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The relationship between Pelican Publishing and DixieBroadcasting began in earnest in June of 2006 with the launch of “Pelican Pages,” a monthly program which features interviews with authors of some of the newest titles from Pelican.
Since Dr. and Mrs. Milburn Calhoun secured ownership of Pelican in 1970, they have not only resurrected the publishing house; but they have grown Pelican into the most important regional publishing house in existence in the South today. Pelican has over 500 titles and regularly adds fifty to sixty new titles annually, many of which are specifically related to the history, heritage, and culture of the South.
With titles such as The South Was Right! by the Kennedy brothers – and titles by other Southern authors from William Faulkner to Justin Wilson, the “Cajun Chef” – Pelican is a big part of the reason for the growth and interest in all things Southern in recent years. Listen to the special “Pelican Pages” interviews regularly announced on DixieBroadcasting… or check back here for new additions.
All of these interviews may be listened to via streaming audio or downloaded for play on your computer OR your iPod. Also, be sure to click on the links to these books at Pelican’s website; you can even browse their online store of all of their titles.
Enjoy!
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Interview with Dr. James E.Kibler
Author of Memory's Keep |
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Mister Pink, a 94-year-old black man, still tends the farm his family has worked on as servants since the 1800s. It is the "old, inexorable tug of the land" that keeps him there, although his wife died three years ago, and his children have long since moved to distant cities. He shares his deep knowledge of farming and respect for the natural rhythm of the seasons with his appreciative young neighbor, 27-year-old Trig Tinsley, as the two skin rabbits for dinner and try to keep the deer away from the okra patch. When old Pink dies, Trig feels his loss as much as Pink's children do and begins to see that there are not too many left who value the hard work and serenity of life on the farm.
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Interview with Deryl Sellmeyer
Author of Jo Shelby's Iron Brigade |
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Gen. Joseph Orville Shelby’s involvement in the Civil War began when he raised a cavalry company for Southern service after refusing a commission in the Federal army. Shelby’s company of Rangers became known as the most disciplined company in the pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard.
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Interview with Thomas Forehand
Author of Robert E. Lee's Softer Side |
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Serving as a perfect companion to his first compilation, Robert E. Lee’s Lighter Side, this collection includes letters, diary excerpts, and touching stories from Lee himself, as well as his wife, children, students, and strangers who recorded his acts of kindness. This is not a book about Lee’s sentimentality or weakness, but serves instead to offer surprising glimpses at his more merciful side.
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Interview with Barry Adamson
Author of Freedom of Religion, the First Amendment, and the Supreme Court: How the Court Flunked History
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In colonial America, everyone knew the meaning of the terms “establishment” and “established church”: an official, monopolistic governmental religion. The colonists also well knew the various negative attributes associated with the “established church,” especially compelled financial support and attendance. Every colonial state, except Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, had an established church at one time. Before the revolution, some states had disestablished their churches.
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Interview with John Griffin
Author of Abraham Lincoln's Execution
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Dr. Griffin contends that Lincoln was not assassinated—he was ordered executed by fellow politicians and military leaders because he wanted to welcome the Southern states back into the Union with their full constitutional rights restored. Threatened by this and other possibilities of clemency for the South, Vice-Pres. Andrew Johnson, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, and the U.S. chief of the National Detective Police, Lafayette Baker, took action to ensure that this would not occur.
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Interview with John Graham
Author of Blood Money: The Civil War and the Federal Reserve
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In this watershed book, John Remington Graham, experienced trial lawyer and author of A Constitutional History of Secession, describes the origins of the Federal Reserve and how the divisive antagonisms between North and South were deliberately agitated by great international banking houses. After demonstrating how these private interests succeeded in setting up a huge financial empire centered on Wall Street, Graham calls for reform of the central banking apparatus of the United States and the national debt associated with it.
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Interview with Roy Bird
Author of Civil War and The Indian Wars
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This account of some of the conflicts between American Indians and whites from 1861-1865 depicts the struggles among disenfranchised native peoples on the frontier and expansion of a predominantly white culture into the West. While whites fought whites from the Atlantic seaboard to the prairies of Kansas, great nations in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Montana, the Dakotas, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Missouri, and Minnesota struck back at the incursion of white intruders.
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Interview with Marshall DeRosa
Author of Redeeming American Democracy:Lessons from the Confederate Constitution
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The warring ideas of centralization and decentralization are at the core of modern political debates about the national economy, U.S. foreign policy, and citizens’ cultural values—just as they were among our Founding Fathers. In this controversial and thorough study, Professor Marshall DeRosa explains how the Confederate constitution carried decentralization even further than the original Constitution and added a number of safeguards against government, features which he argues would benefit Americans today.
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Interview with Marshall Conyers
Author of Amongst Immortals Raging: Gettysburg’s Third Day Begins |
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This greatly moving poem about July 3, 1863—the first epic poem dedicated solely to Gettysburg—reveals the fear, innocence, bravery, and camaraderie of that fateful day by presenting poems written in the voices of various Confederate and Union participants.
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Interview with Michael R. Bradley
Author of Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Escort and Staff |
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Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Escort and Staff reveals the symbiotic relationship between Forrest and his men, and how their unusual abilities as fighters, thinkers, and leaders made for a team of men who formed a unique brotherhood that lasted long after the war. A testament to their loyalty is the fact that the escort is the only Confederate unit whose numbers were greater when they surrendered than when the unit was organized.
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Interview with Michael Andrew Grissom
Author of Southern By The Grace of God |
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You've heard the phrase- American by Birth-Southern by the Grace of God. And now comes a book that reminds us of the glory of being Southern! Just when you thought the liberal press had succeeded in grinding us into the ground with their barrage of derogatory patter- a glimmer of hope emerges- and Southerners are once again discovering that being Southern is a good thing after all-just like it used to be!
