PGMantel

Raised in a home filled with books on Western civilization, P.G. Mantel became a lover of history at an early age. An amateur writer of verse, he makes himself useful as an editor for Men of the West.

June 4, 2019

Culture·History·Literature·Nationalism·Religion

History in Ancient Greece (Part 2): Herodotus

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from History, by Bernadotte Perrin (published 1912). (Go back to previous chapter) But the Ancient History of the Greeks never emancipated itself wholly from the influence

June 6, 2019

History in Ancient Greece (Part 3): Thucydides

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from History, by Bernadotte Perrin (published 1912). (Go back to previous chapter) It was the attempt of the Oriental Persian Empire to conquer the Aegean basin which engaged the Homeric genius of Herodotus; Thucydides

December 19, 2018

Where is the Leadership? A Gen Xer Answers a Millennial

December 4, 2020

Friday Music: Bubba Ho-Tep

Culture·History·Nationalism

The Anglo-Dutch Wars (Part 1)

July 17, 2018

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from A History of Sea Power, by William Oliver Stevens and Allan Westcott (published 1920). All spelling in the original. In the Dutch Wars of the

Culture·History·Nationalism

Friday Music: "La Leggenda del Piave"

July 13, 2018

This is a patriotic Italian song commemorating the Battle of the Piave River.

History·Nationalism

The Battle of Jutland

July 12, 2018

Editor’s Note: The following is extracted from Days to Remember: The British Empire in the Great War, by John Buchan and Henry Newbolt (published 1922). On May 30, 1916, the Grand Fleet

Culture·Firearms·History

The Battle of Omdurman (Part 2)

July 11, 2018

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Khartoum Campaign, 1898, by Bennet Burleigh (published 1899). All spelling in the original. (Continued from Part 1) Before I deal with the second phase of

Culture·Firearms·History

The Battle of Omdurman (Part 1)

July 10, 2018

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Khartoum Campaign, 1898, by Bennet Burleigh (published 1899). All spelling in the original. The supreme and greatest victory ever achieved by British arms in the

History·Nationalism

The Battle of the Falkland Islands (1914)

July 9, 2018

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from The Heroic Record of the British Navy: A Short History of the Naval War 1914-1918, by Archibald Hurd and H.H. Bashford (published 1919). Situated off

Religion

The Missing Man: Thomas

July 8, 2018

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Sermons on Biblical Characters, by Rev. Clovis G. Chappell, D.D. (published 1930). John 20:24 “Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them

Religion

Hymn: On Jordan's Bank

July 8, 2018

1. On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry Announces that the Lord is nigh; Come, then, and hearken, for he brings Glad tidings from the King of kings. 2. Then cleansed by

Culture·History·Literature·Nationalism

Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War (Part 8)

July 5, 2018

Editor’s note: Here follow Chapters 46 through 52 of My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War, by General Ben Viljoen (published 1902). All spelling in the original. (Continued from Part 7) CHAPTER XLVI

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Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War (Part 7)

July 3, 2018

Editor’s note: Here follow Chapters 40 through 45 of My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War, by General Ben Viljoen (published 1902). All spelling in the original. (Continued from Part 6) CHAPTER XL

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