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Recommended Books: Non-Fiction
I have been meaning to do a Part 2 to my Recommended Books: Fiction list – put together years ago. I wanted to recommend non-fiction, from history books to biographies to essays to whatever. Here is the Non-Fiction list. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Founding Fathers, Theatre
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Afghanistan, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Alexander Hamilton, Austria, Balkan Ghosts, Balkans, baseball, Belfast, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Catherine Drinker-Bowen, Central Asia, China, Crowds and Power, cults, culture, Dava Sobel, David McCullough, Edmund Burke, Elias Canetti, Elvis Presley, England, Federalist Papers, Founding Brothers, France, Germany, Group Theatre, Gulag Archipelago, history, Hitler, Hunter S. Thompson, Imperium, Ireland, Iris Chang, Isaac Newton, James Madison, Janet Malcolm, Japan, John Jay, Joseph Ellis, Mark Bowden, Michael Schmidt, Miracle at Philadelphia, Olivia Laing, Philip Gourevitch, poetry, Primo Levi, psychopaths, Rasputin, Rebecca West, Red Sox, Robert Conquest, Robert Kaplan, Roman empire, Russia, Rwanda, Ryszard Kapuściński, science, Serbia, Shakespeare, Somalia, Stalin, The Great Terror, The Soccer War, Tom Wolfe, true crime, Ukraine, Vincent Bugliosi, WWI, WWII, Yugoslavia
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The Books: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, “Forgotten Men,” by H.L. Mencken
Next up on the essays shelf: A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing, by H.L. Mencken In this 1928 essay, Mencken’s thesis is that history is written by second-rate men, and even the first-rate men are reduced … Continue reading
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Tagged A Mencken Chrestomathy, Abraham Lincoln, essays, H.L. Mencken, politics, war
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Today in history: March 4, 1789
The US Constitution went into effect – and it was also chosen as the Inauguration Day for incoming presidents, which it was until the 20th century. George Washington’s first inaugural was actually on April 30, for various reasons – but … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, John Adams, politics, Thomas Jefferson
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The Books: “April 1865: The Month That Saved America” (Jay Winik)
Next book in my American history section is April 1865: The Month That Saved America, by Jay Winik I loved this book. Fun. I couldn’t put it down. Here’s an excerpt about the aftermath of Lincoln’s assassination. Some incredible images … Continue reading
Today in History: April 14, 1865
From Jay Winik’s book April 1865: The Month That Saved America (P.S.): But in the chill, early morning of Good Friday, April 14, Lincoln wakes refreshed, around 7 a.m., and in a good mood. It is a rare occurrence, and … Continue reading
Lincoln: “let us strive to finish the work we are in”
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, March 4, 1865 Inaugural address With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive to finish the work we are in; to bind … Continue reading
Presidents: “You are free. Free as air.”
Here is an excerpt from Jay Winik’s April 1865: The Month That Saved America: The next day, April 4 [1965], brought an equally stunning sight. While General Grant was off in hot pursuit of Lee’s army, President Abraham Lincoln, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, war
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