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Interview with Thomas Forehand, Jr.
Author of Robert E. Lee’s Lighter Side |
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Compiled here are 125 examples of the width and breadth of Lee’s humor, dating from his youth to his last working day as president of Washington College. Also noted are some of the less-frequently published points about the Lee family, including wife Mary’s concern over the “depth and sincerity” of Lee’s faith, their family connection to Napoleon, and stories of Lee’s father during the War of 1812.
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Interview with Rick Pittman
Author of Jim Limber Davis: A Black Orphan in the Confederate White House |
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Jim Limber Davis was rescued from an abusive relative by First Lady Varina Davis when he was only five years old. Jefferson and Varina Davis then became his legal guardians and Jim lived with them in the White House for several years, enjoying life as a member of their family.
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Interview with Brian Cisco
Author of War Crimes Against Southern Civilians |
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The sobering and brutal consequences of the Civil War off the battlefield are revealed in this examination of atrocities committed against civilians. Rationale for the Union’s “hard war” and the political ramifications of such a war set the foundation for Walter Cisco’s enlightening research. Styled the “Black Flag” campaign, the hard line was agreed to by Lincoln in a council with his generals in 1864, when he gave permission to wage unlimited war against civilians, including women and children.
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Interview with James Ronald Kennedy
Author of Reclaiming Liberty |
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James Ronald Kennedy -- co-author of best-selling Pelican book The South Was Right! -- was our guest on the Pelican Pages segment. Ron talked about his new book Reclaiming Liberty and how a Liberty Based Society can be achieved if we the people will stand up and make it happen. This interview is almost a mini course on limited constitutional government, and a must listen for all who are serious about the future of America. For more about Ron and about the work he and his brother do please visit KennedyTwins.Com
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Interview with Walter Donnie Kennedy
Co-Author of The South Was Right and Author of Myths of American Slavery |
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Donnie Kennedy is in rare form for this interview! The co-author of best-selling Pelican book The South Was Right! and one of the most-requested speakers in the Southern Movement today, Donnie shares his thoughts on each of the existing Kennedy Brothers' titles, as well as a scoop on upcoming titles... and even some shocking hints of some political possibilities! You dont want to miss this exciting interview!
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Interview with Dr. Milburn Calhoun
Pelican Publishing President |
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DixieBroadcasting was privileged to conduct an historic interview with Dr. Milburn Calhoun, who is the president, publisher, and co-owner of Pelican Publishing. Dr. Calhoun is a retired physician who rescued the historic Pelican Publishing in 1970 and has turned it into the premiere Southern-based publishing house in America today. This interview features little-known information about the story of Pelican Publishing from it's early beginnings in 1926, when it was formed to provide a truly "Southern" publishing house -- something which was virtually non-existent after the destruction from the War for Southern Independence and Reconstruction. Today, Dr. Calhoun has restored the vision of the original founder of the company and Pelican routinely produces a great number of pro-Southern titles on Southern history, heritage, culture, and more. |
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Twenty-seventh Louisiana Volunteer Infantry
by Terry G. Scriber |
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The Twenty-seventh Louisiana Volunteer Infantry was the first infantry division assigned to the defense of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The author, inspired by his great-grandfather, Burlin Moore Scriber, who served as a corporal in the Louisiana Infantry’s Company B, celebrates the undaunting courage of this regiment during the forty-seven-day siege by Union soldiers before the surrender of Vicksburg. |
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Den
of Misery by James R. Hall |
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Den
of Misery: Indiana’s Civil War Prison
details the cover-ups and denials as well as the cruel realities of the
prison camp and chronicles the efforts by Confederate veterans to make
known the truth about their experiences. The author includes a full list
of prisoners who died at Camp Morton and are buried in a mass grave in
Indianapolis. |
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How
Celtic Culture Invented Southern Literature by James Cantrell |
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This
seminal book of literary criticism challenges the common perception that
the culture of white Southerners springs from English, or Anglo-Norman,
roots. Mr. Cantrell presents persuasive historical and literary evidence
that it was the South’s Celtic--Irish, Scots, Welsh, or
Scots-Irish--settlers who had the greatest influence on Southern
culture, and their vibrant spirit is still felt today. |
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Confederate
Ninth Tennessee Infantry by James R. Fleming |
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Here is the story of the Confederate Ninth Tennessee Infantry, known as the
“Southern Confederates,” one of the most well-educated, zealously
religious, and unbelievably gallant groups of men to engage in the
American Civil War. Using the soldiers’ actual letters, memoirs, war
records, and obituaries, James R. Fleming documents this immortal
“band of brothers,” which included five of his own ancestors, as
they endure the privations of life on the western front. This valuable
historical and genealogical resource also includes discussions of the
battles at Columbus, Perryville, and Atlanta, as well as the
regiment’s Order of Battle and each soldier’s service record. |
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Soul
Storm by Bruce
Smith |
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Soul
Storm: Finding God Amidst Disaster
is not a typical motivational book. Offering Hurricane Katrina as both a
symbol and a practical reference point, Smith taps into the fear we all
wrestle with when faced with overwhelming, sudden life changes.
Smith’s ability to see God’s bigger plan above the rubble is a gift
to all of us, whether we are trying to survive the aftereffects of a
hurricane, an illness, or any type of calamity. As he unravels the
issues of politics, religion, race, psychology, justice, science,
compassion, humanity, love, and restoration bound up in this recent
disaster, he takes us on a journey that ultimately leads us back to God. |
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