My Father's America ebook series (1 Viewer)

[sports_fan]

Are these still available on Amazon? The links don't seem to be working.

 

[jamny]

Are these still available on Amazon? The links don't seem to be working.

There's a link to free downloads on the top of the first post.

As for Vol. 4, work usually slows down in December, so I'll try to get it out by the end of the year. Glad people are still enjoying them.

 

[jamny]

Just skimmed through Volume 4 again. I'm not a big reader and, much to my dad's dismay, was never a big American history buff. This'll be a tough one to get through. Constitutional Convention to the end of the War of 1812. I am still amazed at the sheer amount of information though.

and to add to that, starting with this volume he decided to add an appendix with the entire cabinet of each President. I'll have to figure out how to format it for ebooks. Here's the one from Vol 4.

[SIZE=20pt]ADMINISTRATIONS [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]FIRST PRESIDENT: [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]GEORGE WASHINGTON of Virginia[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]First Administration: April 30, 1789 - March 4, 1793[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Inaugurated at Federal Hall in New York City at age 57.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] THE CABINET:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Vice President:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JOHN ADAMS of Massachusetts[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of State:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JOHN JAY of New York acted until Thomas Jefferson took office[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]THOMAS JEFFERSON of Virginia March 22, 1790[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of the Treasury[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]ALEXANDER HAMILTON of New York September 11, 1789[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of War:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]HENRY KNOX of Massachusetts September 12, 1789[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Attorney General:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]EDMUND RANDOLPH of Virginia September 26, 1789[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Postmaster General:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]SAMUEL OSGOOD of Massachusetts September 26, 1789[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]TIMOTHY PICKERING of Pennsylvania August 19, 1791[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JOHN JAY of New York, Chief Justice 1789[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JOHN RUTLEDGE of South Carolina 1789[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]WILLIAM CUSHING of Massachusetts 1789[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JAMES WILSON of Pennsylvania 1789[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JOHN BLAIR of Virginia 1789[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JAMES IREDELL of North Carolina 1790[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]THOMAS JOHNSON of Maryland 1791[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] STATES ADMITTED:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]VERMONT March 4, 1791 # 14[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]KENTUCKY June 1, 1792 # 15[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] ELECTION RESULTS:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]CANDIDATES: PARTY: ELECTORAL VOTE:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]George Washington None 69[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]John Adams None 34[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]John Jay None 9[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]9 others None 26[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]GEORGE WASHINGTON of Virginia[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Second Administration: March 4, 1793 - March 4, 1797[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Inaugurated at Federal Hall in Philadelphia[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] THE CABINET:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Vice President:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JOHN ADAMS of Massachusetts continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of State:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]EDMUND RANDOLPH of Virginia January 2, 1794[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]TIMOTHY PICKERING of Pennsylvania August 20, 1795[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of the Treasury:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]ALEXANDER HAMILTON of New York continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]OLIVER WOLCOTT of Connecticut February 2, 1795[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of War:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]HENRY KNOX of Massachusetts continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]TIMOTHY PICKERING of Pennsylvania June 2, 1795[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JAMES McHENRY of Maryland January 27, 1796[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Attorney General:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]EDMUND RANDOLPH of Virginia continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]WILLIAM BRADFORD of Pennsylvania January 29, 1794[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]CHARLES LEE of Virginia December 10, 1795[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Postmaster General:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]TIMOTHY PICKERING of Pennsylvania continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JOSEPH HABERSHAM of Georgia February 25, 1795[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]WILLIAM PATTERSON of New Jersey 1793[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JOHN RUTLEDGE of South Carolina, Chief Justice 1795[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]SAMUEL CHASE of Maryland 1796[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]OLIVER ELLSWORTH of Ct, Chief Justice 1796[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] STATES ADMITTED:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]TENNESSEE June 1, 1796 # 16[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] ELECTION RESULTS:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]CANDIDATES: PARTY: ELECTORAL VOTES:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]George Washington Federalist 132[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]John Adams Federalist 77[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]George Clinton Dem-Rep 50[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]2 others 5[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]SECOND PRESIDENT:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JOHN ADAMS of Massachusetts[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Administration: March 4, 1797 - March 4, 1801[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Inaugurated at Federal Hall in Philadelphia at age 61[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] THE CABINET:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Vice President:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]THOMAS JEFFERSON of Virginia March 4, 1797[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of State:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]TIMOTHY PICKERING of Pennsylvania continued from the previous administration [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JOHN MARSHALL of Virginia June 6, 1800[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of the Treasury[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]OLIVER WOLCOTT of Connecticut continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]SAMUEL DEXTER of Massachusetts January 1, 1801[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of War:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JAMES McHENRY of Maryland continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]BENJAMIN STODDERT of Maryland July 1, 1800[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]SAMUEL DEXTER of Massachusetts June 12, 1800[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Attorney General:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]CHARLES LEE of Virginia continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Postmaster General:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JOSEPH HABERSHAM of Georgia continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of the Navy:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]BENJAMIN STODDERT of Maryland June 18, 1789[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]BUSHROD WASHINGTON of Virginia 1798[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]ALFRED MOORE of North Carolina 1799[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JOHN MARSHALL of Virginia, Chief Justice 1801[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] ELECTION RESULTS:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]CANDIDATES: PARTY: ELECTROAL VOTES:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]John Adams Federalist 71[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Thomas Jefferson Dem-Rep 68[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Thomas Pinckney Federalist 59[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Aaron Burr Dem-Rep 30[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Samuel Adams Dem-Rep 15[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Oliver Ellsworth Federalist 11[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]7 others 22[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]THIRD PRESIDENT:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]THOMAS JEFFERSON of Virginia[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]First Administration: March 4, 1801 - March 4, 1805[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Inaugurated in the Senate Chamber, Washington DC at age 57[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] THE CABINET:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Vice President:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]AARON BURR of New York March 4, 1801[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of State:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JOHN