History
A few weeks back, we did an hour on WRKO talking about exploring local history. We got great recommendations from callers, from Battleship Cove to the USS Constitution (via @BostonMaggie, natch) to my favorite, the Adams National Historic Park. What started the discussion was a failed attempt to get to the Paul Revere House. I […]
I was hoping to take my kids to the Paul Revere house this weekend. Wasn’t able to pull it off, but it got me thinking about all the amazing local places to visit. My kids learned about the Revere ride and have expressed an interest in history, so I want to support and encourage that. […]
From the Pundit Review Archives, May 2009…. If you are a Lincoln buff then you must read Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson. This book is riveting and it reads like a novel. The book is really sensational. Large portions are dedicated to the assassination itself, obviously, and Ford’s Theater […]
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A Secret Gift: How One Man’s Kindness–and a Trove of Letters–Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression A secret Gift is one of the best best books I have ever read. Written by Ted Gup, currently the chair of the journalism department at Emerson College, and before that, an award winning investigative journalist who […]
A question for the Marines, and you know I love you, but who didn’t you let play with the guns?
They say there are not many things the left and right can agree on these days, here’s one, Yalta: The Price of Peace is a great book! The end of the Cold War has given scholars a chance to step back and take a more dispassionate look at those eight consequential days in February 1945. […]
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February 16, 1923: Archaeologist opens tomb of King Tut On this day in 1923, in Thebes, Egypt, English archaeologist Howard Carter enters the sealed burial chamber of the ancient Egyptian ruler King Tutankhamen…The men began exploring the four rooms of the tomb, and on February 16, 1923, under the watchful eyes of a number of […]
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