What Are You Reading Now

[GARY POPOLO]

(02-15-2014 07:17 PM)L Verge Wrote:  I thoroughly enjoyed My Thoughts Be Bloody and consider it a highly improved Mad Booths of Maryland. After reading it, I invited Ms. Titone to speak at our Surratt conference. When she arrived that Friday, my heart sunk. She is young, petite, attractive, and delightful to be with -- I immediately thought that our sometimes cantankerous few would eat her and her speech alive!

She was the first speaker on Saturday, marched to the podium, and proceeded to capture her audience in the first five minutes. She did not need to use notes; her speech pattern was near perfect with no hesitations, "uhs," and such; she knew her stuff and taught it very well to over one hundred people in about fifty minutes. She got peppered with questions and had good answers for them all. Nora had been a research assistant to Doris Kearns Goodwin while she worked on Team of Rivals. Mrs. Goodwin could not have handled our audience any better.

L Verge, I am happy to hear that Ms. Titone held her own with her appearance at your event. I am also surprised that she was so young. I was very impressed with all the information the book held on each one of the Booths. I knew that Edwin and John had different opinion's on the war but I was very surprised at how at one time John was for the north and then changed and became a very strong advocate for the south. I guess you have to respect his conviction that he was willing to die for if need be. I am almost done reading this book and like Gene said I was very surprised how much I am enjoying this book. Should have it done in a day or so and then on to my next book. Enjoy the day. Best always Gary

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I wanted to ask if anyone has heard anything abut the new book on Lincoln called Lincoln's Boys? I know that these men have written a number of books on Lincoln so I was wondering if this book would be a good read? Any thoughts? best Gary