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My study of the beginning of the United States of America continues with this text by the author Joseph J. Ellis, who is well known and respected as an historian specializing in American history.
Last year, I read Walter Isaacson’s “Benjamin Franklin: An American Life” which describes the importance of Thomas Paine’s original “Common Sense” published in 1776, a catalyst of the war for independence of our 13 colonies from the control of Great… Continue Reading →
It hard to believe that 50 years will have passed this coming November 22nd, of the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, a day that I still remember as if it were yesterday. The word in the air at… Continue Reading →
Caro in 2012Photo: Wikipedia I can’t wait to get a hold of this one! As soon as my father finishes this, it will be my next reading project. Dad is an avid reader, especially of American history, however he has… Continue Reading →
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