A Journey Through History

Alexander Hamilton: A splendid life of an enlightened reactionary and forgotten Founding Father” (a great quote from Kirkus Review of Jan. 15, 2004).

On Tuesday, May 1st the group discussed the book “In The Garden Of the Beasts”, by Erik Larson. Everyone liked the book or planned to read it. The Chief concern was similar things could happen here if we were not careful.

Our book for March will be a bestseller from 2007 by Michael Beschlos.

Our book for March will be a bestseller from 2007 by Michael Beschlos.

We reviewed “letters from Nuremberg” by Senator Christopher J. Dodd.

We will be reading a book on the life of Chief Justice, Earl Warren and his impact on American Society. Because of the length of the book, almost 32 hours, we will be reading it in two sessions.

Have you had enough on your plate already? That Is, tectonically speaking of course. Well Simon Winchester’s” A Crack in the Edge of the World” may be just right for your palate.

The History Group listened to an interview of “Empire of the Summer Moon” with NPR’s Terri Gross followed by reader questions from C-SPAn. Some members did not read the book because of the violence.

On May 3rd, The History Group reviewed “coal: A Human History” by Barbara Freese (DB58009).

Our book for May Third is “Coal: A human History”, DB 58009 and we have an interview with the Author.

April’s book will be a historical novel by ex-president Jimmy Carter. Author of sixteen non-fiction books, President Carter spent over seven years writing this his first fiction novel.