A Journey Through History

In December we move from the grim tenements of Belfast to the glittering mansions of the 1900’s New York rich and powerful although living alongside the despised minorities. THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN IS WRITTEN BY Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray who are both attorneys as well as successful writers. NLS ANNOTATION: The personal librarian DB103929 Benedict, Marie; Murray, Victoria Christ...

We will review a fourteen hour true crime story, its history and long-term consequences. Was it war or just plain murder? It occurs in the slums of Belfast Northern Ireland during the Troubles (1968-1998). It delves into the lives of the participants at all levels providing insight of the causes and consequences. The book title is SAY NOTHING: A TRUE STORY OF MURDER AND MEMORY IN NORTHERN IRELAND...

In October we return to more familiar ground with a biography by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Edison DB 96904 Morris, Edmund. Reading time 25 hours, 7 minutes. Read by Arthur Morey. A production of National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress. Subjects: Science and Technology ; Biography Description: A Pulitzer Prize-winning author provides an account of the l...

We will review The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership and the Fate of the Empire, DB78621. Join us for some historic analysis of the causes of England’s longest war. BOOKSHARE SYNOPSIS Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy The loss of America was a stunning and unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in...

SYNOPSIS In Julia Kelly’s The Light over London, we enter two timelines: one during World War II and the other in the present. A diary and photograph send antiques dealer Cara Hargraves on a journey to discover the identity of the smiling woman in uniform. Louise Keene leaves her Cornish village and puts her mathematical abilities to work by becoming a gunner girl. Romance is in the cards for at l...

On June 1, 2021 we will read a book by MSNBC commentator Joe Scarborough Saving Freedom: Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for Western Civilization DB102486 8 hours 5 minutes Read by author. BOOKSHARE SYNOPSIS History called on Harry Truman to unite the Western world against Soviet communism, but first he had to rally Republicans and Democrats behind America’s most dramatic foreign policy shift...

ON May 4, 2021 we will discuss Dreams from my father, db43877. BOOKSHARE SYNOPSIS: Dreams from my father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama Before Barack Obama became a politician he was, among other things, a writer. Dreams from My Father is a refreshing, revealing portrait of a young man asking the big questions about identity and belonging. The son of a black African father and a...

ANNOUNCEMENT: David Faucheux will Co Host and present his quarterly non-fiction history selection on April 6, 2021. Last Tuesday, Sherry Wells selection for March was read and liked by most participants. Two members objected to war subject matter. Some members complained about wordiness or detail in a book written by this professional editor. NLS ANNATATION for April’s book The night watchman Erdr...

In recognition of Presidents Day, we return to flamboyant Teddy Roosevelt whose famous charge up Kettle Hill set America’s course towards imperialism and role as colonial master and nation builder. How did we do? Who was the worst screw-up in the invasion of Cuba according to the author?   The crowded hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the dawn of the American century DB96418 Acc...

On February 2 we go North across the Canadian Border in the year 1917. NLS ANNOTATION: The great Halifax explosion: a World War I story of treachery, tragedy, and extraordinary heroism DB94498 Bacon, John U. Reading time: 10 hours, 40 minutes. Read by Johnny Heller. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. World History and Affairs...

Last Tuesday, on December 1, David Faucheux prepared the recorded portion of the program and facilitated the discussion on the book Neffertiti. It was agreed that any story about the lives of persons who lived over three thousand years ago had to be fictional, although it read like a novel it was informative. On January 5, 2021 at 8:00pm The group will review a book written by the Pulitzer prize w...

Last night’s discussion of Author in Chief: the untold story of our “presidents, their books and the shaping of American history “was ably led by guest host, Michele Bernstein. On Tuesday, December First Cohost David Faucheux will lead us in the discussion of Nefertiti, our quarterly Historical Fiction book. See a list of discussion questions taken from a Nefertiti study guide at heading level 1 a...

Author in chief: the untold story of our presidents, their books, and the shaping of American history Author: Fehrman, Craig Book Number: DB98626

The History group met Tuesday night and unanimously applauded the biography of Virginia Hall, world’s most successful but unrecognized spy.

Book to be discussed: A woman of no importance: the untold story of the American spy who helped win WWII DB95178 NLS ANNOTATION: A woman of no importance: the untold story of the American spy who helped win WWII DB95178

On August 4th we will be discussing the historic fiction book presented by Cohost David Faucheux, Pompeii a Novel. NOTES FROM NLS Title Pompeii a novel Names Harris, Robert. Book Number DB057646

The History Group almost unanimously liked Lincoln’s Spies by Douglas Waller except for the repetitious battle scenes.

Last night Co HOST, David Faucheux presented His quarterly program on Historical fiction with the book and author interview ‘The shores of Tripoli: Lieutenant Putman and the Barbary Pirates’, db86275.

ANNOUNCEMENT:A Journey Through History will meet on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 to discuss THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI_ LIEUTENANT PUTNAM AND THE BARBARY PIRATES BY HALEY_ JAMES D. B86275.Read by James Bamer Aproximate reading time: 15 hours; 45 minutes.

In deference to those wishing to follow the election on SUPER TUESDAY, March 3, Journey Through History will move to March tenth, this month only.

Our January book, THE IMPEACHERS, created a lively discussion about the meaning of “high Crimes and misdemeanors’ and several said they planned to read future books by the author, Brenda Wineapple.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Journey Through History will meet on January 7, 2020 to discuss the very topical book, The Impeachers(db95385) by Brenda Wineapple. Last nights book –RED DAUGHTER– continued to be controversial among the History Group.

David Faucheux, host of historical fiction, has selected a fictionalized account of the saga of the daughter of one of the evilest persons of the genocidal twentieth century to escape her history and lead a normal life.

SUBJECT: Journey Through History will meet on Tuesday, November 5 2019 It is time for a change in time and place, so let’s try14th century feudal Japan featuring an African ex-slave, Portuguese Jesuit missionaries and it’ mostly all true.

NLS ANNOTATION Custer’s trials: a life on the frontier of a new America DB83009 Stiles, T. J. Reading time: 23 hours, 47 minutes. Read by Arthur Morey. Biography War and the Military