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I just finished McCullough's biography of Harry Truman last night, about the third time I've read it. I'm planning to go to Independence later this year to see the Library, his home, etc.

I can't say I agree with Truman's politics but he always seemed to be a decent, honorable man who cared deeply and worked hard to to what he believed was right. Pretty high praise for a Democrat.

Before that, it was Sam Houston, by James Hale. Very interesting, indeed! It's about time for another pilgrimage to Huntsville.

Since the last report, I have read the 8 or 9 volume biography of Winston Churchill, by his son and Martin Gilbert, which was available for nothing or next to nothing at Hillsdale College Bookstore, for Kindle.

I have just finished re-reading "Coolidge" by Amity Schlaes. I read this book when it first came out, then last year went to Plymouth Notch, VT to inspect Coolidge's boyhood home and farm, and where he got word of Harding's death and became President. I think I have become a Coolidgean, the President I most admire.

I've also read a good part of "Three Roads to the Alamo," concurent biographies of Travis, Bowie and Crockett.

J.R.@A&M wrote:Caro's "The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power". The early chapters are a very interesting history of the settlement of the Hill Country.

That entire series is fascinating, a great read. I have all 4, read them several times. Some of it may be true, too!

Gibbons "History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." a re-read from a long, long time ago.

Just finished "Coolidge" by Amity Schlaes and "Innocents Abroad" by Mark Twain, both multiple re-reads.