David McCullough Readalong Announcement & Book Giveaway

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Ай бұрын

This is the official announcement video for the new David McCullough Readalong. It starts in August 2024.
Co-host - Erion ‪@BookZealots‬
There are twelve books and the plan is to read them in the order of publication from 1968 through 2019.
All books are scheduled for either one or two months. Books over 500 pages are scheduled for two months.
There is a scheduled break-month (or two) between every few volumes. This will give people a rest from McCullough or give slow readers an opportunity to catch up.
The schedule is posted as a PDF download on my blog: lindajomartin.com
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BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO
All are by David McCullough.
The Johnstown Flood: The Incredible Story Behind One of the Most Devastating Disasters America Has Ever Known
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
Mornings on Horseback
Brave Companions: Portraits in History
Truman
John Adams
Optional: The Course of Human Events (lecture)
1776
Optional: Collecting History (collection of source documents)
Optional: In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story (speech/story)
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris
The Wright Brothers
The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For (speeches)
The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
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Connections
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My Word of the Month
Persevere
Bible Verse of the Month
"My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” - (2 Corinthians 12:8 NLT)

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@EFergDindrane Ай бұрын

Fascinating! I'm in!

@Eldertalk Ай бұрын

Great, I look forward to reading with you!

@PrevailingFreedom 7 күн бұрын

I’ve read McCullough’s book “Pioneers” and thought it was really well done. So the other day I bought Truman and The Wright Brothers. Besides those and 1776 which I’ve been meaning to read for a while, I’d love to read about the building of the Brooklyn Bridge! Architectural masonry is one of my favorite topics. I’d love to be included in the giveaway if still possible. Thanks and God bless!

@Eldertalk 7 күн бұрын

Great - I'll be doing the drawing in a few days!

@JamesRuchala Ай бұрын

Sounds like fun. I might join for some of them. John Adams is tempting

@Eldertalk Ай бұрын

Erion really liked that John Adams book. I just want to read them all. So far I've read The Pioneers, The Johnstown Flood, and 1776.

@angieandthegreatworld Ай бұрын

I’ve wanted to read David McCullough but haven’t yet. I’d like to join you for at least a couple of reads.

@Eldertalk Ай бұрын

I hope you'll read some books with us. He's a good historian and I've been amazed at how much I didn't know before - especially in reading 1776!

@user-iz6cc6lz3j-Vickie Ай бұрын

Fantastic read along. I have 4 of his books. I haven’t started any yet. I will be on the hunt for the rest. I would love to be put in the drawing for the book. It’s one that I don’t have.

@Eldertalk Ай бұрын

Wonderful, so glad to have you reading with us. Good luck on the drawing. I think I'll wait at least a week, maybe two, until the drawing.

@billruttenberg Ай бұрын

Hey Linda! This is a great idea for a read along. I have been doing a bit of it myself on my own. So I have some of these already read but I want to read along for a few of them that I haven’t read. I would like to be put in the drawing for the book on the Brooklyn Bridge. Thanks for doing this.

@Eldertalk Ай бұрын

I would love for you to read some of the books with us. Maybe we'll get some good history insights from you!

@billruttenberg 25 күн бұрын

@@Eldertalk Thanks Linda. I plan on joining. As a matter of fact, I bought the book on the Brooklyn Bridge this week at Half Price Books. So I am ready to go for the read-a-thon! Have you decided on a Voxer or Discord??

@Eldertalk 25 күн бұрын

@@billruttenberg ... it will be Voxer. If you have the bridge book already should I drop you from the giveaway drawing?

@billruttenberg 22 күн бұрын

@@Eldertalk Yes, Linda, take my name out of the drawing. I didn't have it at the time I put in for the drawing, but I don't need it now. Thank you.

@faithbooks7906 Ай бұрын

I would like to join in with the books I have not read yet (though I would like to read 1776 which was the first book I ever read by him and have been wanting to revisit it). For The Great Bridge, I probably won't be able to start reading until the end of September but maybe I can just read more intensely in October. I am going to go over and look at your blog. This is a great read along idea! And I would like to enter for the giveaway!

