HISTORY CAN BE FUN

Blog number 321 **** 21 July 2009

There is a new genre of history books out now. They started being written about the time Doris Goodwin's "Team of Rivals" was being written. Used to be there was not so much detail in historical figures or events, but now books like "Team of Rivals," "The Somme," "Vicksburg," etc. - books running from over 600 to over 800 pages packed full of interesting details seem to be the way to go.

There is a good word I wanted to use in place of "way to go" back there, but I just can't bring it up from my memory banks. If anyone can think of what that word might be, send it to me and you might win a brand new car!

Another interesting fact about these types of book is that they read like novels and are not that dry date-packed morass which we used to have been fed.

Goody.