Tag: President
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Team of Rivals: A Review — Part I
Since elementary school, I’ve probably written close to 100 book reports and book reviews, covering a wide range of genres (though not erotica). My review of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals (Simon & Schuster, 2005), however, is the first one that will be done in two parts. That’s partly because of the book’s length…
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A Review of Chautauqua: An American Utopia
Simpson, Jeffrey. Chautauqua: An American Utopia. New York: Abrams Books, 1999. I have visited Chautauqua four times, and it is one of the most-serene, intellectually stimulating places I have ever been. Jeffrey Simpson’s book provides a comprehensive picture of Chautauqua’s origins and the changes it experienced over the decades that made it what it is…