Reading Freely

Pursuing the flourishing life and human liberty through literature.
"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." - Frederick Douglass

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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Jefferson

Jefferson: A Novel © 1998 William Brant 448 pages In the late 1780s, William Short put pen to paper to create a biography o...

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly © 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe 500 pages Written as an indignant response t...

Monday, July 7, 2014

This week at the library: ...we'll find out together

Dear readers: It turned out, despite their normally up-to-the-minute-correct website, that my university library was not open today, whi...

Saturday, July 5, 2014

George Washington's Secret Six

George Washington's Secret Six © 2013 Brian Kilmead 257 pages Wars are not won by soldiers alone. In the shadows are those silen...

Friday, July 4, 2014

Common Sense

Common Sense © 1776 Tom Paine After the battles of Lexington and Concord that scotched any idea of peaceful reconciliation between Bri...

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

The American Tory

The American Tory © 1972 ed. Morten Borden, Penn Borden 141 pages American colonists yearning for independence from Britain called t...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer © 1876 Mark Twain 202 pages There is truly no better time to revisit The Adventures of T...

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Stephen: A young fogey at work in a small-town library, enjoying the good life of a historic community.

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