Reintroducing David's Book Club
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One of our most popular features at the old FrumForum site was a weekly book review under the heading "David's Bookshelf."
That feature was laid aside when I became consumed by a book project of my own. But that project—a novel—is now all but finished, being proof-read as we speak for publication in late April. Time has opened up to return to the Bookshelf, and maybe to widen it too, with contributions from Noah Kristula-Green and others as well from time to time.
This first entry and the next few will be mine, however. We'll be very interested to see whether the feature works in the Frum site's new home at the Daily Beast. If you like it, please share with friends and encourage them to visit. Your clicks tell us very exactly what you wish to read—and also what you don't.
The first entry, just below, is an assessment of Adam Goodheart's 1861: The Civil War Awakening. Spoiler alert: the book is splendid.
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David Frum
David Frum is a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast and a CNN contributor. He is the author of seven books, including most recently, his first novel Patriots published in April 2012.
David's Book Club
From The Daily Beast
Why Johnny Walked
The jury in the John Edwards campaign-finance trial found him not guilty on one count.
Suspect
Why Hernandez Confessed
NYC Soda Ban
Unhand Our Big Gulps!
Hallucinogenic
Your Brain on 'Bath Salts'
Drawn Out
The Green Lantern Is Gay!
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Reunited After A Massacre
Grab the tissue box. After a father and son were separated by a massacre in a Guatemalan village almost 30 years ago, an investigate report brings them back together. A joint story by 'This American Life,' 'ProPublica,' and the Mexican investigative outfit Fundación MEPI revealed that they had both survived, prompting father Tranquilino Castañeda to board his first plane, head for Newark, and reunite with his son and the grandchildren he never knew he had.
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