Tuesday, May 17, 2016

December's Books




History nerd and radio essayist Sarah Vowell casts her eye at the 19 year old Marquis de Lafayette in Lafayette in the Somewhat United States, who joined the Revolutionary Army and served under George Washington and became his friend. Because the Continental Congress had underfunded the army, they were poorly fed and clothed, not to mention untrained soldiers. Vowell visited Monticello, Valley Forge, and Colonial Williamsburg in her quest to discover why a French nobleman would join the fight of the American colonists. Humorous and enlightening.


Crimson Shore by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Miss Ruffles Inherits Everything by Nancy Martin
The Egyptian File by Janis Susan May
All Fall Down by Ally Carter
Banquet of Consequences by Elizabeth George
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sara Vowell

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