The History Book Club discussion

Hello Ragan - remember the citations are bookcover, then the word by, the author's photo (when available) and the author's link.

You are very close aside from the title of the book should be just the bookcover.

by Hayden Herrera

by Sylvia Plath

by Else Roesdahl (no photo)

by Alison Weir

Fresh off the press, and signed by the author - a double win! Fall book tour season starts off with a bang. She was wonderful, what a great sense of humor!
by Doris Kearns Goodwin

That’s wonderful Alisa. She is a delight to listen to, particularly when she talks about “her guys.” I just got my copy from the library today and looking forward to reading it.

Lorna wrote: I just got my copy from the library today and looking forward to reading it."

Great book, I got it last week and I'm about half way through with it. (I only get it for 2 weeks due to the wait list at the library.)

If you are familiar with her other books, there isn't really anything new from a historical perspective in this book. It is, however, interesting seeing their stories told in parallel and contrasted with each other.

Thank you Porter. I'm sure this will be interesting take in viewing these four presidents through the lens of leadership in the trying times they each faced. I have my book for three weeks!

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Today I went to the last day of my local library's semi-annual (June and October) book sale. It ran Thursday, October 18 (10:00 AM-9:00 PM USA Eastern Time), Friday, October 19 (10:00 AM-6:00 PM) and today from 10:00 AM-3:00 PM.

In the last half hour of the final day you can get books at $3.00 USD a bag or $5.00 USD a box. My wife and I got about 20 books into a large box when we arrived at 2:30 PM. Because the box is in my wife's car, I now cannot list them all, but they include about a dozen cookbooks for Susie and about eight nonfiction and history books for me. These include but are not limited to:

by Barbara W. Tuchman
by Louis L'Amour (1908-88)
by Sebastian Junger
by Fareed Zakaria.

There are more that I'll list in a later post.

I don't often pre-order books, but I did so with by . The book was released on Tuesday.

I'm about a quarter of the way through with the book and I'm really enjoying it. I knew that Douglass was a major figure in the abolitionist movement, but I didn't really understand his background. This book has a solid chance of earning 5 stars and ending up as one of my must reads!

I knew that he was an escaped slave who was very eloquent and famous. But I didn't know how he became a notable black speaker. I knew that he wrote an autobiography and fled to England, but I didn't know the details behind them. This book is answering those questions.

On a complete aside, I've read several books wherein certain historical figures were noted to have heard Douglass speak in Nantucket. I didn't realize what those individuals were claiming when they made that claim.

Prior to 1841, Douglass had garnered a small reputation as a public speaker, but he was more of a local phenom. In 1841, in Nantucket, he was "discovered" by the greater abolitionist movement. Claiming to have heard him in Nantucket would be like saying you were an audience member on the Ed Sullivan show when the Beattles debuted.

Jim wrote: "Today I went to the last day of my local library's semi-annual (June and October) book sale. It ran Thursday, October 18 (10:00 AM-9:00 PM USA Eastern Time), Friday, October 19 (10:00 AM-6:00 PM) a..."

Jim, you really went to down - wow - a great stash.

Good afternoon,

This is the later post that I promised in message #658. There's a slightly larger stash. My wife gave most of the cookbooks to her best friend, keeping by Elaine Magee (no photo).

The others are mine:

Economy And Society In Ancient Greece (no image) by Moses I. Finley
by Rob Goldman (no photo)
by Gareth Evans (no photo)
by John Feinstein
by Scott T. Brown and Sam Carchidi (no photo)
by Sam Carchidi (no photo)
by Benson Bobrick

Porter wrote: "I don't often pre-order books, but I did so with by . The book was released on Tuesday.

I'm about a qu..."

Thank you Porter. This sounds like a wonderful book. When there is no author image, your cite should look like so:

by David W. Blight (no photo)

Lorna
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Library sale! All hardback editions, and a few autographed by the author. Score!
by Simon Winchester
by Elaine F. Weiss (no photo)
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
by Kristin Hannah
by S.C. Gwynne
by Robert K. Wittman

Alisa, great find of a lot of wonderful books. You definitely scored and some signed as well. Enjoy.

I picked up a few books on eBay recently:

The Celebrated Case of Fitz John Porter (no cover) by Otto Eisnschiml (no photo)
by Millard K. Bushong (no photo)
by Dee Brown

I'll be adding cover images and the Ashby book to Goodreads soon. I'm looking forward to reading about Fitz-John Porter as there is little written about him.

Thank you David - check out message 663 on how to add them. I will circle back and give you some hints.

Jeff wrote:

I am from Philadelphia, PA in the USA. Last week I began reading this book on Byberry, a psychiatric hospital located in Philadelphia that has now been closed for over 30 years. It's a relatively short book but it chronicles the city's early attempts to help the mentally ill before getting into the details of the hospital itself.

by J.P. Webster