NIGHTLY READING THREAD: Welcome to Edition #53 of #GMGReads. Every night through this weird time, I'm tweeting out a list of my five favorite books around a general theme—and a link to an indie bookstore where you can order them online....
Tonight I wanted to share my favorite histories of Washington, D.C., all available from @Powells....
1) Harry Jaffe (@harryjaffe) and Tom Sherwood (@tomsherwood) wrote the definitive classic of DC politics, DREAM CITY—read it
if you want to understand just how strange the '70s' and 80s' were: powells.com/book/-97807867… (Sam Smith's CAPTIVE CAPITAL is also good, but hard to find.)
if you want to understand just how strange the '70s' and 80s' were: powells.com/book/-97807867… (Sam Smith's CAPTIVE CAPITAL is also good, but hard to find.)
2) Gore Vidal's novel WASHINGTON, D.C. isn't exactly history, but it's a fun read and feels like you're reading history: powells.com/book/-97803757…
3) Margaret Leech wrote a classic, REVEILLE IN WASHINGTON, about the city during the Civil War: powells.com/book/-97815901…
4) David Brinkley's WASHINGTON GOES TO WAR has some incredible details about the city's transformation from small town to global city during World War II: powells.com/book/-97803454…
5) Frank Rich's (@frankrichny) charming memoir of growing up in the DC theatre scene, GHOST LIGHT, is just a fantastic read, in part because it seems such a surprise: powells.com/book/-97803757…
Anyway, those are tonight's #GMGReads. What are your favorite books about DC, past or present? Share! #avidreadersunite
