New Book Arrived in the Mail.

The next book in my quest is John Adams by David McCullough. My brother told me that whatever I do, I shouldn't read any books by McCullough, but this book was available on the book swap I use. I googled McCullough and it appears that serious historians hate him and the general public loves him. I sincerely hope that means his book will not be boring. It is a weighty tome of 650+ pages, but it is written in a very readable style and I am enjoying it so far.

I have also been listening to an audio book about Benjamin Franklin on road trips interspersed with Game of Thrones A Song of Fire and Ice when I need a change of pace. The repetition about the Continental Congresses and the War for Independence which apparently we barely won have helped my brain to finally grasp some of the events that make up American History.

Just Don't Read Anything by Richard Brookhiser and Alexander Hamilton was Never President

When I was adding books to my wishlist at paperbackswap.com, a book about Alexander Hamilton was suggested and in stock. I recognized his name and ordered the book thinking he was president number four or five. The book arrived and a day or two later I printed up a list of the presidents so that I could read them in order and Alexander Hamilton was NOT on that list. Ack! I decided to go ahead and read the book since my John Adams book wouldn't arrive for about a week. Apparently Hamilton is a scandalous character, illegitimate, adulterous, and died in a duel and Brookhiser has managed to make his biography the most boring moralizing book I have ever read.  He refers to Hamilton's father as a "bum". SMH! I had to read the sentence again to be sure. I have pretty much given up on the book and now the lifetime list of books I am unable to finish due to boredom is a total of eight.