊🦈 🗃️
@uncpress.bsky.social #envhist #histsci #oceanhist #skystorians
@uncpress.bsky.social #envhist #histsci #oceanhist #skystorians
January 20, 2026 at 1:08 PM
I had so much fun chatting with @londomomposino.bsky.social about Canal Dreamers. He was such a wonderful conversationalist! I am currently reading a new source he recommended for my research on the history of Nicaraguan Sharks! 🌎 🌊🦈 🗃️
@uncpress.bsky.social #envhist #histsci #oceanhist #skystorians
@uncpress.bsky.social #envhist #histsci #oceanhist #skystorians
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Blueskis, studies have shown that when folks see or hear about a book more than five times, they are likely to check it out, and buy it.
So in the spirit of creating buzz, here is the gorgeous cover of THE WESTERNERS, which will be published on March 31!
So in the spirit of creating buzz, here is the gorgeous cover of THE WESTERNERS, which will be published on March 31!
January 18, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Blueskis, studies have shown that when folks see or hear about a book more than five times, they are likely to check it out, and buy it.
So in the spirit of creating buzz, here is the gorgeous cover of THE WESTERNERS, which will be published on March 31!
So in the spirit of creating buzz, here is the gorgeous cover of THE WESTERNERS, which will be published on March 31!
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On Presidents Day, Feb 16, we're celebrating the tenth anniversary of @vanburenpapers.bsky.social's launch, starting w/ an afternoon event looking at the history of the Van Buren Papers & providing updates on its progress. At 7 PM, PMVB editor Andrew Wiley will deliver the Cynthia Van Buren Lecture.
January 15, 2026 at 8:56 PM
On Presidents Day, Feb 16, we're celebrating the tenth anniversary of @vanburenpapers.bsky.social's launch, starting w/ an afternoon event looking at the history of the Van Buren Papers & providing updates on its progress. At 7 PM, PMVB editor Andrew Wiley will deliver the Cynthia Van Buren Lecture.
On Presidents Day, Feb 16, we're celebrating the tenth anniversary of @vanburenpapers.bsky.social's launch, starting w/ an afternoon event looking at the history of the Van Buren Papers & providing updates on its progress. At 7 PM, PMVB editor Andrew Wiley will deliver the Cynthia Van Buren Lecture.
January 15, 2026 at 8:56 PM
On Presidents Day, Feb 16, we're celebrating the tenth anniversary of @vanburenpapers.bsky.social's launch, starting w/ an afternoon event looking at the history of the Van Buren Papers & providing updates on its progress. At 7 PM, PMVB editor Andrew Wiley will deliver the Cynthia Van Buren Lecture.
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I am so humbled and thrilled to say that my first book, Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America’s First Opioid Crisis, is a finalist for the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize! 🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social www.gilderlehrman.org/book-prizes/...
Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize | |
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January 14, 2026 at 11:58 PM
I am so humbled and thrilled to say that my first book, Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America’s First Opioid Crisis, is a finalist for the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize! 🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social www.gilderlehrman.org/book-prizes/...
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Pre-orders are great for authors and presses, Blueskis.
They show reader interest in the topic, and justify the print run.
If you want to support the work of historians, pre-order their books!
They show reader interest in the topic, and justify the print run.
If you want to support the work of historians, pre-order their books!
January 14, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Pre-orders are great for authors and presses, Blueskis.
They show reader interest in the topic, and justify the print run.
If you want to support the work of historians, pre-order their books!
They show reader interest in the topic, and justify the print run.
If you want to support the work of historians, pre-order their books!
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Do I know anyone at Wayne State University who could copy some documents in the archives for me? The archivists will only copy two folders, and I need more than that. I'd happily pay. I need folders 1-7 of IWW organizer Hagbard Edwards's manuscript autobiography: archives.wayne.edu/repositories...
Found 9 Results | ArchivesSpace@Wayne
archives.wayne.edu
January 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Do I know anyone at Wayne State University who could copy some documents in the archives for me? The archivists will only copy two folders, and I need more than that. I'd happily pay. I need folders 1-7 of IWW organizer Hagbard Edwards's manuscript autobiography: archives.wayne.edu/repositories...
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A brief remembrance of Dan Howe as a colleague
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A Brief Remembrance of Dan Howe as a Colleague – a necessitous blog
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January 12, 2026 at 12:40 PM
A brief remembrance of Dan Howe as a colleague
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RIP Dan Howe, a great historian of the antebellum United States
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In memoriam: Daniel Walker Howe, 88, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and UCLA professor
His scholarship reshaped how Americans understood the nation’s political, intellectual and religious past.
newsroom.ucla.edu
January 10, 2026 at 3:43 PM
RIP Dan Howe, a great historian of the antebellum United States
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Having trouble locating a novel by Mrs. Charles Kent, “Maud Hamilton.” We think it is not the “Maud Hamilton” by Mary Agatha Pennell. Any ideas?
@drbibliomane.bsky.social 🗃️
@drbibliomane.bsky.social 🗃️
January 8, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Having trouble locating a novel by Mrs. Charles Kent, “Maud Hamilton.” We think it is not the “Maud Hamilton” by Mary Agatha Pennell. Any ideas?
@drbibliomane.bsky.social 🗃️
@drbibliomane.bsky.social 🗃️
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January 6th was one act in an interlocking web of scams, conspiracy theories, hoaxes, moral panics, and personality cults. QAnon was a big part of it, but Q itself came from countless sources. I tried to make sense of the insanity as it was happening:
www.amazon.com/Storm-Upon-U...
www.amazon.com/Storm-Upon-U...
