Time for another round of Bookshelf Traveling in Insane Times which was created by Judith at Reader in the Wilderness and is currently hosted by Katrina at Pining for the West. The idea is to share one of your neglected bookshelves or perhaps a new pile of books.
This is an American History shelf that features some admired authors. On the left are several books by
David McCullough. My parents heard him speak at Roxbury Latin and asked him to autograph
John Adams (2001) for me. I remember my friend Duncan read
Truman (1992) aloud to his newborn when it first came out and that baby just got engaged! I listened to the audio of
Mornings on Horseback (1981)(about Theodore Roosevelt) as I drove to Quebec a year ago. I also really liked
The Wright Brothers (2015) but do not own that one. Next is
Down with the Old Canoe, A Cultural History of the Titanic Disaster (1996) by Steven Biel. I have a separate section for books about the Titanic so this book is in the wrong place! I think I got it mixed up with
Tippecanoe and Tyler too, the 1840 campaign song my father told me about long ago.
