Few today remember Benjamin Butler. Those that do generally consider him an incompetent Union general during the American Civil War, or as “Spoons” Butler, enriching himself through stealing silver from Confederate sympathizers while he was military governor of New Orleans. “Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life,” by Elizabeth D. Leonard, is a new and…
Book Recommender: ‘Benjamin Butler,’ the Story of the Civil War’s Most Misunderstood General
Book Recommender: ‘Old Abe” Unveils What You Don’t Know About Abraham Lincoln
In all the commemorative and even demonizing books written about 16th president Abraham Lincoln since his assassination 157 years ago, none show us his towering, 6-foot-4-inch frame squatting. But John Cribb’s 2020 novel, “Old Abe,” opens with, “He squatted, … whittling on a pine stick.” It is a picture of an average American man passing…
Something for Summer Reading: ‘The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes’ by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
July 7, 2022
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Among the lords of light literature, Sherlock Holmes towers. There is not much mystery about it, either. It is really quite “elementary, my dear Watson.” “The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes,” published in 1892–93 in “The Strand Magazine” by Arthur Conan Doyle, are a collection of 12 remarkable cases in Mr. Holmes’ remarkable career. These include the…
Book Review: 2018’s ‘Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father’
As I finished the last pages of Peter Stark’s “Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father,” I could hear the distant bursts of fireworks—early celebrations for the Fourth of July. Very fitting as I closed a read capturing the early life of our nation’s first president. I very much enjoyed (and reviewed…
Something for Summer Reading: ‘The Wind in the Willows’ by Kenneth Grahame
“The Wind in the Willows” is a glorious summer book that may be one of a kind in its ability to stir the soul to the joys of the good life. It may also be one of a kind in the way it brings a charming anthromorphization together with the complementarity of the temperaments with…
Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for July 1–7
This week we feature a collection of great mysteries, alongside a discussion of why civilizations fall and a thrilling tale of a boy surviving in the wild. Fiction An Analogous Thriller ‘River Rising’ By Athol Dickson Pilotville, Louisiana, becomes a place of miracles when a stranger visits. But the stranger who performs miracles is searching…
Book Review: ‘Fierce Valor: The True Story of Ronald Speirs and His Band of Brothers’
For fans of the HBO series “Band of Brothers,” the name Ronald Speirs is very familiar. He was a fan favorite due to his bravery, stoicism, and enigmatic nature. The new book “Fierce Valor: The True Story of Ronald Speirs and His Band of Brothers” by Jared Frederick and Erik Dorr proves that that portrayal…
Book Review: ‘Middlemarch: Illustrated, the Complete Original Classics Edition’
I recently met up with one of my literary friends. We both like to read and discuss books. At one point, he shared with me that he’d read Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” three times. “I liked it that much,” he said. Tolstoy’s novel was published in 1869 and came in at more than 900 pages….
Sardonic Southern Writer Who Pointed Out Our Flaws
A short drive from downtown Milledgeville, Georgia and back a long, gravel lane lined with towering pine trees sits Andalusia, the former home of Southern American author Flannery O’Connor. Perched on 520 acres of rolling hills and forests, the property has been restored and operated by Georgia College since 2017, serving as a cultural and…
Children’s Books: Great Reads to Celebrate the American Pioneer Spirit
The American frontier and the pioneers who settled it are emblematic of the American spirit. From east to west, our country brought determined people of all backgrounds together in pursuit of the American dream. In showing how past generations of Americans shaped the land and how the land shaped them, the tale of Paul Bunyan,…
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