The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything
Amazon.com: The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything: 9781685890186: Rothschild, Mike: Books
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January 6, 2026 at 7:01 PM
January 6th was one act in an interlocking web of scams, conspiracy theories, hoaxes, moral panics, and personality cults. QAnon was a big part of it, but Q itself came from countless sources. I tried to make sense of the insanity as it was happening:
www.amazon.com/Storm-Upon-U...
www.amazon.com/Storm-Upon-U...
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Just three months from today, my book about Americans’ 250 year struggle over slavery’s place in George Washington’s legacy will be out in the world. Some great (and NYT bestselling!) writers have said kind things about it. I hope you’ll consider pre-ordering a copy. bookshop.org/p/books/thy-...
January 7, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Just three months from today, my book about Americans’ 250 year struggle over slavery’s place in George Washington’s legacy will be out in the world. Some great (and NYT bestselling!) writers have said kind things about it. I hope you’ll consider pre-ordering a copy. bookshop.org/p/books/thy-...
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Very excited to get my hands on this brilliant new edited collection, in which I have a chapter about the Republican Party and the Lost Cause.
This Thursday I will be having a Substack live chat with @civilwarmemory.bsky.social about this chapter and my wider research. Do come along! 🗃️
This Thursday I will be having a Substack live chat with @civilwarmemory.bsky.social about this chapter and my wider research. Do come along! 🗃️
January 6, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Very excited to get my hands on this brilliant new edited collection, in which I have a chapter about the Republican Party and the Lost Cause.
This Thursday I will be having a Substack live chat with @civilwarmemory.bsky.social about this chapter and my wider research. Do come along! 🗃️
This Thursday I will be having a Substack live chat with @civilwarmemory.bsky.social about this chapter and my wider research. Do come along! 🗃️
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Semesterly reminder to everyone - Canvas in many cases defaults to showing students the course's grade distribution and student's place on it.
If you *don't* want your students to be aware of where they "rank" at all times, take a second to double check it's turned off.
#TeachLearnSky #EduSky
If you *don't* want your students to be aware of where they "rank" at all times, take a second to double check it's turned off.
#TeachLearnSky #EduSky
September 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Semesterly reminder to everyone - Canvas in many cases defaults to showing students the course's grade distribution and student's place on it.
If you *don't* want your students to be aware of where they "rank" at all times, take a second to double check it's turned off.
#TeachLearnSky #EduSky
If you *don't* want your students to be aware of where they "rank" at all times, take a second to double check it's turned off.
#TeachLearnSky #EduSky
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QUERY FOR HISTORIANS (Not directly on preoccupying current events): I’m making tweaks to syllabi. I want to show students in a Craft of History class how to analyze academic articles (& talk about what AI summaries miss or mangle). What’s your favorite article, esp. in terms of compelling writing?
January 4, 2026 at 3:56 PM
QUERY FOR HISTORIANS (Not directly on preoccupying current events): I’m making tweaks to syllabi. I want to show students in a Craft of History class how to analyze academic articles (& talk about what AI summaries miss or mangle). What’s your favorite article, esp. in terms of compelling writing?
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This semester I’m teaching a guided research seminar for undergraduates in which they will hopefully have the experience of using the internet as a place of discovery and connection, rather than as the hellscape of algorithmic distraction & rage bait it’s become. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Internet bad
Podcast Episode · Today, Explained · 01/04/2026 · 30m
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January 4, 2026 at 4:32 PM
This semester I’m teaching a guided research seminar for undergraduates in which they will hopefully have the experience of using the internet as a place of discovery and connection, rather than as the hellscape of algorithmic distraction & rage bait it’s become. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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What does the so-called zombie apocalypse of drug addiction in Kensington, a neighborhood in Philadelphia, have to do with early-modern drunkenness? Check out my latest short piece about the monstrous drunkard's "Beastly Transformations" in @contingent-mag.bsky.social.
Beastly Transformations
as gluttonous as a pig, as angry as a lion, as quarrelsome as a dog
contingentmagazine.org
December 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
What does the so-called zombie apocalypse of drug addiction in Kensington, a neighborhood in Philadelphia, have to do with early-modern drunkenness? Check out my latest short piece about the monstrous drunkard's "Beastly Transformations" in @contingent-mag.bsky.social.
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I'm so excited because I just officially confirmed that I get to spend 1.5 months in Winnipeg next summer, in the Hudson Bay Company archives, working on birchbark canoe stuff. I've never been to Winnipeg and my expectations are extremely high!!!!!!!!!!
December 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I'm so excited because I just officially confirmed that I get to spend 1.5 months in Winnipeg next summer, in the Hudson Bay Company archives, working on birchbark canoe stuff. I've never been to Winnipeg and my expectations are extremely high!!!!!!!!!!
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Do I know anyone at UConn (or anyone who knows anyone) who knows if they have an archive that CT residents can give to? A relative (CT born&raised) recently passed & he was in the Navy & has all sorts of amazing photos from his time enlisted that I’d hate to see other relatives trash. #Skystorians
December 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Do I know anyone at UConn (or anyone who knows anyone) who knows if they have an archive that CT residents can give to? A relative (CT born&raised) recently passed & he was in the Navy & has all sorts of amazing photos from his time enlisted that I’d hate to see other relatives trash. #Skystorians
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Arrived home from vacation to find the first copies of my book on the doorstep @ugapress.bsky.social #protestandpedagogy #protest #pedagogy #histed #edhist #history #charlottesville
December 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Arrived home from vacation to find the first copies of my book on the doorstep @ugapress.bsky.social #protestandpedagogy #protest #pedagogy #histed #edhist #history #charlottesville