Source: WikipediaI knew zip about Charlie Rose until a few weeks ago. Now I have a season's pass for him on my TIVO. The first thing I had to learn was that just because I hadn't heard of the interviewee didn't mean that it wouldn't be interesting.A few nights ago I learned about David McCullough. I learned that he is a writer of history. His works are not history novels. They are the essence of history told by a master story teller. Since then I have traveled to Wikipedia to get the list of his books.Then to my local library. (online) There I discovered there were hundreds of copies of his books. None of which were available. So I placed a "hold" an several of them.
Yesterday, I received an e-mail saying one of McCullogh's books (The Johnstown Flood) was waiting for me to come and get it. Last night I started reading. It took me back to my high school days when I watched my first play.....Thornton Wilder's "Our Town". At the beginning of the play, the stage manager walks out and starts talking about Grover's Corners and what was going on there.The town came to life for me.
That's what I experienced as I started reading the Johnstown Flood.Here was another story teller breathing life into a place and time of yesteryear.
This is a list of the books I placed on HOLD at my library:
Path Between the Seas
The Great Bridge
Mornings on Horseback
Brave Companions
Truman
John Adams
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