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The League of the South Institute for the Study of Southern History and Culture proudly announces its "History and Literature of the South" videotape series.

Beautifully and professionally produced by Mr Gene H. Kizer, Jr., this 64-tape set is the most comprehensive and thorough treatment of Southern history and literature yet produced and stands as a monument to the truth and righteousness of our cause.

The professors and scholars who contributed their expertise to this series are among the most accomplished in America.  Each 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hour videotape sells for $25.50 (shipping within continental U.S. included).

For a limited time, you can purchase the entire set of 64 videotapes in "The History and Literature of the South" series below for ONLY $699 (postpaid within the continental U.S.). Take advantage of this limited time offer by either sending your check or money order, payable to the League of the South, to Post Office Box 760, Killen, Alabama 35645; or buy securely online now through PayPal. To add an individual tape to your shopping cart, click cart button beside title; to grab the whole set at the sale price, click button above.

MIX AND MATCH any five tapes for $19.95 each. For quantities greater than five, MIX AND MATCH for only $15.95 each (add $3 S/H for first, then $1.50 for each additional tape). *NOTE: Since option contains the variable of personal volume choices, this option available through mail order only.

Buy all the tapes on a specific subject, or from a favourite lecturer like Dr. Don Livingston (Philosophy, Emory University) on secession, or Dr. Clyde Wilson (History, University of South Carolina) on the War Between the States and John C. Calhoun, or Dr. Jim Meriwether (Professor Emeritus, History, University of South Carolina) who as a young scholar knew and worked with William Faulkner, or Dr. Jim Kibler (English, University of Georgia) who, of his twelve books, had Our Father's Fields proclaimed an 'instant Southern classic' when it came out three years ago, or Dr. Marshall DeRosa (Political Science, Florida Atlantic University), author of The Confederate Constitution, who is a national authority on the Confederate Constitution and constitutional issues, or Dr. Mark Winchell (English, Clemson University) on the Nashville Agrarians, or Dr. Tom Fleming (Editor, Chronicles Magazine) on the influence of the classics in Southern history, or Dr. William Wilson (Religious Studies, University of Virginia) on Southern religion and theology, or Dr. Anne Meriwether (William Gilmore Simms Society) on Elizabeth Alston Pringle, or many other first-rate scholars.

Currently, the following videotapes are available:

Vol 1  Part I of "William Faulkner, Southern Writer," by Dr Jim Meriwether

Vol 2  Part II of "William Faulkner, Southern Writer," by Dr Jim Meriwether

Vol 3  Part I of "The War Between the States: Its Causes and Conduct," by Dr Clyde Wilson (History, University of South Carolina)

Vol 4  Part II of "The War Between the States: Its Causes and Conduct," by Dr Clyde Wilson (History, University of South Carolina)

Vol 5  Part I of "Elizabeth Alston Pringle: A South Carolina Woman Rice Planter - and Writer," by Dr Anne Meriwether

Vol 6 Part II of "Elizabeth Alston Pringle: A South Carolina Woman Rice Planter - and Writer," by Dr Anne Meriwether

Vol 7  Part I of "The Roots of Southern Agrarianism: Eliza Lucas Pinckney and Her Literary Descendants,"  by Dr James E. Kibler (Southern Literature, University of Georgia)

Vol 8  Part II of "The Roots of Southern Agrarianism: Eliza Lucas Pinckney and Her Literary Descendants," by Dr James E. Kibler (Southern Literature, University of Georgia)

Vol 9 "The South as the Last Classical Republic," by Dr Thomas Fleming (Editor, Chronicles Magazine)

Vol 10 "Secession and the American Constitutional Tradition," by Dr Donald Livingston (Philosophy, Emory University)

Vol 11 Part I of "Charleston Literature," by Dr David Aiken

Vol 12 Part II of "Charleston Literature," by Dr David Aiken

Vol 13 "Art and Tradition in the South," by Mr Jack Kershaw, Esq.

