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| Posted: Fri Jun 5th, 2009 09:22 pm |
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I have not read that Groom book. I have read Robert Remini 's book on Jackson and enjoyed it and years ago in college our text for the Age of Jackson was a book by Wellman about the Age of Jackson. I don't always agree with what Jackson did but the man amazes me at what all he did. I also love the Hermitage. My mother went there in the 1930's . She would talk about it all the time as I was growing up. She had a small match holder that was shaped like a goblet that was carved out of the cedar at the Hermitage. I use to look at it alot on our mantle and wonder about the place. When I started traveling cross country it was one of the places I went. The gentleman in the gift shop told me those were carved by an old man who had been a slave on the plantation from the actual trees there. He said they are valuable collectors items. I have it still but would never get rid of it , it was my mother's prize treasure . I am not giving up on the book. Another friend said he really liked the book . Just not taking it to Kentucky with me. Decided to take my book on the California Column in Arizona to read. Susan
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