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1jztemple
Finished Peddlers and Post Traders: The Army Sutler on the Frontier by David Michael Delo. Interesting and recommended.
2Jestak
I'm reading The Money Makers: How Roosevelt and Keynes Ended the Depression, Defeated Fascism, and Secured a Prosperous Peace by Eric Rauchway
3Vic33
I just finished Truman by David McCullough. It's a big book and I started it a while ago. It was a fantastic read. I always enjoy McCullough's stuff.
4jztemple
>3 Vic33: I enjoyed it too and found it very interesting because I knew so little about Truman. I can also recommend (very highly!) The Hidden White House: Harry Truman and the Reconstruction of America's Most Famous Residence by Robert Klara.
5jztemple
Finished The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era by Thomas Schatz. Excellent history that really explains how film making worked in this era, not so much down at the nuts and bolts level as much as at the creative level, both artistic and financial. Very readable and enjoyable.
6jztemple
Finished The Wright Brothers by David McCullough. Excellent!
7jztemple
Finished an excellent book, Drawing the Line : How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America by Edwin Danson. Rather more technical than I thought it would be, which made me enjoy it even more.
8Jestak
>5 jztemple: I read Schatz's book some time back and I agree, it is excellent.
I finished the Rauchway book and have started Those Angry Days by Lynne Olson.
I finished the Rauchway book and have started Those Angry Days by Lynne Olson.
10jztemple
Finished an interesting but rather too long Steam Coffin: Captain Moses Rogers and The Steamship Savannah Break the Barrier by John Laurence Busch.
11jztemple
Finished the excellent and rather impressively large The Dawn of Technicolor, 1915-1935 by James Layton and David Pierce.
12Jestak
I have started Empire Statesman by Robert Slayton and finished American Dreamers by Michael Kazin.
13jztemple
Finished the very good (if sadly a bit short) Dark Waters: An Insider's Account of the NR-1, the Cold War's Undercover Nuclear Sub by Lee Vyborny.
14jztemple
Finished Wondrous Times on the Frontier by Dee Brown. Very fun to read.
15jztemple
Completed David Belasco: Naturalism in the American Theatre by Lise-Lone Marker. Very interesting look at an icon of the American stage.
17jztemple
I just completed A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States by Steven Ujifusa. Very interesting and well written.
18jztemple
Completed West of Wichita: Settling the High Plains of Kansas, 1865-1890 by Craig Miner. Mostly an enjoyable read, but being more of an academic study it did drag at times. However, very recommended for those with an interest in the subject.
19jztemple
Just finished The Grand Gesture: Ted Turner, Mariner, and the America's Cup by Roger Vaughan.
20jztemple
Finished The Legend of Baby Doe: The Life and Times of the Silver Queen of the West by John Burke. Very enjoyable.
21jztemple
Finished an interesting but somewhat stylized and hard to read San Francisco: A Pageant by Charles Caldwell Dobie.
22jztemple
Just finished Western Mining by Otis E. Young Jr.. I'm a retired engineer so I already have a technical interest, plus last fall we toured part of Colorado, including visiting Silverton and making a trip to Cripple Creek, where we when down over 900 feet to take a tour of the Mollie Kathleen gold mine:
http://goldminetours.com/goldminetours.com/Home.html
http://goldminetours.com/goldminetours.com/Home.html
23jztemple
Finished a pretty old yet very interesting (and wonderfully illustrated) Tin Lizzie: The Story of the Fabulous Model T Ford by Philip Van Doren Stern.
24Jestak
I'm now reading American-Made by Nick Taylor, which is quite good.
25jztemple
Finished World of Laughter: The Motion Picture Comedy Short, 1910 - 1930 by Kalton C. Lahue.
26jztemple
Finished the excellent Henry Clay: The Essential American by David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler. Very highly recommended.
28Jestak
>26 jztemple: I would second your recommendation of the Heidler's biography of Henry Clay.
