tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post8193348757667377840..comments2024-03-10T09:24:45.565+02:00Comments on Dispatches from Vilnius: American Presidents SeriesJames Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-24089397325208354072010-01-17T11:35:23.428+02:002010-01-17T11:35:23.428+02:00I'm already finding in reading Madison that th...I'm already finding in reading Madison that there is more I want to read on Madison. These books are fine introductions to a president, but as their brevity suggests, only scratch the surface.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-90831285816007933682010-01-16T16:41:06.715+02:002010-01-16T16:41:06.715+02:00I love the choices of some of the authors. I thin...I love the choices of some of the authors. I think that's what makes the series unique. I almost picked up the McGovern one when I was on the Lincoln reading binge, but for some reason changed my mind. Probably because I read the McPherson mini-bio instead (which wasn't very good).<br /><br />I would be up to reading as many in the series as others are interested in. And if Robert canavrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-40788047518181418882010-01-16T12:04:36.193+02:002010-01-16T12:04:36.193+02:00Seems like McGovern got Lincoln in the end,
http:...Seems like McGovern got Lincoln in the end,<br /><br />http://www.americanpresidentsseries.com/bookpage.asp?NUM=16James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-51674842910289509002010-01-16T11:06:48.165+02:002010-01-16T11:06:48.165+02:00I was looking at some of the other titles in the s...I was looking at some of the other titles in the series, and it was interesting to see that Douglas Brinkley chose to write on Ford and not Carter, who he devoted quite a bit of energy to in Unfinished Presidency. Not to mention, Carter's presidency was much interesting than Ford's.<br /><br />Doctorow on Lincoln should be interesting.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-43353399318199053792010-01-12T08:34:21.343+02:002010-01-12T08:34:21.343+02:00Okay last post on this but the Sam Cooke was new e...Okay last post on this but the Sam Cooke was new even though I've heard most of it before.The Marvin Gaye is from 2008 and to tie it in to the thread one of the persons interviewed on the Sam Cooke show was Jimmy Carter of the Blind Boys of Alabama.JAbelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594625881177704355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-71824911222424439722010-01-12T08:20:04.357+02:002010-01-12T08:20:04.357+02:00Yes I could and as a bonus they went right into an...Yes I could and as a bonus they went right into an hour on Marvin Gaye but I have the feeling these have been on before.JAbelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594625881177704355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-46574516270959071482010-01-12T07:53:23.991+02:002010-01-12T07:53:23.991+02:00You can always make a post of your own, bo.You can always make a post of your own, bo.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-77685350629220796472010-01-12T05:31:00.091+02:002010-01-12T05:31:00.091+02:00Don't know where to post this but it is an emi...Don't know where to post this but it is an eminent life.American Masters on PBS tonight opens season 23 with Sam Cooke.JAbelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594625881177704355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-68945122247329335282010-01-11T15:34:15.251+02:002010-01-11T15:34:15.251+02:00Nice, thanks. This seems like a good series to re...Nice, thanks. This seems like a good series to read regardless of other bios I might pick up.<br /><br />Just looked at the "eminent lives" series, but it appears to only cover a handful of presidents. Beethoven and de Tocqueville and others are also in there.avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.com