Book Recommendation

Tonight I finished the book on James Garfield that I had started yesterday. I was sitting down trying to think about what to share from the book on this here blog and came up short. The trouble is, the book was packed so full of fantastic information and great story telling that I cannot pick it apart well enough to transpose it here.

So instead! I want recommend the book to you so that you can read it yourself. It is called Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard. It is not a very long read, about 260 pages. Neither is it inaccessible. Other than a few portions on Alexander Graham Bell, it is a very easy and manageable read. So if you're worried you'll have trouble devoted the needed attention to it, I assure you it can be tackled in easy digestive chunks.

Do yourself a favor and read this wonderful book on our 20th President. If you happen to pick it up, let me know when you get through it. We can grab coffee and chat about it, if you so wish.

In closing, in the event that you don't pick up this fine read, I will regale you with some awesome quotes by Garfield himself:

If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old. 

The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable. 

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck. 

Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter.

If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.

Of course I deprecate war but if it is brought to my door the bringer will find me at home.

Having done all I fairly could to avoid a fight, I now fight to the end