What Are You Reading In 2020?

[gchs_uk9]

[Randy Parker]

[swamprat]

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[swamprat]

[colonel-fan]

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[gchs_uk9]

If you are interested in English football and the rise of the Premier League then you have to read this. I'm fascinated by English football in the 80s (hooliganism, etc.). To see how it emerged in the 90s, how Americans tried to buy their way in during the early 2000s, and the amount of money brought in by ownership from Russia and the Gulf States was something else. Terrific read!

[gchs_uk9]

[oldgrappler]

 

The story of the 1970 murder of a young African-American man, Henry Marrow in North Carolina.  The author is a history prof and was a child in the town where and when  this happened.  His father was a local Methodist preacher and you get an inside look at the event from this perspective.  The author does a good job of setting the murder in the cultural context of the south in the decades leading up to this moment in 1970.  He describes the tensions between white and black in the south in a small town in northeastern North Carolina.  The unique contribution of this book is that the author is both a scholar who applies the objective standards of historical study and a participant (though peripheral) in the events recounted.  How can he do both?  He wrote a Master's thesis on the event without ever mentioning his proximity to the situation but realizing there was more to the story, a personal side, he later wrote this book.  It is an excellent read.  The author is white.  

[colonel-fan]

On 3/16/2020 at 12:47 PM, gchs_uk9 said:

Do you recommend this?

[gchs_uk9]

4 hours ago, colonel-fan said:

Do you recommend this?

Yes. It was solid, informative, read pretty easy. Learned a lot about his youth which in turn seemed to spur much of his French Revolution decision making. I got it from the local library.