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Mel Bradford: Southern Gentleman, American Patriot

ABOUT MEL

America's Many Propositions
The Mises Institute's review of Bradford's masterpiece, Original Intentions: On the Making and Ratification of the United States Constitution
Beyond Originalism: Conservative Declarationism and Constitutional Redemption
Kenneth I. Kersch's article in the Maryland Law Review includes reviews of Bradford's ideas about Lincoln and his debates with Jaffa
Bradford, M.E.
Michael M. Jordan offers a biography on the First Principles web journal
Dedication of the Luncheon in Honor of Mel Bradford and W.H. Hutt
William F. Campbell at The Philadelphia Society's 47th Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas, April 2, 2011
Defending the High Ground: The Legacy of M.E. Bradford
James McClellan's tribute
Dr. Bradford's Memorial site
A helpful tribute site by Clifford A. Bates, Jr.
Donald Davidson's "Aunt Maria and the Gourds"
John E. Rocha, Sr. discusses some of his encounters with Bradford, and the importance of literary and imaginative works in defending Southern culture
Forrest McDonald's Remarks About Mel Bradford
Given at The Philadelphia Society's 47th Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas, April 2, 2011
Genealogy Entry and Obituaries
Bradford's genealogy entry, two obituaries and a memorial posting
Invoking the Patrimony: Original Intentions: On the Making and Ratification of the United States Constitution
Kevin R. Gutzman lauds Bradford's masterpiece in this review
M.E. Bradford 1934-1993
A brief biography at www.knowsouthernhistory.net
M.E. Bradford, The Agrarian Aquinas
Clyde N. Wilson remember Bradford
M.E. Bradford's Constitutional Theory: A Southern Conservative's Affirmation of The Rule of Law
From The Political Science Reviewer
Mel Bradford
The Wikipedia entry
Mel Bradford, Old Indian Fighters, and the NEH
Thomas H. Landess on Bradford's loss of the NEH nomination
Mel Bradford on the Founders, religious establishment and the First Amendment
From the blog Libertas et Memoria
Mel Bradford's Political Credo
A few brief notes on Bradford's "On Remembering Who We Are: A Political Credo"
Melvin Bradford, 58, Conservative Theorist
The New York Times Obituary
Not in Memoriam, But in Affirmation: M.E. Bradford
T. Kenneth Cribb, Junior's eulogy given at Bradford's funeral
Original Intentions
A summary of Bradford's book
Saving the Free World: An Exchange
Several authors write here; Eugene Genovese defends Bradford and his positions
Southern Cross: The Meaning of the Mel Bradford Moment
David Gordon rehearses key events in Bradford's career at The American Conservative
Why the Neocons Hated Mel Bradford
Thomas DiLorenzo about Bradford's NEH debacle and Lincoln
Uncle Mel: A Tribute to Mel Bradford
Michael Platt pays homage to a great man
Voices Against Progress: What I Learned from Genovese, Lasch, and Bradford
Paul Gottfried shares his insights

BY MEL

A Proper Patrimony: Russell Kirk and America's Moral Genealogy
A Teaching for [r]epublicans: Roman History and the Nation's First Identity
Against Lincoln: A Speech at Gettysburg
Artists at Home: Frost and Faulkner
Culture and Anarchy: Federal Support for the Arts and Humanities
How to Read the Declaration: Reconsidering the Kendall Thesis
Is the American Experience Conservative?
Lincoln and the Language of Hate and Fear: A View from the South
A Southern Partisan Reprint
Lincoln, the Declaration, And Secular Puritanism: A Rhetoric for Continuing Revolution
Lincolns' 'Asiatic Style'
On Remembering Who We Are: A Political Credo
Southern Conservatism
A Southern Partisan Reprint with an introduction and after matter
Southern Conservatism
On ISI's First Principles Web Site
The Baleful Comet of Boston: Samuel Adams and the Puritan Republic
The Heresy of Equality: Bradford Replies to Jaffa
The Household Gods of Freedom
Mel's review of Russell Kirk's John Randolph of Roanake: A Study in American Politics, from The University Bookman
The Older Rhetoric Revisited: Hugh Blair and the Public Virtue of Style
The Oracle of the South
Bradford reviews The Essential Calhoun, edited by the great Clyde N. Wilson

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