The History Book Club discussion

Hi Mary, Joe, Cynthia and Pete, welcome to the group.
Apart from all the fascinating discussions on history we also have quite a few fine threads on music - all kinds from all places.
Come and take a look/listen if you like.

Best wishes,

André

Welcome Joe and Mary, glad you are with us and hope you enjoy the many discussions and book recommendations found here. We have a worldwide membership so something for everyone!

Welcome Mary and Joe, it's great to meet you.

Vicki wrote: "Welcome Mary and Joe, it's great to meet you."

Thanks so much, Vicki and everyone, for the warm welcome. I'm looking forward to my first book discussion.

Welcome Joe and Mary

Greetings to everyone. My name is William (though I often go by "Bil") and I teach, research, and write about Early American History. It is nice to find a GoodReads group that is so large and active that reads and discusses serious, good history. I am particularly interested in the antebellum period and the trans-appalachian frontier, which have been the focus of my research over the last decade. But my next project is taking me back into the Colonial and Revolutionary era, and has an Atlantic World and maritime aspect. Finally, as courses on the Civil War are among the most popular among students, I am always reading new Civil War books, and especially interested in titles that will capture the interest of undergraduates.

Welcome to the group. This is a very well-run and diverse club. With your interest in colonial history you'll probably be interested in some of the group discussions taking place here that are related to presidential biographies.

Welcome William, we are glad to have you as a member.

As you get started please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post . Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book and/or author and increases the readability of your post. This is how books you mention should look:



by Jeffrey Toobin



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Thanks and glad you joined us.

Welcome William to the History Club. We look forward to your input.

Hi, William, welcome.

Welcome William. I know you'll be happy here.

Glad you found us, William, Joe, and Mary. This is the p;ace for all things history. Just jump right in to the discussions/book recommendations.....most of all, enjoy!!

Hi all -- my name is Allen and I am a new member of this group. I am a scientist by profession with a degree in Chemistry. But I love history, particularly American history. Whenever I read Civil War books I always have the thought that if I could 'time travel' to any time or place, it would be 19th century USA. I am a lifetime resident of Georgia and sometimes regret that I have to work for a living and can't just travel around the state and take in all the history that's here. Take care all and I'm looking forward to being here!

Hi Allen, Bill,
welcome to the group.

For this club as you get started please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment.
It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post. Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book and/or author and increases the readability of your post.

This is how the book you mentioned should look:


by Richard Holbrooke

More information can be found here:

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Take a moment to read our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

and the orientation to get you started:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

Apart from all the fascinating discussions on history we also have quite a few fine threads on music - all kinds from all places.
Come and take a look/listen if you like.

If you have any questions feel free to ask any of the moderators.
Best wishes,

André

Welcome Allen to the History Club. The “Peach State” with costal islands, forests, mountains and metropolitan areas is a beautiful place to live and explore. It’s certainly full of 19th Century history too.

Welcome, Allen, thanks for joining us. Jump right in.

Hi Allen, glad you joined and hope you enjoy the group.

Thanks much Andre, Mark, Bryan, and Alisa for your welcoming messages. Lots of smart people here -- I'm very impressed!

Welcome Allen. This is a great place with lots of helpful folks.

Hi. My name is Zara and I live in HOT, HOT, HOT, Western Australia (we've had two days of 40 degrees Celcius and today is 37 degrees celcius) with my husband of 20+ years and our two delightful teenage children. I have delevoped a taste and interest in Historical Fiction just recently and have found these type of books very interesting.

Welcome Zara. I'm glad you joined and I hope you enjoy this Non-Fiction History Club.

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Robert K. Massie

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Welcome Zara, glad to have you here. Our membership is world wide with a broad array of interests in history, non-fiction and fiction are represented here as well. Hope you enjoy the discussions and find some good book recommendations here.

Welcome, Jonathon! Your book about your Dad sounds very interesting.

Hello everyone ~ as we welcome new members to the group we routinely post our club mechanics of the board and guidlelines to help everyone get off to a good start. The moderators are here to help and it is our desire that these guidelines will result in a good experience for everyone. If anyone ever has questions, please feel free to consult the guidelines, or ask any of the moderators through a direct message. We are here to help and insure a positive experience for everyone.

Thanks!

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Hi,

I'm Leonardo Noto--physician, author, and history addict. I'm currently reading "Theodore Rex" by Edmund Morris, which is about Theodore Roosevelt's presidency and which is an excellent and informative read!

Welcome Leonardo, we are glad to have you as a member.

As you get started please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post . Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book and/or author and increases the readability of your post. This is how the book you mentioned should look: (you missed the author link)

by Edmund Morris

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Thanks and glad you joined us.

Hello Penny! Welcome, we are glad to have you as a member.

As you get started please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post . Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book and/or author and increases the readability of your post. An example of how books you mention should look:

by Jeffrey Toobin

More information:
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Hello – I am new to this group - just found out about it yesterday. I am a 57 year old accountant from the Southwestern United States and I've always enjoyed learning about history but only started doing it in earnest recently. Hope to make my way through US history first, and then go more global (eventually looking forward to Asia). For now - I’m just finishing up Philbrick’s book on the Mayflower and have been pretty astounded at the things I never knew or appreciated about the native culture in colonial America. There are aspects of it I’m sure I’ll never fully understand but some of what I’ve read, seen and heard through the years makes more sense now. Reading the book made me realize that I should probably have started at the beginning - so James Horn’s book on the Lost Colony of Roanoke is up next.

by Nathaniel Philbrick

by James Horn

Leonardo wrote: "Hi,

I'm Leonardo Noto--physician, author, and history addict. I'm currently reading "Theodore Rex" by Edmund Morris, which is about Theodore Roosevelt's presidency and which is an excellent and in..."

