my mother recommends

[matthew mckeon]

I gave my mother tne new R.E.Lee bio, "Reading the Man" for her birthday. She highly recommends it.

She also reccommends:

"Tombee" The diaries of Sea Island planter Thomas Chaplin. I read it, I agree its good. Chaplin is the kind of slaveowner I would be: a hopeless chump.

"The Diary of Mary Chesnut" No explanation necessary.

"The Children of Pride" An enormous collection of letters among the Jones family of Georgia from antebellum times through the Civil War. Fascinating window into their world and their world view.

Off the topic of the Civil War, the biography of a sharecropper from the 1890s to the 1970s, "All God's Dangers" A compelling story of an tough, intelligent, and resourceful man trying to survive and prosper in the Jim Crow South. Good old days? Not really, but there are some good people, often in unexpected places.

[cash]

Originally Posted by matthew mckeon

I gave my mother tne new R.E.Lee bio, "Reading the Man" for her birthday. She highly recommends it.

She also reccommends:

"Tombee" The diaries of Sea Island planter Thomas Chaplin. I read it, I agree its good. Chaplin is the kind of slaveowner I would be: a hopeless chump.

"The Diary of Mary Chesnut" No explanation necessary.

"The Children of Pride" An enormous collection of letters among the Jones family of Georgia from antebellum times through the Civil War. Fascinating window into their world and their world view.

Off the topic of the Civil War, the biography of a sharecropper from the 1890s to the 1970s, "All God's Dangers" A compelling story of an tough, intelligent, and resourceful man trying to survive and prosper in the Jim Crow South. Good old days? Not really, but there are some good people, often in unexpected places.

Matthew,

Your mom has good taste.

Regards,
Cash