In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Better read this on a full stomach – pretty brutal story.
Archive for February, 2011
Sea of Glory: America’s Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
Interesting story and well written.
Sea of Glory: America’s Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Brings in a lot of information but doesn’t get bogged down.
The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
The Third Rail
Multiple voices a bit confusing and the story is a bit transparent, but not a bad read overall.
Mountbatten a Biography
Author is a little too close to his subject. A bit of a slog in places.
The Kennedys Amidst the Gathering Storm: A Thousand Days in London, 1938-1940
Author states up front that it is a empathetic, revisionist look at Joe Kennedy as US ambassador to UK. Not sure how these things get published.
The Kennedys Amidst the Gathering Storm: A Thousand Days in London, 1938-1940
The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat
well written – hard core
The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat
