“History lessons combined w/ personal memoir/reflection type reading. Fascinating to learn more about Ambrose, in his own words, but felt disjointed as I was reading it. Actually, it was like reading a lecture. In spoken form this would have been a great overview of American history but the stories of his own past lost some sense of personal ownership. He wrote of his first wife's suicide much in the same voice that he wrote of Crazy Horse.
I LOVED reading some alternative and changing viewpoints of history that happened to him, in particular. It was interesting to read how his understanding of a particular even evolved as he either aged or researched a topic.
I was also introduced to Eisenhower in such a way that I will definitely be reading more on him, starting w/ Ambrose's own works.
All in all, I'm glad I read it but it was not what I was hoping it would be and I found myself rushing through, at the end, so that I could move on to my next book. I definitely think it's possible that I'll pick it up again and read in short chapter sessions as the mood hits me. I'm glad I own it.
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Tricia wrote this review Sunday, January 8, 2012.
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