Vol 14 "The Real American Dream," by Dr Thomas Fleming (Editor, Chronicles Magazine)

Vol 15 "The Nature of Southern Theology," by Prof. William Wilson (Theology, University of Virginia)

Vol 16 "John C. Calhoun: Last of the Founding Fathers," by Dr Clyde N. Wilson (History, University of South Carolina)

Vol 17 "The Artist in the Mirror: Donald Davidson's The Tall Men," by Dr Mark Winchell

Vol 18 "John C. Calhoun: Prophet," by Dr Clyde N. Wilson (History, University of South Carolina)

Vol 19 "James Henley Thornwell and the Promise of Southern Theology," by William Wilson (Theology, Univ. of Virginia)

Vol 20 "The Philosophical Meaning of the Confederacy," by Dr Donald Livingston (Philosophy, Emory University)

Vol 21 "Agrarian Poetics: Donald Davidson's Lee in the Mountains," by Dr Mark Winchell

Vol 22 "What Southerners Learned From the Classics," by Dr Thomas Fleming (Editor, Chronicles Magazine)

Vol 23 "Reclaiming Faulkner, Part One," by Dr James E. Kibler (Southern Literature, University of Georgia)

Vol 24 "Reclaiming Faulkner, Part Two," by Dr James E. Kibler (Southern Literature, University of Georgia)

Vol 25 "The Causes of the Late War of Independence," by Dr Clyde N. Wilson (History, University of South Carolina)

Vol 26 "The Conduct of the Late War of Independence," by Dr Clyde N. Wilson (History, University of South Carolina)

Vol 27 "The Agrarian Tradition and the Crisis of Modernity," by Dr Mark Malvasi (History, Randolph-Macon College)

Vol 28 "The Enduring Relevance of the Southern Tradition," by Dr Mark Malvasi (History, Randolph-Macon College)

Vol 29 "Getting Even: The Morality of Revenge," by Dr Thomas Fleming (Editor, Chronicles Magazine)

Vol 30 "Fighting, Feuding, and Duelling in the Old South," by Dr Thomas Fleming (Editor, Chronicles Magazine)

Vol 31 "Southern Manners and Honour," by Dr William Wilson (Theology, University of Virginia)

Vol 32 "Southern Religion in the Southern Literary Renaissance," by Dr William Wilson (Theology, Univ. of Virginia)

Vol 33 "The Fourteenth Amendment," by Dr Donald Livingston (Philosophy, Emory University)

Vol 34 "The C. S. S. Hunley," by Randy Burbage (Member, C. S. S. Hunley Commission)

Vol 35 "Joy Down in My Heart: Spiritual Identity in the Old South," by Reverend William Barr (Rector, Anglican Catholic Church, Shreveport, Louisiana)

Vol 36 "His Truth Abideth Still: The Pervasiveness of Religious Orthodoxy Down South," by Reverend William Barr (Rector, Anglican Catholic Church, Shreveport, Louisiana)

Vol 37 Part I of "Philosophical and Constitutional Reflections on Secession," by Dr Donald Livingston (Philosophy, Emory University)

Vol 38 Part II of "Philosophical and Constitutional Reflections on Secession," by Dr Donald Livingston (Philosophy, Emory University)

Vol 39 Part I of "The CSA as a Reactionary Constitutional Experience," by Dr Marshall DeRosa (Political Science, Florida Atlantic University)

Vol 40 Part II of "The CSA as a Reactionary Constitutional Experience," by Dr. Marshall DeRosa (Political Science, Florida Atlantic University)

Vol 41 Part I of "William Gilmore Simms," by Dr. John Guilds

Vol 42 Part II of "William Gilmore Simms," by Dr. John Guilds

Vol 43 Part I of "The Theology of the South: The Fruits of Orthodoxy and Apostasy," by Rev. Steve Wilkins (Pastor, Auburn Avenue Presbyterian Church)

Vol 44 Part II of "The Theology of the South: The Fruits of Orthodoxy and Apostasy," by Rev. Steve Wilkins (Pastor, Auburn Avenue Presbyterian Church)

Vol 45 "The Ideological Use of Slavery in American Liberalism," by Dr. Don Livingston (Philosophy, Emory University)

