Entries Tagged as ‘History Books’

January 22, 2007

Weekly Recommendations- Grad School Edition

As I stated in the previous post I am a trained historian and a living, walking cliche. But enough of that. On to the graduate school edition of Weekly Recommendations.
I went through college concentrating on military and American Civil War history. I found myself getting a little bored [...]

January 17, 2007

Weekly Recommendations- History Style

I am a trained historian. I have my BA from Gettysburg College and my MA from Monmouth University. I sell insurance. Which makes me the greatest living cliche ever.
History has always been a subject that I loved. I read it as much as I can but I [...]

January 16, 2007

On How Books Procreate

Oh how I wish they could come up with a pill for this. Why? Well contrary to common sense (no pun intended, you’ll see) I have done something that is both cool and not so cool.
In my focus to gather material on Tom Paine to read and get to know this forgotten Founding Father, [...]

January 10, 2007

A New Subject- Thomas Paine

A part of my bibliomania concerns how I handle subjects that I want to read about. This isn’t about collecting books. It is about collecting knowledge. That was one thing I could always remember since I was a wee small child. I always wanted to know everything I [...]