This is an outstanding book, if you are interested in either Supreme Court history, the history of the Civil War, the Gilded Age, or the Civil Rights Movement. My only criticism is that it was a little slow in the first section ("Book One") and then seemed to go very quickly in the Supreme Court ("Book Two") and postmortem ("Book Three"). It also got a little hero-worshippy in places.
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Nate Johnston finished reading The Great Dissenter by Peter S. Canellos
The story of an American hero who stood against all the forces of Gilded Age …
Nate Johnston finished reading Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
Mark Kurlansky's books Cod & Salt are the musts for every student on food studies. …
It took forever to read - the book started to drag in the middle when we went from a more chronological structure to hopping around telling different tales from around the globe - but I really liked it.
Nate Johnston wants to read The Great Dissenter by Peter S. Canellos
The story of an American hero who stood against all the forces of Gilded Age …
Going to read this with my Mom, a former lawyer. We'll have a two person book club.
Nate Johnston started reading Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
Mark Kurlansky's books Cod & Salt are the musts for every student on food studies. …
I have heard great things about this book - I can't wait to read it.
Nate Johnston finished reading Song for the Unraveling of the World by Brian Evenson
A newborn’s absent face appears on the back of someone else’s head, a filmmaker goes …
I found these stories to be very imaginative. For a horror book to come up with so many different ways to reach you is unusual, I think. I really enjoyed it.
Nate Johnston started reading Song for the Unraveling of the World by Brian Evenson
Song for the Unraveling of the World by Brian Evenson
A newborn’s absent face appears on the back of someone else’s head, a filmmaker goes to gruesome lengths to achieve …
Nate Johnston started reading Crucible of War by Fred Anderson
Crucible of War by Fred Anderson
In this engrossing narrative of the great military conflagration of the mid-eighteenth century, Fred Anderson transports us into the maelstrom …