Vol 46 "The Confederate Constitution," by Dr. Marshall DeRosa (Political Science, Florida Atlantic University)

Vol 47 "M.E. Bradford and the Moral Imagination," by Dr. Mark Winchell (English, Clemson University)

Vol 48 "The Constitutional Meaning of the Confederacy," by Dr. Marshall DeRosa (Political Science, Florida Atlantic University)

Vol 49 "Reconstruction," by Dr. Clyde Wilson (History, University of South Carolina)

Vol 50 "North and South: the Philosophical Divide," by Dr. Thomas Fleming (Editor, Chronicles Magazine)

Vol 51 "The Despot's Heel: Maryland's Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1861-1880," by Dr. Bart Talbert (History, Salisbury University)

Vol 52 "The Theological Case for Secession," by Dr. William Wilson (Religious Studies, University of Virginia)

Vol 53 "John C. Calhoun Seminar, Part 1," by Dr. Clyde Wilson (History, University of South Carolina)

Vol 54 "John C. Calhoun Seminar, Part 2," by Dr. Clyde Wilson (History, University of South Carolina)

Vol 55 "From Gettysburg to Kosovo," by Dr. Thomas Fleming (Editor, Chronicles Magazine)

Vol 56 "Flannery O'Connor Seminar, Part 1," by Dr. William Wilson (Religious Studies, University of Virginia), and Dr. Mark Winchell (English, Clemson University)

Vol 57 "Flannery O'Connor Seminar, Part 2," by Dr. William Wilson (Religious Studies, University of Virginia)

  Vol 58 "An Evening of Antebellum Music", a live concert with accomplished professional opera singers, Mr. Beauregard Palmer (Tenor), and his wife, Lisa Palmer (Soprano). This is a GREAT and STIRRING show that includes "The Southern's Chaunt of Defiance," "Lorena," "Maryland, My Maryland!," "Bonnie Blue Flag and The Homespun Dress," "Southern Soldier Boy," "Here's Your Mule," "Goober Peas," "God Save the South," "All Quiet Along the Potomac," "You Are Going To the War Willie Boy!," "The South Shall Rise Up Free!," "The Young Volunteer," "The Volunteer," "Somebody's Darling," "The South," and "Dixie." There is fascinating historical commentary before each song by Rev. Jim Schoolfield.

  Vol 59 "Alexander Stephens and a Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States" by Professor Joseph Stromberg (Prof. Stromberg, of the Ludwig von Mises Institute at Auburn University, is a prolific historian, columnist and authority on Alexander H. Stephens)

  Vol 60 "Flannery O'Connor" by Mrs. Mary-Barbara Tate (The charming, articulate and witty Mrs. Tate was a good friend of Flannery O'Connor's, and is associated with the operation of Flannery's home, Andalusia, in Milledgeville, Georgia)

  Vol 61 "Margaret Mitchell and Gone With The Wind" by Dr. Mark Winchell (Dr. Winchell is a distinguished professor of English at Clemson University and has written biographies of the esteemed Southern literary figures, Cleanth Brooks and Donald Davidson, among the books he has written. His latest book, Confessions of a Copperhead, will be out soon.)

  Vol 62 "Augustus B. Longstreet and Georgia Scenes" by Dr. David Aiken (Dr. Aiken is a Professor of English at the College of Charleston, and among his writings is the book Fire in the Cradle, a history of the many famous writers of Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Aiken is a past president of the William Gilmore Simms Society, and current president of the South Carolina Poetry Society.)

  Vol 63 "Sidney Lanier" by Dr. David Aiken (see bio Vol. 62 above)

  Vol 64 "Joel Chandler Harris and Uncle Remus" by Dr. Mark Winchell (see bio Vol. 61 above)

DVD SPECIALS!

