tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post3648783912194567727..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Foote NotesJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-19625211992738632152007-08-02T13:25:00.000-04:002007-08-02T13:25:00.000-04:00Redemption: The Last Battle Of The Civi l War by N...<I>Redemption: The Last Battle Of The Civi l War</I> by Nicholas Lemann is a pretty nice telling of the beginning of the end of Reconstruction, while we're recommending books here.Vivekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028041840451806544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-61085239847425128302007-08-02T10:59:00.000-04:002007-08-02T10:59:00.000-04:00While we're talking history here, I have to recomm...While we're talking history here, I have to recommend "World Undone" by G. J. Meyer, discussing WWI. I found it to be an eminently readable single volume, laid out in nice chapter-then-background sections (in different fonts even!). Most of all, I came away with the sad realization that personalities of screwed-up individuals can have such ramifications. Even as I write this, I realize I can'tAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-4555867664226529202007-08-02T10:47:00.000-04:002007-08-02T10:47:00.000-04:00Doghouse:Thank you kindly for your kind words. I'l...Doghouse:<BR/>Thank <I>you</I> kindly for your kind words. I'll second Wills' book and add to it Harold Holzer's Lincoln at Cooper Union which chronicles the writing, the delivery, and the reaction to the speech that put Lincoln in the White House. And since we're on the topic of Lincoln's words, everybody go read or re-read Lincoln's <A HREF="http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres32.html" REL="John deVillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05842527710711730582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-4432060583866628952007-08-02T10:06:00.000-04:002007-08-02T10:06:00.000-04:00I'll take Bruce Catton any day over Foote; either ...I'll take Bruce Catton any day over Foote; either in his history-as-story or the footnoted and documented versions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com