Posted on 05/29/2015 4:24:56 AM PDT by iowamark
I'll trust Larry Schweikart, thank you, and possibly Paul Johnson. :)
Thanks. I was on one hand honored to listed among these “big-name” historians, but on the other hand, a little concerned to be placed in the context of a plagiarist.
"Thank you, Jesus."
I think I would get a big kick out of a long dinner conversation at the table with you and Paul Johnson. We could have Doris park the car.
He had lightning in a bottle with "Modern Times." "The History of the American People" wasn't as good. I've read many of his subsequent books, and they just don't have the same magic.
I read his “Birth of the Modern” first. I am still thirsting for just the right Spanish Civil war history after the refresher course he outlined for us in “Modern Times” and I doubt that Rhodes’ recent attempt is it.
I am currently in the middle of “A Great and Terrible King” by Morris while taking a break from a lengthy tome on William Marshall. I seem to have spent most of the last year in the Middle Ages. I am in the last 20 percent of a 9,000 mile driving vacation and have listened to about 20 hours of lectures on both medieval Britian and a history of the crusades.
Next I am going to digest two large volumes on the Acadian dispersion as that made up a large part of my driving vacation. Went to all the sites in that complex story as my wife’s family was very much a part of it.
Yet, I understand you oppose an Article V state convention to propose constitutional amendments. Is that correct?
I’m a huge fan of Paul Johnson. He was recommended to me in the 80’s by Reverend D. Force, a huge black man who made James Earl Jones sound like a falsetto. His comment was “Truth is hard to find, so grab it with both hands when you do.”
Modern Times was the first of is works I read, and a favorite. Intellectuals is another. His forays into brief biography are very good (Washington, Eisenhower) and a good introduction of the author to the uninitiated.
I agree with you on The History of the American People, I prefer your work.
Intellectuals was excellent. I found his follow-ups, “Heros” and “Creators” not as intriguing. His “Birth of the Modern” is extremely uneven-—some parts are wonderful, others pretty plodding. It’s clear that he is not as at home in the early 19th century as he was in the 20th.
It is.
On a Freeper's recommendation I read "God's War," a history of the Crusades by Christopher Tyerman. Very good, balanced, obsessively detailed.
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