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Reviews of The Perfect Fence

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Scott Abbott

What a pleasure to have thoughtful readers. These two reviews have just been published in the June numbers of The Journal of American History and the American Historical Review. Many thanks to Michael L. Johnson and John Bezis-Selfa. Bezis-Selfa writes … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Fence: Upcoming Talk

Posted on August 30, 2018 by Scott Abbott

Flier just released for our upcoming talk for the Entrada Institute in Torrey. We’re very much looking forward to this. [photo credit: Tim Abbott]

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The Perfect Fence: First Citation

Posted on August 30, 2018 by Scott Abbott

Lyn’s and my book The Perfect Fence: Untangling the Meanings of Barbed Wire has been cited . . . in a Norwegian dissertation on opioid addiction. I’m not sure about barbed wire as a symbol of hope or a question of … Continue reading →

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The First Review of our THE PERFECT FENCE

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Scott Abbott

Texas A&M University Press just sent us the following review. Thank you Wayne Franklin.

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Posted on June 12, 2018 by Scott Abbott

“It was a nun they say invented barbed wire.” Line 154 of episode 8 of James Joyce’s Ulysses in the Gabler Edition serves as the epigraph for Lyn’s and my book The Perfect Fence: Untangling the Meanings of Barbed Wire. The afterword … Continue reading →

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Books and Book Sites

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Scott Abbott

As my books slip away from consciousness, time for a reminder and links to pages with lots of information and photos about each one. Beginning with the most recent: The Perfect Fence: Untangling the Meanings of Barbed Wire (with Lyn Bennett, … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Fence

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Scott Abbott

We have constructed a new website for the book. You can find it here: https://doublevisionbooks.wixsite.com/the-perfect-fence Let us know if you have any suggestions as we expand and improve it. Looks like the book will be available through Texas A&M University … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Fence / Intimate Fences

Posted on July 16, 2017 by Scott Abbott

I’ve been thinking about this photo for several years as we have written about the meanings of barbed wire. Our original title was Intimate Fences, borrowed from a haunting story by Annie Proulx. The story is about an old man who … Continue reading →

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