DVD SPECIAL #1:

  Nine DVDs featuring Dr. Clyde Wilson's lectures in The History and Literature of the South. Dr. Wilson is a distinguished Professor of History at the University of South Carolina, author of several books, and editor of the John C. Calhoun Papers. The nine DVDs are:

• Volume 3 - "Part I, The War Between the States: Its Causes and Conduct"
• Volume 4 "Part II, The War Between the States: Its Causes and Conduct"
• Volume 16 "John C. Calhoun: Last of the Founding Fathers"
• Volume 18 "John C. Calhoun: Prophet"
• Volume 25 "The Causes of the Late War of Independence"
• Volume 26 "The Conduct of the Late War of Independence"
• Volume 49 "Reconstruction"
• Volume 53 "John C. Calhoun Seminar, Part 1"
• Volume 54 "John C. Calhoun Seminar, Part 2"

DVD SPECIAL #2:

  Six DVDs featuring Dr. Donald Livingston's lectures from The History and Literature of the South. Dr. Livingston is a Professor of Philosophy at Emory University in Atlanta, an author of several books and a renowned scholar of Scottish Enlightenment historian, economist and philosopher, David Hume. The six DVDs are:

• Volume 10 "Secession and the American Constitutional Tradition"
• Volume 20 "The Philosophical Meaning of the Confederacy"
• Volume 33 "The Fourteenth Amendment"
• Volume 37 "Part 1, Philosophical and Constitutional Reflections on Secession"
• Volume 38 "Part 2, Philosophical and Constitutional Reflections on Secession"
• Volume 45 "The Ideological Use of Slavery in American Liberalism"

DVD SPECIAL #3:

  All fifteen of the above mentioned DVDs of Drs. Wilson and Livingston for $299.

To order by mail, send cheque or money order to: The League of the South, Post Office Box 760, Killen, Alabama 35645.   Make cheques or money orders payable to THE LEAGUE OF THE SOUTH.  For more information on this videotape series, call 1-800-888-3163

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• 2001 Georgia League of the South Institute Summer School

The Southern Constitutional Tradition
League of the South Institute
First Annual Georgia Summer School
Conference Set

Recorded at the League of the South Institute’s First Annual Georgia Summer School held July 2001 in Macon, Georgia, this set features an intensive study of American constitutionalism from a Southern point of view. This series of scholarly lectures examines the progressive derailment of the Constitution, and the reasons why Southerners from Jefferson on resisted the process. Learn how the Confederate Constitution was constructed as a corrective to the weaknesses of the U.S. Constitution, and what it can teach us today about the evils of unchecked centralized power. Learn how the Fourteenth Amendment was never constitutionally passed by Congress nor ratified by the States. And how, through the "Incorporation Doctrine," this Amendment has been used to centralize power by transforming the meaning of the Bill of Rights.

Lectures Include:

Dr. Clyde Wilson - (History) University of South Carolina
- Origins of the Southern Constitutional Tradition
- The Southern Constitutional Tradition, Then and Now

Dr. Marshall DeRosa - (Political Science) Florida Atlantic University
- The Confederate Constitution
- The Confederate Rule of Law

Dr. Donald Livingston - (Philosophy) Emory University
- States' Rights: The Southern (and American) Resistance to Centralized Power
- The Long Retreat from Politics to Legalism

$30.00 Boxed set

• 2002 Georgia League of the South Institute Summer School

The War on the Southern People
League of the South Institute
Second Annual Georgia Summer School
Conference Set

Recorded at the League of the South Institute’s Second Annual Georgia Summer School held July 2002 in Warner Robbins, Georgia, this set includes lectures dealing with issues surrounding Lincoln's war, including the pre-war political climate, as well as post-war Reconstruction atrocities.