@Eldertalk Ай бұрын

That would be great for you to read along with all the books you haven't read yet - that's the most I could expect anyhow... and we just had a good buddy read of the Johnstown Flood book last year. I think I'll reread parts of it in August; just like visiting an old friend I guess... though it is a traumatizing topic! About the giveaway, I'll wait a week or two then have a drawing during a video.

@Eden-Restored Ай бұрын

Sounds like a great project. I hope it goes well for you. I didn’t know you had a blog. 😊

@Eldertalk Ай бұрын

Yes, I've been blogging a long time - about 24 years now! Long story there. I could write a memoir just about blogging!

@Eden-Restored Ай бұрын

@@Eldertalk it’s something I’ve just become interested in lately. 😊

@Eldertalk Ай бұрын

"My Life as a Blogger, 2000-20??" - sound like a good title? Well, maybe a working title. But first I have to write a memoir about my forest fire experience.

@Eden-Restored Ай бұрын

@@Eldertalk yep good title 👍

@Littlebiglibrary Ай бұрын

I've always wanted to start a journal or a blog. I keep thinking that I'm too old to start but I keep getting older as I debate it. I remember starting a journal on my 22nd birthday but stopped after a few days. I wished I had kept doing it. Ahhh, regrets of my Life

@kwonset 20 күн бұрын

i'm going to do my best to read along with you!! if you haven't finished the giveaway, please include me.

@Eldertalk 20 күн бұрын

Wonderful, I'm glad you'll be reading with us and I'll add you to the drawing for the book.

@BookZealots Ай бұрын

Thank you for asking me to cohost Linda. I'm super excited about this readalong. Do you think Voxer would be a good place to have book discussions?

@Eldertalk Ай бұрын

Yes, I like Voxer. It is all one fluid conversation without archives. That's fine with me. If we want anything kept for posterity we can make videos about it. I'm not as fond of Discord because of the silly creatures!! And I'm only now trying to get used to using it.

@BookZealots Ай бұрын

@@Eldertalk I feel the same about discord. Plus, I always have technical problems with that platform. I don't know why. I like the recording aspect of voxer too for people who prefer to record their message.

@Eldertalk Ай бұрын

@@BookZealots Okay then, Voxer it is. A lot of people don't like Goodreads as much as I do, and there's no voice messaging there.

@BookZealots Ай бұрын

@@Eldertalk I wonder if they don't like Goodreads because it's owned by amazon?

@Eldertalk 15 сағат бұрын

@@BookZealots Please send me your Voxer username so I can start the group. If you want privacy here is my email address: lindajm@gmail.com

@Littlebiglibrary Ай бұрын

This is a great idea. But I might participate in certain reads but I know I won't be able to complete the whole series. That being said Please enter my name for the giveaway. A really nice video. Thank you -James

@Eldertalk Ай бұрын

I know most people won't want to read all the books, but feel free to join in with whatever books are calling to you, when we get to them. And I know you just read 1776!

@Littlebiglibrary Ай бұрын

I also would love to read the one on the Panama Canal. My wife bought me a pack of photos from an auction and it has original pictures of the marking of the Panama Canal. It shows them removing graves from a cemetery

@Eldertalk Ай бұрын

Wow, they robbed graves and photographed it? Well, just goes to show how strange some people are. I've never been in favor of moving graves, but that's another long involved story, maybe for another time.

@Littlebiglibrary Ай бұрын

I believe that they were relocating the graves to another cemetery. The graves were probably in the direct path of the area where the canal was to dug. Funny thing is that the graves were of Chinese people. I wonder what Chinese people were doing in that area so many years ago?

@Eldertalk Ай бұрын

@@Littlebiglibrary - That surprises me, that they were Chinese people! Not because they were there (they've been in California since the Gold Rush or earlier) but because they left graves there! When I first moved to the small mountain town I live in here in California near the Oregon border, I knew there had been a large Chinese population in this town at one time. They moved out around 1910-1920. I asked someone where the Chinese cemetery was and learned that they had the habit of digging up the bones and transporting them back to China for reburial in their native land!