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Re: Can you let me know what you think of 1776? snoopcester Send a noteboard - 11/01/2010 11:29:22 AM
1. 1776, by David McCollough

I've been meaning to read something about the formation of the USA, and somebody recommended this to me. But the wikipedia article says it's very military and largely ignores the politics, which is pretty much the opposite of what I'm looking for. Could I have your thoughts when you've read it?


I would agree with wikipedia - the book is really centred around the war rather than the politics surrounding it.
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Well, if Tim can post his planned reads for 2010, so can I. Tom - 11/01/2010 02:34:47 AM 874 Views
I doubt it quite the same ways that book seems to have for you Larry - 11/01/2010 03:43:37 AM 798 Views
"Invitation to a Beheading" is the translated title *NM* Tom - 11/01/2010 03:55:06 AM 289 Views
Ah, I was wondering if it might be that one (obviously, I know very little Russian) Larry - 11/01/2010 04:04:14 AM 738 Views
I liked 1776. Darth_Katie - 11/01/2010 04:00:03 AM 809 Views
John Adams sounded good, but I've vowed to limit book-buying. Tom - 11/01/2010 01:41:50 PM 772 Views
Re: I liked 1776 and try The Johnstown Flood. One of my best reads for last year *NM* Nolan - 11/01/2010 03:33:24 PM 368 Views
Cool, I'll put it on the list. *NM* Darth_Katie - 11/01/2010 05:23:21 PM 365 Views
The Plague might disappoint you. jh - 11/01/2010 06:31:54 AM 722 Views
I was suspecting that: I studied some other Camus in school, but not that one. Tim - 11/01/2010 09:02:04 AM 740 Views
Well, then I'd have to buy it in French, and that gets me back to my old problem: Tom - 11/01/2010 01:42:35 PM 646 Views
Y'a pas de bonnes bibliothèques avec une section "Langues Étrangères" à New York? Tim - 11/01/2010 02:11:33 PM 696 Views
I'm too lazy to respond in French. Tom - 11/01/2010 02:37:41 PM 756 Views
Looks like you win. Can't find it on fnac.com either. Tim - 11/01/2010 02:55:10 PM 801 Views
I just can't justify buying a book I would want to keep in paperback. Tom - 11/01/2010 03:53:06 PM 744 Views
I would have thought "it's not available in hardback" was a good justification... *NM* Tim - 11/01/2010 03:55:56 PM 331 Views
Not for a book that I am sure is in hardcover somewhere... Tom - 11/01/2010 03:59:08 PM 715 Views
Are you sure it's in hardcover somewhere? *NM* Tim - 11/01/2010 04:00:54 PM 342 Views
It's a classic. How could it not be? Tom - 11/01/2010 04:03:07 PM 669 Views
Why would one do a new edition of a book that old - and that short - in hardcover? Legolas - 11/01/2010 05:00:04 PM 742 Views
Because it's a classic. Tom - 11/01/2010 05:06:51 PM 670 Views
I see. Legolas - 11/01/2010 05:46:06 PM 807 Views
Book culture is different in France. DomA - 12/01/2010 07:06:17 PM 815 Views
That's so sad! Tom - 12/01/2010 11:27:37 PM 643 Views
They do, but the price seems to be even steeper than that. Legolas - 12/01/2010 11:37:45 PM 813 Views
Re: They do, but the price seems to be even steeper than that. DomA - 13/01/2010 02:36:35 PM 671 Views
Re: That's so sad! DomA - 13/01/2010 02:24:53 PM 815 Views
Can you let me know what you think of 1776? Tim - 11/01/2010 09:13:58 AM 848 Views
Re: Can you let me know what you think of 1776? snoopcester - 11/01/2010 11:29:22 AM 678 Views
I had skimmed a part of it previously Tom - 11/01/2010 01:45:20 PM 683 Views
Oh, and regarding another of your points Tom - 11/01/2010 02:49:26 PM 861 Views
That's some pretty assonance . Tim - 11/01/2010 02:56:20 PM 814 Views
It's pretty straightforward Tom - 11/01/2010 03:57:41 PM 672 Views
Re: Well, if Tim can post his planned reads for 2010, so can I. snoopcester - 11/01/2010 11:32:53 AM 768 Views
I have a lot more on my "to read one day" list, but I don't want to read them all in one year. Tom - 11/01/2010 01:46:59 PM 712 Views
I assumed you would have... I just didn't have anything more interesting to say *NM* snoopcester - 11/01/2010 02:59:30 PM 345 Views
Try "Did you know sheep have no gag reflex?" next time. Tom - 11/01/2010 04:01:54 PM 683 Views
On the Road is a classic. everynametaken - 12/01/2010 04:08:11 AM 624 Views
I've read 2, 3 and 12. Vodalus - 13/01/2010 07:38:33 PM 822 Views
There is a more important question to ask Amys - 14/01/2010 08:04:51 AM 937 Views
She reads the same books over and over and over. Tom - 14/01/2010 05:08:20 PM 659 Views
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