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The gaps in my formal education led to more than a few gaps in my tally of the classics. At age 40, I had never read
Madame Bovary. My wife, Polly, rightly insisted that I right this wrong. The book is romantic as hell, and just as tragic.
Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow (2010).
I once accompanied Ron on research expeditions to Princeton and Valley Forge, talking nonstop (mostly me asking him questions and listening). I was relatively new to American history before reading
Washington, at least to the particulars of the first phase of the American experiment under Washington and others. Chernow is a master Âstoryteller â end of story.