Book Reviews

In addition to study guides I also periodically post book reviews:

What’s in a name?

The True Story of How America Got Its Name by Rodney Broome

My Kingdom for a Ship

- Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy by John R. Hale

Living like it’s 1873

- A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Bird

Praising John Adams and America: A Vision for the Present

- John Adams by David McCullough

Roamin’ with the Romans

- The Romans and their Empire, Book 2, “Cambridge Introduction to the History of Mankind” edited by Trevor Cairns

Eating Up World War II and WWII: Fed Up on Feeble Rations

- Victory Cookbook: Nostalgic Food and Facts From 1940-1954 by Marguerite Patten OBE