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Dennis: ‘Going Rogue’ Joins Library

Posted by DFO

April 1, 2010 1:05 p.m. • 5 comments

Dennis Mansfield writes: “I have in that elite section of my library, the following — A first-edition autographed copy of Ulysses S. Grant’s memoirs, as well as:

The only book Gerald Ford wrote ( “A time to Heal”), autographed
Arthur Schlesinger’s “Robert Kennedy and his times”
Anthony Summers’ “The Arrogance of Power”
Ronald Reagan’s “An American Life”
Whittaker Chambers’ “Witness”
And about 20 or so other amazing books - some by liberals others by conservatives, many signed by the people who penned them.

Then I have a fairly large section of books (maybe 200+) that sorta occupy space. I’ve read them, taken notes from them, scribbled in them and put them in their proper place — in the library-garden reserved for children of a lesser God.” You can see what he thinks about Sarah Palin’s “Going Rogue” here.

Question: Do you read political biographies and books? And/or: How many books do you have in your library?

Five comments on this post so far. Add yours!

brentandrews on April 01 at 1:23 p.m.
Grant’s ‘Personal Memoirs’ is my favorite; old Sherman in his ‘Memoirs’ also comported himself very well at the memoirist’s craft; though local readers may be disappointed as Sherman concentrated on the Civil War times, as opposed to his equally interesting career among the western Indian tribes. I think he was fair, if sometimes harsh, and I don’t fault him for the march to the sea. It was a brilliant and necessary move - proven so by its devastating success.

Naturally Grant gives short shrift to his episodal bouts of bad drinking … Perhaps missing a chance to better connect with the common man. But he can be forgiven, considering his times and his accomplishments, and the work as a whole was a satisfying and educational read.
kamm on April 01 at 1:24 p.m.
I love books!

I read books from all categories and some I keep…my daughter thinks it’s to impress my friends (not so)…but most I regift.

I give them to others so they can experience the wonders of the written word and lose themselves in experiences they might otherwise never have imagined.

I just love books!
Megan_B on April 01 at 1:54 p.m.
A very big part of me becomes very sad when someone tells me that he or she doesn’t like to read. I don’t know how I could have survived without being able to escape into a good piece of fiction or non-fiction once in awhile. Give me anything from a Stephen King horror to an art theory exploration of feminism in sculptures of the mid-century.
republicanblack on April 01 at 2:59 p.m.
You got to remember when Palin is involved, you got to remember why she’s there in the first place….just check out this story

http://bit.ly/du6Uhc
fortboise on April 01 at 8:05 p.m.
Uncounted thousands. Most of them my wife’s.

I used to read more books than I do now that this internet thingie came along.

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D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.