Created by Ann S.
At the end of a
dead-end dirt road in Thornton is a log cabin set back from the road. The River
Run book group met there on Sunday to discuss Madness, Medicine and Murder. Once again we were a small happy group. Our hostess Carol, invited us into a
wonderful warm sunny home where we enjoyed hors d'oeuvres, wine, a great soup
provided by Kathy - and the smell of flowers from Claire’s garden.
The book for
discussion was Destiny of the Republic, interesting but not one that led to
varied opinions. However, we strongly disagreed with the author’s statement
that Chester Arthur enacted the Civil Service Act changing government
appointments from being gifts to being positions won by merit. Ambassadorships
today are still handed out as gifts – for instance Caroline Kennedy’s current
appointment. Does her background as a
lawyer and sitting on various boards qualify her as ambassador to Japan? (Does
she speak Japanese?)
Our prior
knowledge re President Garfield could be described as limited and some interesting
info re Alexander Graham Bell was new. So, we now know…the original task of the Secret
Service was to stop forgery; and security for U.S. Presidents did not come
until after McKinley’s assassination in 1901; and it was 80 years after
Garfield’s death before the country ratified the 25th amendment re
transfer of power to the vice president.
Thanks Carol –
it was great to see the log cabin again!
May
Meeting: Sunday, May 22
(29th being Memorial Day)
Place:
Judy has
volunteered to host
Book:
The Last Policeman
by Ben Winters
June
Meeting: Sunday, June 19
- Vote to change date was taken/accepted.
(6 of us
will be in Iceland on 25th. The 19th
is Father’s day.)
Book: “Bound for the
Promised Land: Harriet Tubman” by Kate
Larson.
(Kathy
mentioned e-book available on Amazon for 99 cents)
Place:
To be determined.
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