John Banks is an author, editor, a journalist, and a Civil War aficionado.

His latest book, A Civil War Road Trip of a Lifetime is now available for purchase!

The book is a really fun travelogue-cum-history that you’ll definitely want to add to your shelf.

In this wide-ranging episode, John and I discuss:

Being an aficionado v. being an academic; Ernest Hemingway; American Literature; Journalism; History; Writing books; Strategies to improve sleep; Road-tripping; How to fuel up for a road trip; Songs to listen to during a long drive; The Civil War; Obscure battles that we ought to know more about; Some Great Generals; Battlefield relics; Rebels and Yankees; A bunch of hypotheticals; College Football; West Virginia Mountaineers; Alabama Crimson Tide; JFK assassination theories; Lee Harvey Oswald…

And MUCH more!

Links to John’s stuff:

Purchase his book here:

https://www.amazon.com/Civil-War-Road-Trip-Lifetime/dp/1734627670/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VIYEFISNIG5C&keywords=john+banks+civil+war+road+trip&qid=1695753621&sprefix=john+banks+%2Caps%2C94&sr=8-1

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/johnnybanks

Website:

http://john-banks.blogspot.com/

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Links to my stuff:

Check out my Instagram page for shorts from this and prior episodes: @danielethanfinneran https://www.instagram.com/danielethanfinneran/

Twitter: @DanielEFinneran

Website: finneranswake.com

Email me at finneranswake@gmail.com

My sister project, PNEUMA, on which I put out sleep stories, meditations, mindfulness content: Youtube @pneumabydanielfinneran

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