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Monday, May 3, 2021

April Reads-Tim Emmel

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford by Ron Hansen 

I liked this book as a fictional version of the life, crimes, and death of the famous outlaw Jesse James. It goes into great depth of the thoughts and actions of all the members of the James gang.

 336 Pages




Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer by Harold Schechter 

A sad tale of the bombing of a school by an angry school board member. This book does a great job of tying in newspaper articles, survivor interviews, and other reports on this incident to weave a heartbreaking tale of this tragedy.

 254 Pages




The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic by Mike Duncan 

One of my favorite podcasters (The History of Rome and Revolutions) writes a great story of how the expansion of the early Roman empire would plant the seeds for their future ruin. A great job of showing how emperors, generals, and common people interacted to expand (or repel) the might of Rome.

352 Pages






Read by Tim Emmel