Comments on Polybloggimous: The Prison Ships Martyrs Memorial

We are David McCullough fans too, and also watchin...

2008-04-09T16:24:00.000-04:00

We are David McCullough fans too, and also watching the John Adams miniseries. His work is well researched, but also wonderfully readable. My favorite was his history of the Panama Canal.

Nathan, I really enjoy the photo-essays. I've never been to NY or surrounding areas... someday we will make it there.

Assume all you like. :D

But, yeah, prob...

2008-04-09T12:08:00.000-04:00

Assume all you like. :D

But, yeah, probably.

Cool, Nathan, thanks for the tour.

I assume...

2008-04-09T11:41:00.000-04:00

Cool, Nathan, thanks for the tour.

I assume you'll get us pictures of the site once it's restored?

Jeff, I've read the John Adams book and loved that...

2008-04-09T10:54:00.000-04:00

Jeff, I've read the John Adams book and loved that one. I'll add 1776 to my list.

Tom,

One of the things that got me interested in this monument is that it's a monument of obvious National historic import, but it was built and is maintained by a city. I could be wrong, but I think its the only monument of its kind that doesn't fall under National Parks jurisdiction.

Nathan, this is an interesting post. I'm reminded...

2008-04-09T10:17:00.000-04:00

Nathan, this is an interesting post. I'm reminded of my early days in Boston when I walked many places, and discovered a number of parks and monuments I hadn't known about. I'm fascinated by our history, and nothing brings it home like actually being where it happened. Thanks for your pictures and the descriptions.

Jeff, David McCullough is the bomb. We'r...

2008-04-09T09:44:00.000-04:00

Jeff, David McCullough is the bomb. We're watching John Adams right now, and wow!

One of the best books I read last year was David M...

2008-04-08T23:26:00.000-04:00

One of the best books I read last year was David McCullough's 1776. My wife and I passed the book and CDs from the audiobook back and forth like obsessed people. It follows George Washington from an early success at the Seige of Boston, through aggravating defeats at Long Island, Manhattan and Harlem, to victory again at Trenton and Princeton.

One of the two true heroes of the early part of the war was Nathanael Greene (the other was his best friend Henry Knox). He's one of those guys that high school history class just didn't have time to really get to, which is a huge shame. He's quite likable as a character.

I highly recommend the audiobook, especially, as the author is an accomplished professional narrator as well as a detail-crazy packrat of a historian. You'd really like it, Nathan, as half the book takes place in Manhattan and Brooklyn Heights and environs (which were quite hazardous for our Patriots; NY was a Tory stronghold at the time).