Lectures Include:

Dr. Clyde Wilson
- Northern Myths About the Way (Two Parts)

Dr. Joseph Stromberg
- Lincoln and Total War
- The Near Defeat of Reconstruction: The Role of the Plainfolk

Dr. Scott Trask
- Antebellum Northern Defenders of the South
- The Peace Democrats of New York and Philadelphia

$30.00 Boxed set

• 2002 Louisiana League of the South Institute Summer School

Taking place in Baton Rouge Louisiana on 21-22 June 2002, this conference on Reconstruction is preserved in this box set containing the six lectures in a protective box. Lectures included are:

Dr. Clyde Wilson - Overview of Reconstruction
Dr. Donald Livingston - The Fourteenth Amendment
Roger Busbice - Reconstruction in Louisiana (Part 1 & 2)
Dr. Thomas Fleming - From John Brown to Jesse James: Reconstruction on the Western Border (Part 1 & 2)

$30.00 Boxed set

• 2001 League of the South Institute Summer School

Total War and Reconstruction

If you missed the week-long summer school in Abbeville South Carolina this year, you can still hear these informative and enlightening lectures. Now is your chance to own the entire conference tape set in nice hardshell tape cases. Set includes all 17 lectures, plus a bonus 18th tape.Tapes titles included are as follows:

The Vocation of the LSI - Dr. Donald Livingston
Reconstructing America: Consolidation of State Power (1865-1890) - Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo
Lincoln's Real Agenda - Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo
Reconstruction in the Experience of the Southern People (2 Parts) - Dr. Clyde Wilson
Civilized Warfare in the Western Tradition - Dr. J. Michael Hill
Total War: Yankee Policy and Procedure - Dr. J. Michael Hill
Sherman's March from the Sea (2 Parts) - Dr. James Kibler
Lincoln and Total War - Dr. Joseph Stromberg
The Near Defeat of Reconstruction: The Role of the Plainfolk - Dr. Joseph Stromberg
Reconstruction in Louisiana: 1865-1868 & 1869-1877 (2 Parts) - Roger Busbice
The Paradox of Jabez L.M. Curry: State Sovereignty to Federalized Schools - John Chodes
Fourteenth Amendment & the Long March to Centralization - Dr. Donald Livingston
The Legacy of Reconstruction: The Retreat from Politics to Legalism - Dr. Donald Livingston
18th Bonus Tape: Excerpts from & the Story of "Poems from Scorched Earth" - Dr. Jim Kibler discussing and reading from his new book.

$72.00 Boxed set

• 2002 League of the South Institute Summer School

Great Southern Writers
League of the South Institute
7th Annual Summer School
Abbeville, South Carolina
Another great summer school event has come and gone, but have no fear, the tapes are here. Included in this year's set are the following twelve lectures:

William Gilmore Simms: The Father of Southern Literature - Prof. David Aiken
Confederate War Poetry: The Poetry of Freedom - Prof. David Aiken
William Faulkner: Southern Writer - Dr. Jim Kibler
Flannery O'Connor - Dr. William Wilson
Walker Percy - Dr. William Wilson
William Goyen - Dr. Randall Ivey
Fred Chappell - Dr. Randall Ivey
George Garrett & Tom Wolfe - Dr. Clyde Wilson
Caroline Gordon* - Dr. Tom Landess
Andrew Lytle* - Dr. Tom Landess
Gone with the Wind - Prof. Mark Winchell
Birth of a Nation - Prof. Mark Winchell

$54.00 Boxed set

• 2003 League of the South Institute Summer School

Another great summer school event has come and gone, but have no fear, the tapes are here. Included in this set are the following fourteen recordings:

• Wade Hampton: South Carolina's Hero - Walter Brian Cisco
• Richard Taylor and the Defense of Louisiana - Roger Busbice
• The Achievements of Gen. Bedford Forrest - J. Michael Hill
• Alexander Stephens's Untried Strategy for Victory - Joseph Stromberg
• "Texian Cavalry and Acadian Infantry - Roger Busbice
• William Gilmore Simms and the Sack and Destruction of Columbia - David Aiken
• South Carolina Women and Sherman's Total War - James Kibler
• Our Women in the War - Clark Williams
• General Maxcy Gregg - Graham Banks
• The Confederacy's Poet: Henry Timrod - Walter Brian Cisco
• The CSS Hunley - Christopher Sullivan
• Jefferson Davis: The South's Complete Hero in toto et in extenso - Alister Anderson
• William P. Roberts: Lee's Youngest General - Tim Manning, Jr.
• Why Confederate Soldiers are Admired by the Civilized World - Clyde Wilson

$65.00 Boxed set

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