http://john.jubjubs.net/2008/01/02/american-creation-by-joseph-ellis/ my semi-regular stream of consciousness Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:21:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://john.jubjubs.net/2008/01/02/american-creation-by-joseph-ellis/#comment-6540 Sharon Anderson Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:57:57 +0000 http://john.jubjubs.net/2008/01/02/american-creation-by-joseph-ellis/#comment-6540 I too, loved this book as well as Founding Brothers. Obama just won 6 days ago and I read this witih all of his winning (our winning) in mind. UCBerkeley College of Letters and Science does what they call: on the same page. Incoming students receive a copy of a book (last year was Lincoln at Gettysburg by Garry Wills). Students are to arrive at school having read this book. All of the faculty also read the book and you can imagine what follows. The author arrives on campus at a later date for lecture and discussions. My communty does a similar thing. American Creation could be the "on the same page" for the US. It is so relevant. What would your choice be if there was such a national "on the same page"? I too, loved this book as well as Founding Brothers. Obama just won 6 days ago and I read this witih all of his winning (our winning) in mind. UCBerkeley College of Letters and Science does what they call: on the same page. Incoming students receive a copy of a book (last year was Lincoln at Gettysburg by Garry Wills). Students are to arrive at school having read this book. All of the faculty also read the book and you can imagine what follows. The author arrives on campus at a later date for lecture and discussions. My communty does a similar thing. American Creation could be the “on the same page” for the US. It is so relevant. What would your choice be if there was such a national “on the same page”?

]]> http://john.jubjubs.net/2008/01/02/american-creation-by-joseph-ellis/#comment-2480 John’s Blog » Blog Archive » The Great Upheaval, by Jay Winik Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:01:05 +0000 http://john.jubjubs.net/2008/01/02/american-creation-by-joseph-ellis/#comment-2480 [...] 1865, so was super-excited to see this book come out, even though I had just recently finished American Creation, by Joe Ellis, and in spite of the fact that it weighed in at 688 pages (or about 11,000 Kindle [...] [...] 1865, so was super-excited to see this book come out, even though I had just recently finished American Creation, by Joe Ellis, and in spite of the fact that it weighed in at 688 pages (or about 11,000 Kindle [...]

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