OMG! OMG! OMG! One of my favorite authors just published another book! If you are not familiar with Erik Larson you need to login to your Amazon account and buy his books now....or you could just visit your local library and check them out.I really enjoy his writing style. His books have a way of… Continue reading New Erik Larson Book!!
Category: Book Review
Savage Peace
I am sticking to my resolution and started reading this book tonight. I picked this one up a while back at Half Priced Books. Now I am finally getting around to reading it. Just from reading the synopsis, I feel like some of the issues from 1919 might be similar to our current times. I'll… Continue reading Savage Peace
Book Review
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder My rating: 5 of 5 stars Wow, what a book! This should be a required read in schools. This changes my entire outlook on the Holocaust. Not only were innocent individuals slaughtered during the second world war, but they were murdered before and after the war.… Continue reading Book Review
Blog Hiatus
Hello to my loyal followers. Sorry that my blog has been inactive for about 5 months now. It's been a busy year for me, and I guess I just took a little break from the blog. I am back now, and I plan to be writing more often. Although my blog posts may have been… Continue reading Blog Hiatus
Book Review
I know it's been a while since my last post, but I am going to try to pick up the pace as fall sets in. I thought I would write a short review on a book I just finished. John Gurda is one of my favorite historians. He has some spectacular history books about Milwaukee.… Continue reading Book Review
Book Review
I finally bought my copy of The Labor Movement in Wisconsin: A History last summer. I have always wanted to get this book, but I had a hard time finding a book store that stocked it. I got my hands on it when I visited a small bookstore in Princeton,Wisconsin. I really enjoyed the book and learned a… Continue reading Book Review
Austin M. Frederick 