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 Posted: Mon Apr 14th, 2008 06:21 pm
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Mana: 
 Rob I bought the tape of the Adams book when I was at the Adams National Park headquarters.  Then I listened to it while I was traveling around the historical sites of Boston and out into the hinterlands of Lexington and Concord.  Made the book much more meaningful than sitting here in Southern California  so far from the battles.

I have done the same thing with several other historical fiction Cold Mountain , Citizen Washington and Killer Angels.  I was one who had never read Killer Angels when it was being praised as leading people to the Civil War.  

When I do long trips by myself I have several books on tape (cds now) to take with me.  I stop at various outlets and buy them at very cheap prices. 

I also won at a raffle Shelby Foote reading parts of his trilogy.

Maybe listening to the Adams book would get you though it .

Susan