NIGHTLY READING THREAD: Welcome to Edition #64 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....
So welcome to our 10th week! A #GMGReads reader pointed to me to a rare first edition copy of Ida Tarbell's IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF LINCOLN on Etsy, which just arrived in the mail, so I'm sharing other great books about the progressive era, like her memoir: ALL IN A DAY'S WORK....
1) Doris Kearns Goodwin's THE BULLY PULPIT weaves together Teddy Roosevelt, muckracking journalism, and William Howard Taft: northshire.com/book/978141654…
2) John Barry's (@johnmbarry) history of the *last* pandemic, THE GREAT INFLUENZA, is actually the unexpected story of the triumph of the progressive age and science: northshire.com/book/978014303…
3) Daniel Okrent's (@okrent) LAST CALL, the history of Prohibition, an aborted and little-understood chapter of history, is fascinating: bookshop.org/books/last-cal…
4) Elaine Weiss's (@efweiss5) THE WOMAN'S HOUR, about the suffrage movement, makes clear how much of a fight it was for women to vote, even well into the 20th Century: bookshop.org/books/the-woma…
5) Jacob Riis's HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES, about the New York City slums, was an eye-opening stunner when it came out in 1890—and remains a heartwrenching read over a century later: northshire.com/book/978014043…
Those are tonight's #GMGReads. Do you have any favorite books about the early 20th century? Share! #avidreadersunite
