Tag Archives: America

This Week at the Library (29 December)

Posted on December 29, 2010 by smellincoffee

Aside from the books I’ve already done full comments on, I also finished The Great American Wolf and The Golden Door.  My observations about them were shortish, so I decided to include them here instead of making seperate, strangely short … Continue reading →

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America’s Hidden History

Posted on October 31, 2010 by smellincoffee

America’s Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation© 2008 Kenneth C. Davis272 pages “The stories that unfold in these six chapters, which span a period from the Spanish arrival in … Continue reading →

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The Imperial Cruise

Posted on October 26, 2010 by smellincoffee

The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War© 2009 James Bradley387 pages They may be sovereign countries, but you folks at home forget That they all want what we’ve got, but they don’t know it yet. (Billy Bragg, … Continue reading →

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Stephen Fry in America

Posted on October 4, 2010 by smellincoffee

Stephen Fry in America: Fifty States and the Man Who Set Out to See Them All© 2008 Stephen Fry314 pages While I am not familiar with Stephen Fry’s work,  his reputation for humor and science advocacy  lured me me into … Continue reading →

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The Spanish-American War

Posted on September 2, 2010 by smellincoffee

The Spanish-American War© 1991 Albert Marrin182 pages While still a sophomore in high school, I spotted a book titled The Airman’s War in my school library and checked it out. It become a favorite, one of the first history books I … Continue reading →

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The Birth of the United States

Posted on August 25, 2010 by smellincoffee

The Birth of the United States© 1973 Isaac Asimov274 pages, including a table of dates. While trolling Amazon in search of elusive copies of Isaac Asimov’s Roman history books, I chanced to find evidence of a four-book history series on … Continue reading →

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Travels with Charley

Posted on July 16, 2010 by smellincoffee

Travels with Charley in Search of America© 1962 John Steinbeck246 pages Author John Steinbeck is perhaps most famous for The Grapes of Wrath, the story of the displaced Joad family who travel to California from their home in  Oklahoma in … Continue reading →

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A Walk Across America

Posted on July 8, 2010 by smellincoffee

A Walk Across America© 1979 Peter Jenkins288 pages We walked straight west. I had everything I needed in the world resting comfortably on my shoulders, and the entire country waiting to be discovered.  (p.55) In the late spring of 1973, … Continue reading →

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Are We Rome?

Posted on August 27, 2009 by smellincoffee

Are We Rome? The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America © 2007 Cullen Murphy 262 pages Lead poisons our wine and makes us stupid / Gladiators keep us entertained / More votes cast for idols than for … Continue reading →

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