MARSHALL of Virginia continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JAMES MADISON of Virginia May 2, 1801[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of the Treasury:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]SAMUEL DEXTER of Virginia continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]ALBERT GALLATIN of Pennsylvania May 14, 1801[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of War:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]HENRY DEARBORN of Massachusetts March 5, 1801[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Attorney General:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]LEVI LINCOLN of Massachusetts March 5, 1801[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Postmaster General:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JOSEPH HABERSHAM of Georgia continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]GIDEON GRANGER of Connecticut November 28, 1801[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of the Navy:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]BENJAMIN STODDERT of Maryland continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]HENRY DEARBORN of Massachusetts April 1, 1801[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]ROBERT SMITH of Maryland July 15,1801[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS;[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]WILLIAM JOHNSON of South Carolina 1804[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] STATES ADMITTED:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]OHIO March 1, 1803 # 17[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] ELECTION RESULTS:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]CANDIDATES: PARTY: ELECTORAL VOTES:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Thomas Jefferson Dem-Rep 73[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Aaron Burr Dem-Rep 73[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]John Adams Federalist 65[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Charles C. Pinckney Federalist 64[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]John Jay Federalist 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]THOMAS JEFFERSON of Virginia[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Second Administration: March 4, 1805 - March 4, 1809[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Inaugurated in the Senate Chamber, Washington DC[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] THE CABINET:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Vice President:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]GEORGE CLINTON of New York March 4, 1805[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of State:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JAMES MADISON of Virginia continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of the Treasury:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]ALBERT GALLATIN of Pennsylvania continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of War:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]HENRY DEARBORN of Massachusetts continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JOHN SMITH February 12, 1809[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Attorney General:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JOHN BRECKINRIDGE of Kentucky August 7, 1805[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]CEASAR A. RODNEY of Delaware January 20, 1807[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Postmaster General:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]GIDEON GRANGER of Connecticut continued from the previous administration [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of the Navy:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]ROBERT SMITH of Delaware continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]BROCKHOLST LIVINGSTON of New York 1806[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]THOMAS TODD of Kentucky 1807[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] ELECTION RESULTS:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]CANDIDATES: PARTY: ELECTORAL VOTES:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Thomas Jefferson Dem-Rep 162[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Charles C. Pinckney Federalist 14[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]FOURTH PRESIDENT:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JAMES MADISON of Virginia[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]First Administration: March 4, 1809 - March 4, 1813[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Inaugurated in the House of Representatives, Washington DC at age 58[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] THE CABINET:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] Vice President:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]GEORGE CLINTON of New York (died April 20, 1812)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]President Pro Tempore of the Senate:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD of Georgia[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of State:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]ROBERT SMITH of Maryland April 6, 1809[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JAMES MONROE of Virginia April 6,1811[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of the Treasury:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]ALBERT GALLATIN of Pennsylvania continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of War:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]WILLIAM EUSTIS of Virginia April 8, 1809[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JOHN ARMSTRONG of Virginia January 13, 1813[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Attorney General:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]CEASAR A. RODNEY of Delaware continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]WILLIAM PINKNEY of Maryland December 11, 1811[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Postmaster General:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]GIDEON GRANGER of Connecticut continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of the Navy:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]ROBERT SMITH of Delaware continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]PAUL HAMILTON of South Carolina March 7, 1809[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]WILLIAM JONES of Pennsylvania January 12, 1813[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JOSEPH STORY of Massachusetts 1811[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]GABRIEL DUVALL of Maryland 1811[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] STATES ADMITTED:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]LOUISIANA April 30, 1812 #18[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] ELECTION RESULTS:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]CANDIDATES: PARTY: ELECTORAL VOTE:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]James Madison Dem-Rep 122[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Charles C. Pinckney Federalist 47[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]George Clinton Indep. Rep 6[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] * * *[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JAMES MADISON of Virginia[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Second Administration: March 4, 1813 - March 4, 1817[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Inaugurated in the House of Representatives, Washington DC[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] THE CABINET:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Vice President:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]ELBRIDGE GERRY of Massachusetts (died September 23, 1814)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]President Pro Tempore of the Senate:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JOHN GAILLARD of South Carolina[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of State:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JAMES MONROE of Virginia continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of the Treasury:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]ALBERT GALLATIN of Pennsylvania continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]GEORGE W, CAMPBELL of Virginia February 9, 1814[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]ALEXANDER J. DALLAS of Pennsylvania October 14, 1814[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD of Georgia October 22, 1816[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of War:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JOHN ARMSTRONG of Virginia continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]JAMES MONROE of Virginia October 1, 1814[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]ALEXANDER J. DALLAS of Pennsylvania March 14, 1815[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD of Georgia August 1, 1815[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]GEORGE GRAHAM of Maryland October 22, 1816[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Attorney General:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]WILLIAM PINCKNEY of Maryland continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]RICHARD RUSH of Pennsylvania February 10, 1814[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Postmaster General:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]GIDEON GRANGER of Connecticut continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]RETURN J. MEIGS, JR. of Ohio March 17, 1814[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Secretary of the Navy:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]WILLIAM JONES of Pennsylvania continued from the previous administration[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]BENJAMIN W. CROWNINSHIELD of Massachusetts December 19, 1814[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] STATES ADMITTED:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]INDIANA December 11, 1816 # 19[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] ELECTION RESULTS:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]CANDIDATES: PARTY: ELECTORAL VOTES:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]James Madison Dem-Rep 128[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]DeWitt Clinton Fusion 89[/SIZE]

