Southern Arts Journal
From late 2005 through the summer of 2006, I wrote a series of articles for the now-defunct Southern Arts Journal.
The SAJ was a paperback-style magazine running roughly 200 pages per issue, featuring topics relevant to Southern American culture and history.
* "Arms and the Men: How Bankers, Blockade Runners and Bravado Supplied the South" and "Museum Pieces" (Issue #2)
* "Rebels or Revolutionaries? Rehabilitating the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War" and "Light Horse Harry" (Issue #3)
* "A Man, a Plan and a Span: Henry Flagler and the Overseas Railroad" (Issue #4)
Researching and writing these articles posed a difficult challenge for me: I had to appeal to the sensibilities of the mostly-southern readers, resist the temptation to "northsplain" the concepts central to each topic (no small deal since as a Canadian, I'm more "northern" than every non-Alaskan Yankee), and above all tell the truth.
I think I succeeded on all counts, learned a lot, maybe enlightened a few folks, and had a ton of fun!