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I read this for a book challenge in which one of the prompts is "read by a stranger in public." People basically just read on screens now, so it has taken me six months to spot a stranger reading an identifiable book in public. A guy was reading this in the airport. While the book itself was fine--interesting coverage of a largely-forgotten episode in early American history, told with a minimum of commentary and an abundance of reliance on primary sources--I was uneasy with comments in both the
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Got halfway through the audiobook, couldn't take the reader- come up for air, man! Too bad, because it was interesting, might go back to finish it in print.
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I had no idea this happened in US history. Interesting!
Dec 23, 2015
Sally
marked it as to-read
Jan 07, 2016
Sonya
marked it as to-read
Nov 10, 2016
Holli
marked it as to-read
