I’m not sure how it hove into view originally, except that James Devine’s The Nixon Challenge is alternate history and I’m into that sort of thing. The basic premise is that a dramatic event between Election Day 1960 and Inauguration Day 1961 convinces Richard Nixon that he should, indeed, contest election results in several important states. The book is essentially an examination of Constitutional law as it refers to Presidential succession (with a certain amount of matter-of-fact observing that Kennedy-Johnson flat-out stole the election in the first place), but it’s done so in a lively style and narrative. I found it entertaining and informative; you might do likewise.
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Tag: the shepherd’s crown
Book of the Week… is still “The Shepherd’s Crown,” yes.
I should have mentioned this earlier, sorry. I couldn’t think of a book that I wanted to have up there this week more than The Shepherd’s Crown, also sorry. …And I’m sorry a third time, because I’m not really all that sorry at all.
Book of the Week: “The Shepherd’s Crown.”
The Shepherd’s Crown is the last Discworld novel. To mangle Sir Terry himself: it is impossible for you to have gotten this far and not understand what that means.
And so, adieu to The Bunker