February 18, 2008
President's Day, 2008
Happy President's Day!
BTW I cant wait for this to air.
Posted by Val Prieto at February 18, 2008 07:39 AM
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.babalublog.com/cgi-bin/mt/hut.cgi/7424
Comments
I read the David McCullough book. Fantastic!
He was such a brilliant man who put the country ahead of politics which cost him the election to Jefferson but kept the country out of a war (against France) that would have likely crippled our young Democracy. He was the father of the modern US Navy.
I have the letters between him and Jefferson which are fascinating in themselves. I will have to record it on my DVR ...
Posted by: Cigar Mike Pancier ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.babalublog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at February 18, 2008 02:43 PM
Truth be told I hated the McCullough book, it took all the vinegar out of the cantankerous Adams. Typical McCullough - a pop historian of the lowest order - lopping superlatives upon superlatives on his subject to the point of making biography into hagiography. His "1776" was embarrassingly awful compared to the brilliant "Washington's Crossing" written by David Hackett Fischer - BTW check out the Fischer's equally amazing "Paul Revere's Ride." That being said I'm going to subscribe to HBO just to see the mini-series - not too many American Revolution films or series in the works so I gotta get what I can.
Posted by: theCardinal at February 18, 2008 05:28 PM
Post a comment
Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)
(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)
