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Technical but not imaginative.

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I will add a note:

the author is not a historian. He is a musicologist with an emphasis on occult music. His book did undergo peer review, but I am not sure the review was by historians. Keep that in mind as you read.

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The book is published by the State University of New York as part of its series in Western Esoteric Traditions. The author was a Professor of Music at Colgate University for 45 years and retitred as Professor Emeritus. The book was part of a faculty research project sponsored by the Upstate Institute at Colgate, Hardly the work of a crank, if that is what youā€™re suggesting.

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I am aware of his credentials and the background of the book. I am an academic myself. I am NOT saying he is a crank, but that he is outside of his field. Important to know before reading.

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I promised some resources on American religious history, and this is an excellent resource:

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One of my favorites. An academic work that is readable for the general public

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A classic look at keep faith and historical accuracy

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This is a series of primary sources. Good stuff

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Iā€™ve found this book to be a good overall reference when wanting to look up some aspect of Christianity history.

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If you want a fascinating history event to explore, Mountain Meadows Massacre is certainly a good option. Lot of online resources, and a couple of excellent books on the topic. Be warned: research by Mormon historians had been highly prejudicial in attempts to exonerate Brigham Young. There are a couple of books by reporters that miss the historical nuances. Stick with peer reviewed books by historians. I can recommend historiographies if you like.

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I watched a documentary on that-- Mountain Meadows Massacre

A documentary of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, a series of attacks in 1857 that resulted in the mass murder of at least 120 members of the Baker-Fancher emigrant wagon train.

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Yes. Mormons dressed as Native Americans, killing those over the age of seven, and adopting out to Mormons the ones seven and under.

The big question: How much did Brigham Young know?

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An actual fistfight broke out at an academic conference between a historian of Old West history and a Mormon church historian over Mountain Meadows

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The most fascinating American military aircraft? IMO, the B-17 Flying Fortress and the Bell UH-1 Iroquois. Huey helicopter.

The history of both is well worth researching.

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My fav is the Blackbird and the Little bird for helicopters.

Of the planes Iā€™ve flown, my favorite was an old aeronka.

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Have you ever flown a crop duster? I read that they are difficult to fly. I used to teach on an aviation campus and passed a crop duster sales location. (Waaaay out in the country side- away from tall buildings and such.)

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Nope, I never have but those things have got some POWER for sure.

I once had an instructor who inspected oil pipelinesā€¦ he was very comfortable flying low and at odd angles so he could see the pipesā€¦ totally freaked me out when he would see something and say, ā€œIā€™ve got the planeā€ and then chase something down on the ground that caught his interest.

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I got to crawl around inside a B-17 years ago. What a plane! Or, as my stepfather called it, a flying coffin.

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I have to admit-- Iā€™d never heard of this and didnā€™t know there was such a law on the booksā€¦ BUT I LIKE IT!!!

Alien Sedition Acts of 1798 passed by Congress that allows the president to authorize the arrest, relocation, or deportation of any male over the age of 14 who hailed from a foreign enemy country at war with the U.S. or where any ā€œinvasion or predatory incursion is perpetrated, attempted, or threatened against the territory of the United States by any foreign nation or government.ā€

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It was aimed at parties opposed to the Federalists, particularly the party favored by new citizens (Democrat-Republicans) who Federalists thought may support France who we were on the verge of war with.

Seditions Acts (there are several) operated as the opposite of the First Amendment would do. Speaking against the government would be a crime.

Presidents having power to boot folks out unchecked is an issue that killed these acts.

Note: they pop back up in WWI.

W II interment camps for Americans of Japanese origin. Notice we didnā€™t have German or an Italian camps

Alien Acts, with strict over site, maybe. Sedition Acts? No.