Three Books I've Read Recently...

...and what I thought of them:

• American Creation: Triumphs & Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic and Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation (Joseph J. Ellis) - two excellent books on the founding of the United States, focusing on personalities & incidents rather than trying to do the "broad sweep of history" kind of writing. Lucidly written with an actual sense of narrative & style. Methinks the author is NOT a fan of Thomas Jefferson, though...
• America 1908: The Dawn of Flight, the Race to the Pole, the Invention of the Model T & the Making of a Modern Nation (Jim Rasenberger) - I couldn't put this down... the title pretty much says it all, as the author works his through 1908 chronologically, using the stories of the Arctic explorers, the "great race", Henry Ford, the Wright Brothers & the Great White Fleet to anchor the flow of the book. I've found three more books to read, thanks to the bibliography. (If you're curious: the two book biography of Teddy Roosevelt by Edmund Morris & Race of the Century, the most recent book on The Great Race.)

Yep, all history books. I'm on a kick of sorts. Earlier this year it was reading all the way through the graphic novel series Fables. Who knows what will come next?