A Journey Through History

Our next month’s title ‘PERIL’ by Bob Woodward. Was there really a “PERIL”? Last March 5, 1919, we reviewed Fields of Blood: Violence in congress and the road to Civil War by Jane Freeman where Congressmen from slave states carried and used clubs and guns to intimidate beat and even kill (at least one) fellow […]

The doctors Blackwell: how two pioneering sisters brought medicine to women and women to medicine DB 104506 Nimura, Janice P. Reading time 11 hours, 27 minutes. Read by Laural Merlington. A production of National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress. Subjects: Biography; Health and Medicine Description: Biography of Doctor Elizabeth

In December we move from the grim tenements of Belfast to the glittering mansions of the 1900’s New York rich and powerful although living alongside the despised minorities. THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN IS WRITTEN BY Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray who are both attorneys as well as successful writers. NLS ANNOTATION: The personal librarian DB103929

We will review a fourteen hour true crime story, its history and long-term consequences. Was it war or just plain murder? It occurs in the slums of Belfast Northern Ireland during the Troubles (1968-1998). It delves into the lives of the participants at all levels providing insight of the causes and consequences. The book title

In October we return to more familiar ground with a biography by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.Edison DB 96904 Morris, Edmund. Reading time 25 hours, 7 minutes. Read by Arthur Morey. A production of National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress. Subjects: Science and Technology ; Biography Description: A Pulitzer Prize-winning

We will review The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership and the Fate of the Empire, DB78621. Join us for some historic analysis of the causes of England’s longest war. BOOKSHARE SYNOPSIS Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy The loss of America was a stunning and unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that

SYNOPSIS In Julia Kelly’s The Light over London, we enter two timelines: one during World War II and the other in the present. A diary and photograph send antiques dealer Cara Hargraves on a journey to discover the identity of the smiling woman in uniform. Louise Keene leaves her Cornish village and puts her mathematical

On June 1, 2021 we will read a book by MSNBC commentator Joe Scarborough Saving Freedom: Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for Western Civilization DB102486 8 hours 5 minutes Read by author. BOOKSHARE SYNOPSIS History called on Harry Truman to unite the Western world against Soviet communism, but first he had to rally

ON May 4, 2021 we will discuss Dreams from my father, db43877. BOOKSHARE SYNOPSIS: Dreams from my father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama Before Barack Obama became a politician he was, among other things, a writer. Dreams from My Father is a refreshing, revealing portrait of a young man asking the

ANNOUNCEMENT: David Faucheux will Co Host and present his quarterly non-fiction history selection on April 6, 2021. Last Tuesday, Sherry Wells selection for March was read and liked by most participants. Two members objected to war subject matter. Some members complained about wordiness or detail in a book written by this professional editor. NLS ANNATATION

In recognition of Presidents Day, we return to flamboyant Teddy Roosevelt whose famous charge up Kettle Hill set America’s course towards imperialism and role as colonial master and nation builder. How did we do? Who was the worst screw-up in the invasion of Cuba according to the author?   The crowded hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the

On February 2 we go North across the Canadian Border in the year 1917. NLS ANNOTATION: The great Halifax explosion: a World War I story of treachery, tragedy, and extraordinary heroism DB94498 Bacon, John U. Reading time: 10 hours, 40 minutes. Read by Johnny Heller. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind