. . . Clio,
Muse of Time, but for whose merciful silence
Only the first step would count and that
Would always be murder, whose kindness never
Is taken in, forgive our noises
And teach us our recollections. . . .
The New American Society for Historical Research (NASHR) is dedicated to the growth of knowledge beyond those rigid, artificial boundaries enforced by academic gatekeepers.
Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, with ancillary offices, as the seasons demand, in Gravesend, NY, and Tocon del Mar, CA, the NASHR supports and promotes the independent scholar and all his controversial theses. We believe that while facts are malleable, truth is essential, and always ringing like a dinner bell. We believe that protocol is an effete trap—a tripwire, a strip of tire spikes—set to thwart progress by men of exceptional thought and action. We deplore convention for the sake of itself and endorse intellectual nonconformity in all its lucent splendor.
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Available May 2021
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We have been promised several other exciting works:
- Dan Morely Patterson, gentleman of Roanoke, Virginia—a retired orthodontist, as we recall, and two-term City Councillor—will chart the recurrence of pederastic and cultic elements in documents and images issued by the federal government, from acrostic riddles in the Articles of Confederation, to the lurid subtexts of WPA posters, to the nigh-obscene postage stamps of the present day, in Rites of the Fathers: Demonology, Demon-ocracy, and Society's Sustaining Myths.
- Gary Fairchild, adjunct professor of business correspondence at Arapaho Creek Community College, Sterling, CO, unveils a startling counter-narrative of the settling of the West, and offers his controversial argument that the American Indian owes us reparations, or at least a hearty "thank you," for the many civilizing missions, the uplift and cultivation, performed across our fertile continent. Title TBA.
- And, although he has not disclosed the exact nature of his work—we were convinced by his antic, charismatic manner on the phone; we could hardly get a word in, and hardly wanted to—Andrew Lang, a fishing guide and award-winning marksman from unincorporated Kootenai County, Idaho, will soon be submitting a manuscript entitled A Lion Wakes in the Nest of Serpents that he promises shall provide the "tensile steel TRUTH," as he has it, about things as they are, and how they came to be so, and the severity of reaction needed to return them to a desirable state. His author photo—a bearded plaid he-man saluting the viewer with the barrel of his AR-15, framed by the vast antlers of a bull elk whose twisted neck he's propped aloft—is very handsome, very striking.
What an exciting time in which to live, reader: we are lucky, you and I.
We are pleased to announce the inaugural NASHR Irving Prize, dedicated to genius suppressed or repressed. The precise dollar figure to be awarded is still to be determined, depending on sponsorships acquired, and the vagaries of the markets, but its recipient will no doubt be very pleased, and might buy himself a new suit or a Loire Valley river cruise, in addition to funding his excellent work. We expect to announce our shortlist in the summer of 2021. The fanfare will be deafening.
Grants of more modest, though still doubtless pleasing, sums are issued as worthy efforts present themselves. Do you deserve one? Fill out the convenient web-based application below and our staff will make a preliminary determination.
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