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I’m listening to Travels with George wherein historian Nathaniel Philbrick follows Washington’s travels through the US early in his presidency. He’s got interesting things to say about Washington, but he’s no travel writer; the personal element is tedious. He’s no Steinbeck. Moreover, it’s read by the author; I usually avoid these but my library didn’t have the ebook. Typically, he does himself no favors; narration is a skill. He wouldn’t hand his research to Grover Gardner and tell him to write the book. And mispronunciations grate, especially Piscataqua which was repeated many times. Find out if you don’t know!
I finished Is He Popenjoy?, rather mediocre Trollope but held my interest. Nigel Patterson does a good job with the narration.
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