Excellent round-up. Never found Ben Franklin interesting to be honest. I always gravitated towards Washington and Adams and Jefferson as I got older. Charles Carroll too. Hell, I even rather drink with Hamilton than tolerate Franklin.
Interesting take on Benjamin Franklin. If you've seen the recent movie "A Great Awakening," I'd be curious to know what you think of the movie's portrayal of Franklin. The movie seems to suggest that Franklin befriended Whitefield because he saw a business opportunity (and maybe out of curiosity). I wonder if Franklin's interest in Whitefield could have stemmed from the fact that Whitefield was a figure who enjoyed mass appeal and opposed institutional Christianity. If this is true, I think it would support your view of Franklin as someone who disdained traditional hierarchies and institutions.
Excellent round-up. Never found Ben Franklin interesting to be honest. I always gravitated towards Washington and Adams and Jefferson as I got older. Charles Carroll too. Hell, I even rather drink with Hamilton than tolerate Franklin.
Carroll is a fascinating figure. I’d like to do a show on him eventually
That would be great. If you need some books, I know Brad J. Birzer has one on him.
Yeah a reading list on him and the family generally would be great. I’ll I’ve read on him so far was the section on him
In The Old Revolutionaries
Here's two books on him:
https://www.amazon.com/American-Cicero-Charles-Carroll-Founders/dp/193385989X/ref=sr_1_2?crid=29YHAOO6KB56W&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.PXmdo_vPPRFSb93KdlmQdQKDGHki0Oc7-ZjD6EnRGOqZO8I9M9CQoiGLa6S5f3eqpatx5oPmkNa7-U4BTk7O3m1n23ewI3rszeE2tKHyyNJXBCNdzty_7Aqnirr4AycLCoD_uUoq06duK_Jrsb26jdC1O9gTFClzXIjt--sXJdxSz6TkR1UKZPn_7qIaaDVvPly9ZvTPPg5pZF8xZCEq-JoX8syfkesDhYz3nORupAI.rSwP0wB0kjY5rF-YglPh8TW1R90TRAUvh6x9R8EQuxE&dib_tag=se&keywords=charles+carroll+of+carrollton+book&qid=1785864332&sprefix=Charles+Carroll%2Caps%2C158&sr=8-2
https://www.amazon.com/Charles-Carroll-Carrollton-Faithful-Revolutionary/dp/1889334685/ref=sr_1_4?crid=29YHAOO6KB56W&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.PXmdo_vPPRFSb93KdlmQdQKDGHki0Oc7-ZjD6EnRGOqZO8I9M9CQoiGLa6S5f3eqpatx5oPmkNa7-U4BTk7O3m1n23ewI3rszeE2tKHyyNJXBCNdzty_7Aqnirr4AycLCoD_uUoq06duK_Jrsb26jdC1O9gTFClzXIjt--sXJdxSz6TkR1UKZPn_7qIaaDVvPly9ZvTPPg5pZF8xZCEq-JoX8syfkesDhYz3nORupAI.rSwP0wB0kjY5rF-YglPh8TW1R90TRAUvh6x9R8EQuxE&dib_tag=se&keywords=charles+carroll+of+carrollton+book&qid=1785864285&sprefix=Charles+Carroll%2Caps%2C158&sr=8-4
Thank you for this great list!
Wonderful stuff. I've been publishing illustrated vignettes of pivotal moments in history - have more than 100 now ranging from 44 BC to 2034.
https://timesurfing.org
Would love to figure out how to build up interest in American history, because seeing my nephew's 3rd-grade civics text book - we need help!
Thank you! Very cool
As always here are some book ideas for Will to read in August or in the future:
• Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story by Wilfred M. McClay
• General George E. Pickett in Life and Legend by Lesley J. Gordon
• John Bell Hood: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Confederate General by Stephen Hood
• SS Hitler's Foreign Divisions. Foreign Volunteers in the Waffen-SS. 1940-1945 by Chris Bishop
• Hitler's Flemish Lions: The History of the SS-Freiwilligan Grenadier Division Langemarck by Jonathan Trigg
• Hitler's Jihadis: Muslim Volunteers of the Waffen-SS by Jonathan Trigg
• Hitler's Gauls: The History of the 33rd Waffen Division Charlemagne by Jonathan Trigg
• Hitler's Vikings: The History of the Scandinavian Waffen-SS: The Legions, the SS-Wiking and the SS-Nordland by Jonathan Trigg
• Hitler's Jewish Soldiers: The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military by Bryan Mark Rigg
• The Rabbi Saved by Hitler's Soldiers: Rebbe Joseph Isaac Schneersohn and His Astonishing Rescue by Bryan Mark Rigg
• From Empire to Exile: History and Memory Within the Pied-Noir and Harki Communities, 1962-2012 by Claire Eldridge
• The Boer War by Thomas Pakenham
• Joseph McCarthy: Reexamining the Life and Legacy of America's Most Hated Senator by Arthur Herman
• The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization by Arthur Herman
• The Viking Heart: How Scandinavians Conquered the World by Arthur Herman
• The Last Viking: The True Story of King Harald Hardrada by Don Holloway
• The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success by Rodney Stark
• Cities of God: The Real Story of How Christianity Became an Urban Movement and Conquered Rome by Rodney Stark
• Untenable: The True Story of White Ethnic Flight from America's Cities by Jack Cashill
• Ashli: The Untold Story of the Women of January 6th by Jack Cashill
• Unmasking Obama: The Fight to Tell the True Story of a Failed Presidency by Jack Cashill
• The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
• Cult City: Jim Jones, Harvey Milk, and 10 Days That Shook San Francisco by Daniel J. Flynn
• Arabella: The Dark Money Network of Leftist Billionaires Secretly Transforming America by Scott Walter
• Fires in the Night: The Earth Liberation Front, the FBI, and a Secret History of Eco-Sabotage by Matthew Wolfe
• The Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s by Jason Burke
• You Have Unleashed a Storm: New York City’s Descent into Chaos During America’s Most Explosive Era of Radical Violence by David Viola
Interesting take on Benjamin Franklin. If you've seen the recent movie "A Great Awakening," I'd be curious to know what you think of the movie's portrayal of Franklin. The movie seems to suggest that Franklin befriended Whitefield because he saw a business opportunity (and maybe out of curiosity). I wonder if Franklin's interest in Whitefield could have stemmed from the fact that Whitefield was a figure who enjoyed mass appeal and opposed institutional Christianity. If this is true, I think it would support your view of Franklin as someone who disdained traditional hierarchies and institutions.