by Annie Jacobsen, 2004, Kindle Edition, Dutton This book is actually fairly well done, despite the fact that I hated every minute I spent reading it. The scenario she describes is so awful that reading about it is an awful … Continue reading →
by Maurice Samuels, 2024, Kindle Edition, Yale University Press This is an interesting book that explores both the life of Alfred Dreyfus as well as his trial for treason. The book gets somewhat repetitive when it is describing Dreyfus, but … Continue reading →
by John W. Gardner, 1978, W.W. Norton & Company, New York As is the case with many of the books I read, I didn’t really seek this book out as one I would really want to read. It was in … Continue reading →
by Benjamin Anderson, 1991 revised and extended edition, Verso, an imprint of Left Wing Books My son went to George Washington University in Washington, D.C., to get his Master’s degree in Eastern European History. After graduating he had a collection … Continue reading →
by Erik Larson, 2024, Audiobook narrated by Will Patton, Random House Audio This book is a detailed account of the events that led up to the attack on Fort Sumter which was the start of the Civil War. The author … Continue reading →
by Michael J. Tougias and Alison O’Leary, 2016, Pegasus Books, Ltd. I didn’t initially think much about this book. It’s the story of a family that was on board a freighter bound to New Orleans from Costa Rica during WWII … Continue reading →
by Nicholas Dawidoff, 1995, 2011, Vintage Reprint Edition I really did not like this book! It was selected for our book club and the verdict was that it wasn’t written very well, but that they “all” liked the story. I … Continue reading →
by Candice Millard, 2011, Vintage Candice Millard has done a very good job portraying the life and death of President James Garfield. I knew very little about Garfield and was very surprised to find out what an outstanding human being … Continue reading →
by David Grann, 2023, Doubleday, New York This is the story of the Wager, a ship that was shipwrecked on the coast of Chile during the War of Jenkin’s Ear between England and Spain in 1740. The ship was part … Continue reading →
by Edith Wharton, 1920 This book is an account of Edith Wharton’s journey in Morocco in 1917. I decided to read this book because I would be in Morocco myself as I was reading it. It turned out that while … Continue reading →