 

[Bottomfeeder Sports]

Should finish volume 2 this weekend. Been trying to pace myself to not get done too soon. Is volume 3 still expected sometime in January?

Just an awesome post to read. There's no way I'm going to get Volume Three out by the end of January. I'd say middle of March at best. It's all on the American Revolution. How about some reviews?

I wish I could say I meant the post to be meaningful to you (and I guess at this time of year your family), but I cannot take such credit. The review of the second volume is largely the same as the first. I'm not really sure I'm being educated but I'm being entertained by the material such that I want to keep going. Interested to see where your father takes the revolution, especially the beginning. Just finished the religious and educational sections and entering the healthcare section. Kind of like a typical front page of the FFA. Guess I'll need to see if Jayrok's reading list posts have been prune while waiting. Merry Christmas! (I know you meant to place the review on Amazon - maybe when I'm done. As wordy as I am in the abstract, I tend to be at a lost of words for stuff like this.)

I just appreciate anyone that's reading it. No need to write a review, just commenting here is encouraging to me. Thanks and Merry Christmas to you to! As an aside, I decided to look into reddit as another way to promote the book. I do regular postings on the blog excerpts on facebook and twitter but only just looked into reddit. In one day the hits on the blog have more than tripled my highest previous mark. Blown away and highly recommend it to anyone looking into the type of promotion that the site provides.

Lets change approaches-

As for Vol. 4, work usually slows down in December, so I'll try to get it out by the end of the year. Glad people are still enjoying them.

No one is enjoying them any more because you aren't getting them out!

Sorry! Just wanted to remind you before the holiday get togethers that there are at least a few of us that enjoy this work and are hoping for more. Now get out of the ObamaCare thread and get to work!

Happy Holidays!

 

[jamny]

As for Vol. 4, work usually slows down in December, so I'll try to get it out by the end of the year. Glad people are still enjoying them.

No one is enjoying them any more because you aren't getting them out!

Sorry! Just wanted to remind you before the holiday get togethers that there are at least a few of us that enjoy this work and are hoping for more. Now get out of the ObamaCare thread and get to work!

Happy Holidays!

Not a good enough excuse but work has not let up yet this December. I've hooked up with a few different companies to freelance (A/V) for and have been busier than probably anytime in the last 20 years in December. Tomorrow is my last booked gig, although I have some VO work to get through.

Still, I could have put in a few hours here and there and knocked this volume out. Thanks for keeping up with it. I will try harder! I only wish I really liked to read books. If I read one or two books a year, that's a lot.

Happy Holidays to you and yours as well!

