Craig Shirley
Auteur van December 1941: 31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World
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Craig Shirley is the author of Reagan Rising, Rendezvous with Destiny, Reagan's Revolution, Last Act, and the New York Times bestseller December 1941. He is a regular commentator throughout the media and a contributor to national publications, the Visiting Reagan Scholar at Eureka College, Reagan's toon meer alma mater, and lectures often at the Reagan Library and the Reagan Ranch. He and his wife, Zorine, live in Virginia. toon minder
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This was a really good, but different kind of book. The author goes from one thing to another, whether its grabbing headlines, or completely changing the subject. Either way, it just flows a lot easier than you would think. I'm sure there is a better word for it, but I haven't really read anything like this before. Enjoyed it tremendously.
This was a really good, but different kind of book. The author goes from one thing to another, whether its grabbing headlines, or completely changing the subject. Either way, it just flows a lot easier than you would think. I'm sure there is a better word for it, but I haven't really read anything like this before. Enjoyed it tremendously.
2022 book #72. 2022. Culled mainly from newspapers of the time a day-to-day look at America from Jan-April 1945. An interesting look into what life may have been like for my parents who would have been about 19. War news, but also pop culture, crime, even advertisement text.
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I thought the book was rather slow and aspects were obviously inserted in great detail to fill out the narrative. Perhaps the best example would be the section devoted to genealogies which went into a dizzying array of minutia.
Perhaps this book would have more appeal to those with no real background in the American Revolution. However, for those that are well versed, there is no new information to add other than that specific to Mary Ball- which could have been discussed in a few chapters.… (meer)