Historian Spotlight: Karl Friday
Posted February 3rd, 2011 at 05:56 AM by leakbrewergator
Karl Friday is one of the few historians out there who has a real "hands on" experience with the subject material that he writes about. He has lived in Japan and trained with the famed Kashima Shinryu.
I admit I had never read a Friday book until fairly recently. Friday was kind enough to help me through my graduate school application process. I figured I owed it to the guy to read at least one of his books. The first book I purchased was Legacies of the Sword: The Kashima-Shinryu and Samurai
This work was extremely well done and it immediately vaulted Friday to the top of my favorite historians list. (Yes, I am nerdy enough to have a favorite historians list.
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Since then, I have read several other Friday works and his spot among the top of my aforementioned list is secure.
For more info on Friday, check out his faculty page at the University of Georgia(Boo!):
People, Department of History at the University of Georgia
Some of Friday's works:
The First Samurai
I admit I had never read a Friday book until fairly recently. Friday was kind enough to help me through my graduate school application process. I figured I owed it to the guy to read at least one of his books. The first book I purchased was Legacies of the Sword: The Kashima-Shinryu and Samurai
This work was extremely well done and it immediately vaulted Friday to the top of my favorite historians list. (Yes, I am nerdy enough to have a favorite historians list.
)Since then, I have read several other Friday works and his spot among the top of my aforementioned list is secure.
For more info on Friday, check out his faculty page at the University of Georgia(Boo!):
People, Department of History at the University of Georgia
Some of Friday's works:
The First Samurai
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I actually trained in Kashima Shinryu for 2 1/2 years under Karl Friday while I attended UGA!! He's a great teacher and all around swell guy.Posted May 20th, 2011 at 01:18 AM by Outsider
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No kidding! That's awesome man. I guess I can forgive the fact that you're a Dawg for that.Posted May 20th, 2011 at 05:13 AM by leakbrewergator - Nah, I was born and raised in Philly. I couldn't care less about the Dawgs. I'm an Eagles fan!Posted May 21st, 2011 at 01:36 PM by Outsider
