The American Civil War : 1860-1865 photo

The American Civil War: 1861-1865

This is post 7 of 11 in the series “From the Puritan settlements to the American Civil War (1787-1877)” From the Puritan settlements to the American Civil War (1787-1877) Introduction to Puritanism and Expansionism Antebellum South Life in the Plantations USA: North and South O’Sullivan’s Manifest Destiny The social context of America in the early …

Lire la suite

Concert d'Electric Mary et Whitesnake au Casino de Paris photo 5

Concert d’Electric Mary et Whitesnake au Casino de Paris

Jeudi soir, j’ai filé après les cours pour prendre le RER et me rendre au Casino de Paris pour assister au concert de Whitesnake. Manque de pot, la fort chaleur a bloqué les freins d’une rame de RER, ce qui fait que deux de mes RER m’emmenant sur Paris ont été annulés… un peu galère, …

Lire la suite

Concert de Paul Gilbert au Trabendo photo

Concert de Paul Gilbert au Trabendo

Mercredi soir, je suis allé voir Paul Gilbert au Trabendo. Je suis arrivé bien à l’heure, bin comme il faut et j’ai filé comme d’habitude en direction de la scène. Manque de pot, la balustrade a été prise d’assaut par les premiers arrivés, des métalleux en grosse majorité. J’aime bien les métalleux. Ils sont carrés, …

Lire la suite

Creedence Clearwater Revival photo

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Creedence Clearwater Revival Creedence Clearwater Revival, also referred to as Creedence and CCR, was an American rock band that recorded and performed from 1959 to 1972 under various names before settling on the Creedence Clearwater Revival name in 1967. The band initially consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty; his brother, …

Lire la suite

Years of Growth photo

Years of Growth

This is post 11 of 11 in the series “From the Puritan settlements to the American Civil War (1787-1877)” From the Puritan settlements to the American Civil War (1787-1877) Introduction to Puritanism and Expansionism Antebellum South Life in the Plantations USA: North and South O’Sullivan’s Manifest Destiny The social context of America in the early …

Lire la suite

Introduction to Regeneration by Pat Barker photo

Introduction to Regeneration by Pat Barker

Regeneration has to do with World War One (WW1) and it is visible right from its cover. The novelist, Pat Barker is one of the first women writers who have written about the Great War. Pat Barker is a university-trained historian and this is confirmed by the presence of very reliable sources in the “Author’s …

Lire la suite