Don't Know Much About History . . .

Cindy C. cindysphynx at comcast.net
Sun Sep 14 22:27:47 UTC 2003


Annemehr wrote:

> Seabiscuit, whose author I forget (Susan Hillebrand or something?
>I've leant my copy out), but many of you will know -- it was a
>bestseller last summer -- is another.  


Seabiscuit, by Laura Hillenbrand (I think -- I lent my copy out as
well).  Man, what a great book that was!  I had to force myself to get
it because the idea of reading about race horses didn't exactly thrill
me.  But she is such a good writer that she could make anything
fascinating!  She recently wrote a feature in the New Yorker about her
struggle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.  Wow!


> Yet, when I look in the bookstore, I can't find books like these;
> they're all overviews of the Civil War and other boring stuff (not
>the Civil War, that is, but the overview).  Maybe "History" isn't the
> right section?

I dunno.  I do encounter the same problem, though, so it's not just you.  

Thanks to everyone who made a recommendation!  I'll head to the
library tomorrow.

Cindy -- who just finished Al Franken's "Lying Liars and the Lies They
Tell" and found it mildly interesting but not nearly as funny or good
as his previous book, "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other
Observations"





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