1369 Eighteenth Century Politics

As I mentioned before, I'm dragging the 800+ page Alexander Hamilton down to the lakefront and the hotel porch for my "beach reading." [Just as an aside, people are pondering why the President is reading such difficult historical books on vacation--he may be the only one in the country with such obscure titles on his must read list. Isn't that odd for a guy who's dumb as a rock, according to a rolling stone?]

The author, Ron Chernow, wrote an excellent piece for the NYT, reprinted at the History News Network, last year on the 200th anniversary of the Burr Hamilton duel, which killed the man who invented the U.S. government and disgraced a vice president. Our political scandals are tame today compared to the 18th century

This will be a "must read" overview for our September book group (in case anyone is reading this).