prone to enthusiasms….
Fidler cautions us, unnecessarily, that he’s not a historian by training and that the book is not serious history. But it’s extremely well-researched, well-written, and interesting. In that sense, this is serious history. A wonderful read.
Filed under Mitten State Posted on June 28th 2009
While I’m not versed in this material, other interests had me reading about this crisis a couple decades ago; those were dry, theoretical books and essays arguing abstruse points. This book gently reminded me of those, but it’s far more readable; then it extended them, because Silber argues that these events led directly to Wall Street’s century-long reign as the world’s economic center. Absolutely delightful.
Filed under
Bookworm Alley
History Scrapbook
Posted on
June 27th 2009
There’s an excellent novel in here, but it’s not an excellent novel.
Filed under Bookworm Alley Posted on June 26th 2009
Morris, now rich and living in the orient, unexpectedly returns to Drinkwater’s life (or vice versa) and turns everything foul, as is his practice. He’s become a far more interesting character since our last encounter, but he still schemes, still manipulates our protagonist, and still underestimates his foe’s sheer dogged persistence. In the end, Drinkwater triumphs, but victory’s price is very high.
Filed under Bookworm Alley Posted on June 23rd 2009
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