I have just started Fulbright: A Biography by Randall Woods.
I have just started Fulbright: A Biography by Randall Woods.
29jztemple
Finished a very interesting Shenandoah Saga: A Narrative of the U.S. Navy's Pioneering Large Rigid Airships by Thom Hook.
30jztemple
Finished a very large but quite enjoyable Cecil B. DeMille: The Art of the Hollywood Epic by Cecilia de Mille Presley and Mark A. Vieira.
31jztemple
Finished a very interesting Death of a Gunfighter: The Quest for Jack Slade, The West's Most Elusive Legend by Dan Rottenberg. The title is a bit misleading (and probably picked by the publisher), Slade wasn't really a gunfighter, but instead a much more interesting and complex character. A soldier in the Mexican-American War, he became a freighter in the West when that was a very dangerous occupation and then became one of the top field managers for the overland stage and mail lines. The author writes not only about Slade (of whom we really don't know that much about) but really (and enjoyably) goes in-depth on many major aspects of the West in the 1850s and early 1860's. Those inclined to verify the author's facts will be happy to peruse the ninety pages of notes and a large biography. Highly recommended.
33jztemple
Finished a very interesting Sin in Soft Focus: Pre-Code Hollywood by Mark A. Vieira.
35jztemple
Completed The Astaires: Fred & Adele by Kathleen Riley.
36Jestak
I've started One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America by Kevin Kruse.
37jztemple
Completed the short but interesting The Charles W. Morgan by John F. Leavitt.
39rocketjk
I'm now reading When Tenants Claimed the City: the Struggle for Citizenship in New York Housing by Roberta Gold.
40jztemple
Finished Hot Time in the Old Town: The Great Heat Wave of 1896 and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt by Edward P. Kohn. Rather jumbled and meandering.
41Jestak
I've started Republic of Spin by David Greenberg.
42rocketjk
I'm now reading a Civil War history, The Guns of Cedar Creek by Thomas A. Lewis. I've read the first 45 pages or so, and the book seems to be very well written.
43jztemple
Finished a very interesting The Wagonmasters: High Plains Freighting from the Earliest Days of the Santa Fe Trail to 1880 by Henry Pickering Walker.
44jztemple
Finished a very interesting Douglas Fairbanks by Jeffrey Vance. Rather than a strict biography, it's a combination of bio plus an appreciation of his stage career and films. Very well researched and written, I highly recommend it, but it would help if you are interested in the history of American films.
45Jestak
>44 jztemple: Thanks for the mention of the Fairbanks bio; it sounds terrific.
In addition to the Greenberg book, I am reading Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson by S. C. Gwynne.
In addition to the Greenberg book, I am reading Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson by S. C. Gwynne.
46Billhere
Just started A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, The Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent by Robert W. Merry
48jztemple
Finished an interesting, if rather drawn out Satan's Circus: Murder, Vice, Police Corruption, and New York's Trial of the Century by Mike Dash.
49jztemple
Finished Queen of Vaudeville: The Story of Eva Tanguay by Andrew L. Erdman. Very good.
50Jestak
I am reading These United States: A Nation in the Making by Glenda Gilmore and Thomas Sugrue.
51jztemple
Completed an interesting Mack Sennett's Keystone: The Man, the Myth, and the Comedies by Kalton C. Lahue.
53jztemple
Completed America's Victory: The Heroic Story of a Team of Ordinary Americans-- and How They Won the Greatest Yacht Race Ever by David W. Shaw.
54Schatkoffer
Hello, I live in Europe and would like to visit the USA next year; I would like start reading on American history. I have read already on Indian Wars and Civil War, but I'm interested in especially the early history of the first colonies and the war of independence. Any suggestions? Thank you! Sorry if I am in the wrong thread, I am new here in these groups.
55varielle
Wow, that's a lot of territory to cover. There's not many that give a good overview that aren't dry as dirt. I'll give it some thought and try to get back to you tomorrow.
