brief update

A lot of things are going on over at the history forum.

What I'm currently reading

Cassanova was a Book Lover by John Maxwell Hamilton

Everything from who writes books to what books are most frequently stolen. The Joy of Sex and The Bible being two of them...

Jim Crow New York Edt. by David N. Gellman and David Quigley

This one consists largely of primary source documents from 1777-1877 along with the authors providing the context of those sources. They range from letters to the editor to constitutional conventions at the state level and federal amendments.

In modern day political news... Hillary and Barack are now approximately equal in superdelegates. The writing on the wall is even clearer now, but not yet overpowering.

H-F thread of the day

Italian photos WWI
http://history-forums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=922