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Tag Archives: American Revolution
Of Ben Franklin and Andy Jackson’s America
For whatever reason I’ve been struggling to find inspiration or motivation to review two history books I’ve read in the last month or so, and since they’re similar — early American history — I’m going to regretfully short-round them. Most … Continue reading
Short rounds: Fawlty Towers, Samuel Adams, and John Dickinson
I’m not sure that posting something about this here is altogether appropriate given that it’s not an audiobook, despite being listed on Audible. This is the audio recordings of Fawlty Towers, the award-winning British comedy from the 1970s, made available … Continue reading
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Tagged American Revolution, Fawlty Towers, history, memoir, Philadelphia
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Friends Divided
When I first read Gordon S. Wood, his Revolutionary Characters annoyed me in its short shrift given John Adams. Adams was one of the earliest voices inveighing against Parliament’s abuses of the American colonies, and I was flabbergasted that he … Continue reading
Redcoats , los presidentes, and medieval making-merry
Alllrighty, short rounds time, featuring: British Soldiers, American War; The Very Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Women; and The President’s Club: Inside the World’s Most Secret Fraternity. First up, British Soldiers, American War. This is an interesting volume in which … Continue reading
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Tagged American Revolution, Britain, Europe, Hail to the Chief, history, Medieval, memoir, military, sexuality, social history, women
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Revolutionary Characters
Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different© 2006 Gordon S. Woods352 pages Revolutionary Characters reviews the lives of several of the United States’ founding fathers to examine how the personal strengths and ambitions of these men allowed them to play … Continue reading
America Walks into a Bar
America Walks into a Bar: A Spirited History of Taverns and Saloons, Speakeasies and Grog Shops© 2014 Christine Sismondo336 pages Welcome, friend. Pull up a stool. You’ve come in at the tail end of a story, but it’s one … Continue reading
English broadside
Well…this has been the saddest Read of England, and the saddest reading month, since my college days. At least the few I read were all fairly good! Read of England isn’t quite over, as I’ll be working on a few … Continue reading
Forgotten Founders
America’s Forgotten Founders© 2011 ed. Gary Gregg II185 pages After reading several thoughtful full-length biographies in this series, I expected the same quality in miniature from this collection. That is not the case at all; after a lengthy opening essay … Continue reading
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Tagged American Revolution, biography, Early American Republic, history
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American Independence Wrapup & On the Horizon
Well, gentle readers, July’s halfway marks the conclusion of my American Independence series, at least for another year. What ground did I cover this year? Revolutionary Summer, Joseph Ellis; a history of the summer of 1776, in which the States … Continue reading
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