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I'm presently reading Daniel Boone. I was shocked to find out that one of his daughters was concieved by his brother while Daniel was away in the wilderness for two years. She was the child he was closest to and lived with in his elderly years.
"An Army At Dawn" by Atkinson, detailing the first months of American army operations in the ETO in World War II. A really amazing account of how the Army had to shake off the cobwebs, divest themselves of incompetents, prove themselves to their allies, prevail against the Germans, and become a formidable fighting force. Really makes you understand how remarkable it was that we developed an army from scratch in almost no time at all.
Just finished "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison, story of a black man who moved from one of the Carolinas to Harlem before WWII. Very interesting (fictional) account of race relations, very interesting contrast to the current democratic race for presidential nomination.
Now reading Herzog by Saul Bellow, have no clue what it is about but he's sort of nuts which bothers me since I can totally relate!
I'm reading "1491" by Charles C. Mann, about what the Americas were really like before the arrival of Europeans in the 15th century.
ParkTwain, I just ran across this post and no doubt you've finished 1491 and moved on, but if you're still intrigued - "if you're still in the need of something to read," C.C. Mann began an author thread for 1491 at Amazon in 2005, I guess to coincide with its paperback release. He has posted there frequently and generously, most recent post January 2008.
Interesting about an unpopular in his time president because of a war that took place during his presidency (Korea) and the beginning of the cold war in Europe. Thank god for his fortitude in stopping Stalin from rolling over Europe. But perhaps not so good his ignoring the council of his secretary of state, Clark Clifford, against Truman's support of the establishment of Israel. The destructve effects we are still experiencing today as Clifford had predicted.
And a great story about his early years and family, and as a heroic WWI artilliary officer who later suddenly and unexpectedly inherited WWII from a disdainful president who kept his vice president out of the loop and ignorant of White House business.
The Professor and the Madman ( making of the Oxford Dictionary)
So many participants in it's "birth". I love the history of words and I found the relationship portrayed here fascinating.
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TRUMAN - David McCullough