"Theodore Rex" is one of my very favorite books!! I got it by accident - I am a member of the History Book Club, and I forgot to "decline" my featured selection one month .....when the package arrived, I opened it just to see what it was. I intended to send it back, but decided to go ahead and keep it - best decision I could have made!! The book was amazing!!

Welcome Leonardo and Penny to the History Club. Both of you seem to appreciate reading history and we look forward to your input.

Hi Zara, Leonardo, Penny, welcome to the group!

Apart from all the fascinating discussions on history we also have quite a few fine threads on music - all kinds from all places.
Come and take a look/listen if you like.
Best wishes,
André

Hello - I'm Sharon, an administrative assistant from southwest Ohio. I have been fascinated by history for as long as I can remember. I love political history, social/cultural history, and some military history. I am currently reading a fascinating book by Marc Levinson entitled, "The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America," which is the history of the A&P chain of grocery stores in America (late 19th century into the mid-20th century) and its subsequent effect on small independent grocers as well as how it revolutionized consumer shopping. (Will try to cite the book properly...)

I'm really excited about being here and look forward to the book discussions and adding to my book pile!



by Marc Levinson

So glad you found us, Sharon. You did a great job with the citation but if there is no author photo, it is not necessary to add the avatar.

As you get started please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post . Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book and/or author and increases the readability of your post. An example of how the book you mentioned should look:

by Marc Levinson

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Please join in the discussions/book recommendations which will add to your TBR pile!!! Enjoy.

Welcome Leonardo, Zara, and Penny. Jump right....we are glad to have you.

Welcome Sharon, glad you found us and hope you enjoy the discussions.

Hi Sharon, welcome to the group!

Apart from all the fascinating discussions on history we also have quite a few fine threads on music - all kinds from all places.
Come and take a look/listen if you like.
Best wishes,
André

Hello, my name is Aaron. I am 28 years old and am currently working on my masters degree. I aspire to teach social studies in high school and love reading history covering a wide variety of topics. While I am most interested in political and social history, there is no topic or category that I dislike. I have just discovered the goodreads site today and am hoping to learn a lot from this group. I also look forward to exploring the activities and discussions which this group offers and participating as time allows.

I am currently reading Ron Chernow

Aaron, nice work with the book citation! You got the format down. Welcome, we are glad to have you as a member.

As you get started please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post . Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book and/or author and increases the readability of your post. This is how books you mention should look:

by Jeffrey Toobin

More information:
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http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

and the orientation to get you started:
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Thanks and glad you joined us.

Welcome Zara, Leonardo, Penny, Sharon and Aaron. So many new members! It's great to have you all here.

Howday all:

My name is Paul and I am an avid reader of US History. Attempting to read one book about every president, I am currently reading books on William McKinley and Grover Cleveland. I have worked my way throught most of the Robber Barons of the late 1800's and have read numerous books from Chernow, Philbrick, McCullough and Ambrose. I thought this group would expand the authors and books someone would not normally find out about. Most of the people I know do not read nonfiction.
My favorite book:Alexander Hamilton

Welcome Sharon to the History Club. The book you are currently reading sounds very interesting and I have also added it to my TBR list. For some reason my edition on the computer shows up as generic rather than the color cover photo of your post, so your post was much better than mine. I certainly remember A&P along with S&H Green Stamps.

by Marc Levinson

Welcome Aaron to the global History Club. Congratulations on getting up to speed so quickly.

Welcome Paul. I’m glad you joined the History Club. You are very astute. In fact not many folks take time to read at all these days and unfortunately the minority gravitates to non-fiction. Great fictional writers are a fine breed and reading should certainly be a pleasant experience, however I feel it is paramount for folks worldwide to have some comprehension of history and hopefully a bit of a thirst for understanding the past. The days of McKinley and Cleveland were rather exciting to me.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the reply box.) When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo (when available) and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text, because this visual alignment not only calls the reader's attention to the book/author promotion, but helps Goodreads software connect books with groups and further increases the readability of your posts.

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Ron Chernow

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Jill wrote: "So glad you found us, Sharon. You did a great job with the citation but if there is no author photo, it is not necessary to add the avatar.

As you get started please take a moment to familiarize y..."

Thank you, Jill, I'm glad to be here :)

Alisa wrote: "Welcome Sharon, glad you found us and hope you enjoy the discussions."

Thanks Alisa, I'm sure I will!

Vicki wrote: "Welcome Zara, Leonardo, Penny, Sharon and Aaron. So many new members! It's great to have you all here."

Thanks Vicki!

Mark wrote: "Welcome Sharon to the History Club. The book you are currently reading sounds very interesting and I have also added it to my TBR list. For some reason my edition on the computer shows up as generi..."

Thanks Mark! I hope you are able to read the book. It's fascinating!

Hi Paul, Aaron, welcome to the group!

Apart from all the fascinating discussions on history we also have quite a few fine threads on music - all kinds from all places.
Come and take a look/listen if you like.
Best wishes,
André

My name is Michael(or Mike!)
I joined up because I read mostly non-fiction – twentieth century history, biographies – got a bunch at Christmas, like the final volume of William Manchester’s Churchill series. Also like those expensive and beautiful looking art books – which are really a form of history. Also do read some fiction from time to time – mostly to relax!

I am a little intimidated by the size of this group– hard to know where to start and participate!

Welcome Mike to the History Club. Don’t feel intimidated by the size of the club and as for your participation you have already begun!

I love the writing of William Manchester, who is one of the greats from my alma mater. During WWII he served with the Marine Corps and he also wrote a frank tale of his wartime experiences titled "Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War". I’m thankful Manchester survived the war to author his books.

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William Raymond Manchester

William Raymond Manchester

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