56Jestak
I'm now reading Redeeming the Time: A People's History of the 1920s and the New Deal by Page Smith.
57varielle
>54 Schatkoffer: Schatkoffer, these two were recommended as some good ones - The Idealogical Origins of the American Revolution and The Radicalism of the American Revolution. Also some biographies John Adams and The Sage of Monticello. If you want a sampling of everything try A Concise History of the United States of America.
58jztemple
Finished an interesting The Dawn's Early Light by Walter Lord, about the end of the War of 1812 including the burning of Washington, the defense of Baltimore and the defeat of the British at New Orleans.
59jztemple
Completed a very interesting and well written Will Rogers: A Biography by Ben Yagoda.
60jztemple
Finished an outstanding Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse by Eric Jay Dolin. I think Dolin is on his way to becoming the next generation's David McCollough
61jztemple
Finished an interesting (but since published in 1957, rather out of date) San Francisco Bay by Harold Gilliam.
62jztemple
Finished Vanishing Point: The Disappearance of Judge Crater, and the New York He Left Behind by Richard J. Tofel. Not very good as it really was more about New York politics, scandal and corruption and not that much about Crater.
63jztemple
Finished an excellent Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick. Very readable and quite well researched.
64jztemple
Finished an interesting but rather drawn-out Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood by William J. Mann.
65jztemple
I finished an interesting and very readable yet informative Col. William N. Selig, the Man Who Invented Hollywood by Andrew A. Erish.
66KatrinaRusski
Just finished Last Voyage of the Hornet by Kristin Krause. Its a rare American history book for teens that is very readable.
67jztemple
Finished The Electrifying Fall of Rainbow City: Spectacle and Assassination at the 1901 World's Fair by Margaret Creighton. Not all that good. Very little information on the planning, financing and building of the fair. Also the tone got a bit preachy towards the end.
68jztemple
Completed an excellent Grant by Jean Edward Smith.
69mpstaples
Hi all. I recently completed my memoir which is a story about the impact a traumatic childhood can have on the way in which a life unfolds, called Focusing Emptiness.
A large part of my book is about my experience in the Vietnam War as a eighteen-year-old, working in the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), disarming explosive munitions in the field. With the context of Vietnam, San Francisco in the 60's. I later go on to explore some of the history of martial arts in San Francisco and how I interviewed the first Chinese kung fu experts to leave communist China.
Great for history buffs and those looking for something with a little self-exploration.
If you want to check out my book Focusing Emptiness and give an honest review, I can send you a free copy.
https://www.amazon.com/Focusing-Emptiness-Mytho-Poetic-Journey-Child/dp/09976600...
A large part of my book is about my experience in the Vietnam War as a eighteen-year-old, working in the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), disarming explosive munitions in the field. With the context of Vietnam, San Francisco in the 60's. I later go on to explore some of the history of martial arts in San Francisco and how I interviewed the first Chinese kung fu experts to leave communist China.
Great for history buffs and those looking for something with a little self-exploration.
If you want to check out my book Focusing Emptiness and give an honest review, I can send you a free copy.
https://www.amazon.com/Focusing-Emptiness-Mytho-Poetic-Journey-Child/dp/09976600...
70jztemple
Finished a fascinating Januarius Macgahan: The Life and Campaigns of an American War Correspondent by Dale L. Walker. I had no knowledge at all of this remarkable man.
71jztemple
I finished Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood by Eileen Whitfield. Fairly interesting, but the last third of the book is rather depressing, as was Pickford's last half of her life. Nothing against the book and author, just rather sad.
72rocketjk
I finished up the moving Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam.
73rocketjk
One more for 2016. I finished My Folks Don't Want Me to Talk About Slavery: Twenty-One Oral Histories of Former North Carolina Slaves edited by Belinda Hurmence. Short but very powerful.