New Book Acquisitions

I spent some time this afternoon at Barnes and Noble book store (not virtually) as I love to browse their large selection of Bargain Books and in particular, of course, the history section. I made two nice purchases. Journals: 1952-2000 by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. and Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters by Elizabeth Brown Pryor. Two books that I wanted to purchase when they came out, but with price tags at the time of $40 and $30 respectively, I decided to hold out and purchase later. B & N has had for a long time the “Bargain Rack” of overstocked and underselling books and so I was lucky enough to find them and purchased both titles for $16 total. I love the bargains!

I also received from Bloomsbury Press an Advanced Reading Copy of Victor Davis Hanson’s upcoming new release, The Father of Us All: War and History, Ancient and Modern. Hanson is one of our leading cultural warriors and military historian and I look forward to reading this title very soon and review it.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!