by Doris Kearns Goodwin, 2024, Simon & Schuster, New York I have read other books by Doris Goodwin and think highly of her as an author and historian. This book is quite different from her other books as it is … Continue reading →
by David Rubenstein, 2019, Simon & Shuster, New York This book is a collection of edited transcripts of conversations that the author, David Rubenstein, had with some well-known American historians. The conversations were held at the Library of Congress beginning … Continue reading →
by Nicholas G. Penniman IV, 2019, Barringer Publishing, Naples, Florida. After dinner one night in Naples our dinner host offered to lend me some books. I selected this one for two reasons: The topic interested me as I was in … Continue reading →
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 →