 

[higgins]

 

[Tom Servo]

This. If you can pull off that formatting of the appendices, I will have such a history boner going.

 

[jamny]

This. If you can pull off that formatting of the appendices, I will have such a history boner going.

I wish he were alive just to read that comment.

 

[jamny]

I think I've found a way to be able to put the rest of these out and hopefully avoid any problems.

Kinda psyched.

 

[Tom Servo]

I think I've found a way to be able to put the rest of these out and hopefully avoid any problems.

Kinda psyched.

 

[Bottomfeeder Sports]

I think I've found a way to be able to put the rest of these out and hopefully avoid any problems.

Kinda psyched.

I hope you aren't teasing us again!

 

[jamny]

I think I've found a way to be able to put the rest of these out and hopefully avoid any problems.

Kinda psyched.

I hope you aren't teasing us again!

I don't think so this time.

I think I finally got what he was doing at this point in his books. I have to keep reminding myself how he did this for himself. He never intended for it to be published.

I got a little kick in the ### when fin died. I know if I die suddenly these are gone. No one else will get these out there.

 

[apalmer]

I think I've found a way to be able to put the rest of these out and hopefully avoid any problems.

Kinda psyched.

I hope you aren't teasing us again!

I don't think so this time.

I think I finally got what he was doing at this point in his books. I have to keep reminding myself how he did this for himself. He never intended for it to be published.

I got a little kick in the ### when fin died. I know if I die suddenly these are gone. No one else will get these out there.

Outstanding! I doubt that you have the lifestyle risks that fin did, but if that's the incentive, I'll take it!

 

[Tom Servo]

I think I've found a way to be able to put the rest of these out and hopefully avoid any problems.

Kinda psyched.

I hope you aren't teasing us again!

I don't think so this time.I think I finally got what he was doing at this point in his books. I have to keep reminding myself how he did this for himself. He never intended for it to be published.

I got a little kick in the ### when fin died. I know if I die suddenly these are gone. No one else will get these out there.

Plus I and many others got a lot of enjoyment out of reading them. We can pass these books on to create a legacy for your dad's work.

 

[Bourbon Cowboy]

Just wanted to say that I enjoyed Volume I immensely, and learned quite a lot, especially about Spain discovering/conquering South America. Have started Vol. II and am looking forward to the rest. Your dad was an excellent writer/historian. So glad you decided to make these available. I'm a fan!

 

[Tom Servo]

BTW, is there an update?

 

[jamny]

Just wanted to say that I enjoyed Volume I immensely, and learned quite a lot, especially about Spain discovering/conquering South America. Have started Vol. II and am looking forward to the rest. Your dad was an excellent writer/historian. So glad you decided to make these available. I'm a fan!

Hey, thanks for reading it and I'm glad you like it! Volume 1 is still my favorite for many reasons but mostly because I am more into world history than US history and that one really covers a lot of ground.

BTW, is there an update?

Definitely in progress. I set aside some time a few days a week to read, edit and research. Volume 4 has easily been the toughest one to get a handle on for me. To give you an example, nearly the whole first chapter is taken from A History of American Life by Arthur Schlesinger. What is that? Why would he handwrite them, then type them and years later retype them into Word? I have to keep remembering that this was for himself. Outside of the family, I doubt anyone else knew he was doing this. This is how he taught himself not just history but I'm sure the English language too through the years.

I still think Volume 1 was his completely, as is 90+% of Volume 2. It's funny because I can actually tell what's his and what's not now as I edit. He had a strange habit of overusing certain phrases like "in fact" or "at any rate" or "of course", plus a few more. I would say to myself "Dad, what the hell are you doing? Don't you see that?" It made me wish I was able to say it to him while he was still alive. No joke, I had to edit out probably 100+ of these. I noticed a lot less of these in Volume 3 and even less with this one so far.

So what I'm going to do is put this one together, giving as much credit and acknowledgment as I can, and put it out only mentioning it here to you guys. Then I'm going to go back through the first 3 again and do the same research. I'm debating actually contacting the publishers of anything that isn't public domain to get permission for use. My goal is to totally clear Volume One as original and put it back up for sale. Everything from it will go to my Mom and after she passes, I'll give everything moving forward to charities. Hopefully I can do the same for at least Volume 2 but it doesn't matter, I'm going to keep the rest out there for free with all the credit, acknowledgement and permission that I can get.

I just want to get them all out there. I just hope he doesn't throw another curveball at me with Volume 5.

 

[Bottomfeeder Sports]

I just hope he doesn't throw another curveball at me with Volume 5.

I hope you take this the right way, but I hope he does.

 

[Tom Servo]

I just hope he doesn't throw another curveball at me with Volume 5.

I hope you take this the right way, but I hope he does.