Burrowing into Books

Sydney M. Williams www.burrowingintobooks.blogspot.com Burrowing into Books “The Judge Hunter” by Christopher Buckley August 15, 2019 “ Balty wobbled down the gangplank onto the New World. He would have dropped to his knees and kissed the ground beneath his feet, except that it was a mire of muck .”                                                                                                             The Judge Hunters                                                                                                             Christopher B uckley The English Civil War, fought between Parliament and King Charles 1, began in 1642 and resulted in the King being tried, convicted and executed in 1649. In 1660, following the death of Oliver Cromwell in 1658, the monarchy was restored, with Charles II, son of Charles I, ascending the throne. Parliamentarians who had signed the death warrant and were directly responsible for his father’s death were

Sydney M. Williams burrowingintobooks.blogspot.com Burrowing into Books “The Pioneers” David McCullough August 4, 2019 “ Now, all at once, almost unimaginably, it had acquired 265,878 square miles of unbroken wilderness, thus doubling the size of the United States .”                                                                                     The Pioneers , David McCullough History allows us to marvel at our own time with renewed perspectives. For example, how rich and easy our lives are – despite a freshman Congresswoman telling a Newsweek interviewer that “an entire generation [ millennials ] came of age and never saw American prosperity” – compared to the hardships experienced by early pioneers, like those along the Ohio River . David McCullough, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, in his new book, follows several families, including those of Manasseh Cutler and his two sons, Ephraim and Jervis, along with Joseph Barker and Samuel Hil