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- ↑ Reidy, Joseph P. (March 1985). "U. B. Phillips: A Southern Mind. By John Herbert Roper. (Macon: Mercer University Press, 1984. vi + 198 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $16.95.)". Journal of American History. 71 (4): 889–890. doi:10.2307/1888559. JSTOR 1888559.
- ↑ Reviews of C. Vann Woodward, Southerner include:
- Bowman, Shearer Davis (May 1990). "Roper, John Herbert, "C. Vann Woodward, Southerner" (Book Review)". The Historian. 52 (3): 511.
- Doherty, Herbert J. (1989). "Review of C. Vann Woodward, Southerner". The Florida Historical Quarterly: 241–244. JSTOR 30148080.
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- King, Richard H. (March 1999). "C. Vann Woodward: A Southern Historian and His Critics". Journal of American History. 85 (4): 1552–1553. doi:10.2307/2568276. JSTOR 2568276. ProQuest 224891534.
- Silverman, Jason H. (1998). "C. Vann Woodward: A Southern Historian and His Critics". The Mississippi Quarterly. 51 (2): 415–417. ProQuest 213545801.
- ↑ Rubeck, Frederick J. (February 2005). "Paul Green: Playwright of the Real South. By John Herbert Roper. (Athens and London: University of Georgia Press, c. 2003. Pp. xvi, 320. $34.95, ISBN 0-8203-2488-4.)". Journal of Southern History. 71 (1).
- ↑ Reviews of The Magnificent Mays include:
- Lau, Peter F. (September 2013). "The Magnificent Mays: A Biography of Benjamin Elijah Mays. By John Herbert Roper Sr. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2012. xvi, 367 pp. $44.95.)". Journal of American History. 100 (2): 586–587. doi:10.1093/jahist/jat263.
- Dickerson, Dennis C. (November 2013). "The Magnificent Mays: A Biography of Benjamin Elijah Mays". Journal of Southern History. 79 (4): 999–1001. ProQuest 1459681465.
- ↑ Reviews of The Last Orator for the Millhands include:
- Loiselle, Aimee (May 2020). "The Last Orator for the Millhands: William Jennings Bryan Dorn, 1916-2005. By John Herbert Roper Sr. (Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 2019. Pp. xii, 443. $40.00, ISBN 978-0-88146-690-4.)". Journal of Southern History. 86 (2): 537–538. doi:10.1353/soh.2020.0162. S2CID 219491348. Alternate URL.
- Coclanis, Peter A. (September 2021). "The Last Orator for the Millhands: William Jennings Bryan Dorn, 1916–2005. By Jack Roper. (Macon: Mercer University Press, 2019. xii, 443 pp. $40.00.)". Journal of American History. 108: 429. doi:10.1093/jahist/jaab221.
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