Favorites of 2019

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Just finished my third favorite book of 2019. I'm still holding Spying for the South by the late-Tony Horwitz in first place, but followed fairly closely by James Conroy's Jefferson's White House: Monticello on the Potomac. And, third place goes to our own Susan Higginbotham's historical novel, The First Lady and the Rebel.

They firmly establish my appreciation for books that teach me social and cultural history throughout American history -- as well as the period from ca. 1840-1880. However, this year I did read several books on the turn of the 20th century and enjoyed them.