In your list of what you had coming up you didn't mention that you were going to be on Sunday Morning. I assume the interview was longer than what they showed this morning. Still cool to see you.
I have been to Boston just once. We were on a baseball trip. We did have a day to walk around but you can't take in everything in one day. Fenway Park was the big attraction of course. If I could go back in time I would go back to when Babe Ruth played for the Red Sox. He wasn't the big home run hitter at the time. He was primarily a pitcher and a great one. I think I would like to go to Chicago after the city was rebuilt after the great fire. Side note the same day of the Chicago Fire there was a giant forest fire in Peshtago Wis. I think it killed more people than the Chicago Fire.
I find it interesting to learn about the daily lives of those that came before. I love old maps for that reason, and the details you point out are very much appreciated.
When would I go, if I could time travel? There are so many eras I’d like to observe. I’m not sure I can pick one. I think top of my list would be Ford’s theater April 14, 1865. Not to observe, but to stop Booth. I’ve always wanted to know what reconstruction might’ve been had Lincoln lived.
When the Back Bay was still water. I love reading a good map too, and it was neat to mentally overlay my adventures in Boston in my 20s on this map. Thank you for sharing this.
Following my previous comment, do you have recommendations to non fiction books that are doing a good job describing ordinary life at the end of the 18th century and early 19th century?
Something like the Oxford history books that i enjoyed reading.
What a fun post! I love the idea of wondering around in the Adams' places. :)
In your list of what you had coming up you didn't mention that you were going to be on Sunday Morning. I assume the interview was longer than what they showed this morning. Still cool to see you.
I have been to Boston just once. We were on a baseball trip. We did have a day to walk around but you can't take in everything in one day. Fenway Park was the big attraction of course. If I could go back in time I would go back to when Babe Ruth played for the Red Sox. He wasn't the big home run hitter at the time. He was primarily a pitcher and a great one. I think I would like to go to Chicago after the city was rebuilt after the great fire. Side note the same day of the Chicago Fire there was a giant forest fire in Peshtago Wis. I think it killed more people than the Chicago Fire.
How about wandering around NYC in 1790, checking out GW's new administration and joining that famous dinner in the room where it happened?
I find it interesting to learn about the daily lives of those that came before. I love old maps for that reason, and the details you point out are very much appreciated.
When would I go, if I could time travel? There are so many eras I’d like to observe. I’m not sure I can pick one. I think top of my list would be Ford’s theater April 14, 1865. Not to observe, but to stop Booth. I’ve always wanted to know what reconstruction might’ve been had Lincoln lived.
Loved it, thank you.
When the Back Bay was still water. I love reading a good map too, and it was neat to mentally overlay my adventures in Boston in my 20s on this map. Thank you for sharing this.
Following my previous comment, do you have recommendations to non fiction books that are doing a good job describing ordinary life at the end of the 18th century and early 19th century?
Something like the Oxford history books that i enjoyed reading.
Thanks a lot again