The rereading of the Morris Award finalists continues. I can’t believe it is only 12 days until I go to Boston.
I finished Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin. It is interesting that it all took place during my childhood. I remember bits of it in the news, but never really put it all together.
I also read This Strange Wilderness: The Life and Art of John James Audubon by Nancy Plain.
I never really gave Mr. Audubon much thought. Although I’ve read a few novels in which he is featured, I just sort of imagined him in a studio, painting. This Strange Wilderness really sheds light on the struggles he had to simply make the paintings and what it took to get the book published. This book feels much more like a traditional biography than Most Dangerous, but it is very well-written and researched and, reading it, I got a real feel for the times in which Mr Audubon lived.
I have two of the other three books checked out from the library.I’ve already read these, but will reread them with a more critical eye. The third is on hold ad, of course, it is the one I haven’t read. I’m hoping to get it this week.
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