Have always loved the bits and excerpts I’ve read of his.
Hopefully the quality of this is sufficient for your tastes. Also, this is free and open source so you can give as many copies as you like to others and its just so much more convenient for people’s busy lives. When we read our Founding Fathers, we do not need to be islands anymore. Islands of knowledge and thus, frustrated because of how few others are willing to make the time. Especially with as deeply important as all of it is.
Some of the works I complete (which are collaborative efforts) I come away thinking that they will be re-created by someone as a solo recording and with most likely much higher quality. Rush’s autobiography is one of those items. I don’t know when but I have a feeling this will be redone solo some day.
From reading the journals of Lewis & Clarke I learned that when L&C prepared for their exploration of the northwestern corner of our landmass they included various medicines provided by Dr. Rush. Among these were pills described by the explorers as laxatives to counter frequent constipation. The explorers named them, “Dr. Rush’s Thunderbolts”, apparently because of their powers in counteracting constipation. I find the thought of that situation hillarious. Bwaaaa-haaa-haa!