“No one will ever know the strength of the winds in the Great Hurricane of 1938, because they destroyed every instrument designed to measure them.” — R.A. Scotti, Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938 Like a lot of folks,… Read More ›
American History
Review: Wild Bill by Tom Clavin
I’m excited to share the review I wrote for Criminal Element of Tom Clavin’s new biography, Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier’s First Gunfighter.
Revolutionary Summer by Joseph J. Ellis (audio)
Like Levin’s George Washington: The Crossing, which I read earlier this month, Revolutionary Summer is another new Revolutionary War era book that caught my eye at the library. We received both the hardcover book and the audiobook. I went with… Read More ›
George Washington: The Crossing by Jack E. Levin
Why I Read It: The Crossing caught my eye at the library where it was faced out in the new history book display case. It is a slim volume and I thought it would be a good start to kick… Read More ›
Audiobook: The Greater Journey by David McCullough
Listening to the stories of dozens of ambitious and creative Americans in Paris from 1830 to the early 1900s was like listening to your grandpa tell stories of generations past. It was entertaining, enlightening, and rather inspirational to learn about… Read More ›
Part 3 (The General): Washington: A Life
Washington crossing the Delaware…with artistic license. I’ve been blogging about Ron Chernow’s Washington: A Life section by section. Chernow breaks Washington’s life into five major parts: The Frontiersman The Planter (or, The Planted on my ebook version) The General The… Read More ›
The Planted: ebook typos
It feels like I’ve been reading Ron Chernow’s Washington: A Life for months now. I really am enjoying it, but January was a bit of an odd month for me reading-wise and I recently had a snag that delayed my… Read More ›
Part 2 (The Planter): Washington: A Life
First portrait of George, age 40, by Peale I’m still happily reading along in Ron Chernow’s Washington: A Life and just finished Part 2: The Planter. This section covers George Washington’s life from age 26, his resignation from the army,… Read More ›
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin & Selections from His WritingsBenjamin Franklin, 1706-1790Introduction by Henry Steele CommagerIllustrations by Thomas Hart BentonRandom House, 1944Series: The Illustrated Modern Library The other day I was in the library looking for Grant’s Memoirs, which was… Read More ›