This blog is where I'll discuss some of the books I've read (mostly history). These will be "book reports." "Reviews" is too pretentious a term.
Also links to interesting stuff seen on "Book TV" (C-SPAN2) and "American History TV" (C-SPAN3).
Also, from time to time, my own views on public and international affairs: the ramblings of an educated layman.
BOOK REPORT (and personal essay): John Quincy Adams, Militant Spirit
This is the best biography of J.Q.A. I've read, by a wide margin. It's actually a history of ante-bellum America (if you alre...
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This is the best biography of J.Q.A. I've read, by a wide margin. It's actually a history of ante-bellum America (if you alre... -
My nephew was reading this book at our family reunion. It looked interesting. It was. I know my English history, more or less, from ... -
This is a good, critiqued, book talk. The view is from 30,000 feet. And in that sense, the points that Ullman and his commenters make ar...
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