May. 31st, 2022

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Lucky finds: what book(s) do you consider a lucky find?

"What Kind of Nation: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and the Epic Struggle to Create a United States" by James F. Simon

As my school education didn't cover much about the history of US, growing up I only knew very little about Thomas Jefferson, not to mention John Marshall. I would have never read about them before I saw this book at a free pick up. It was easy to read and very informative. I learnt a lot about the politics and the development of the constitutional relationship between the executive and judicial branches of US government, which impacted the later history (eg. the Watergate scandal). The two flawed bitter rivals were fascinating people to read about.

Once someone said if people wanted to know something, they should go look for it at the first place, but I thought if you were ignorant about something like me then, you wouldn't know what to look for. Casual exposure was important to prompt the awareness and interest. I was thankful that I grew up with a decent school library and public library system, but I worried whenever I saw attack against them in the news.

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