I am nearly done reading Joanne Freeman’s “Affairs of Honor”, which I have been meaning to get to for a couple months now and I wish I hadn’t waited so long because it’s such an impressive and enlightening book. I haven’t time to write out a full review, and really there is far too much […]
Posts Tagged ‘John Adams’
I Have the Honor to Be
Posted in Books and Reading, Hamilton, History, tagged honor, John Adams on March 30, 2017 | 2 Comments »
It is difficulties that show what men are
Posted in Books and Reading, History, tagged John Adams on January 21, 2017 | Comments Off on It is difficulties that show what men are
I finished reading “John Adams” this morning. I found it to be very well-written, if decidedly biased for its protagonist, though that is par for the course. A few bullet points: + That James Callender was a real piece of work. Why did it take so long for someone to murder him? Okay we don’t […]
Now is the Winter of Our
Posted in Books and Reading, tagged John Adams, Theodore Roosevelt on January 20, 2017 | Comments Off on Now is the Winter of Our
Discontent doesn’t seem to quite cut it. Anyway, today is a media blackout for me, my heart has had enough. For this week. What happens when you are reading two books concurrently: I started my evening with a chapter of “John Adams.” McCullough just totally goes off on Hamilton in ch. 10, like I think […]
“The very devil is in them”
Posted in Books and Reading, History, tagged John Adams on January 15, 2017 | 2 Comments »
Today shall be the last dry and freezing day for a while, I see from the forecast, which promises a week ahead of rain and much warmer temperatures. Right now it’s 26 degrees and I am looking ahead at a day of meal-planning, shopping, and also reading. I have lately picked up “John Adams” to […]