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Posted: Nov 25 2014 at 10:43am | IP Logged Quote SeaStar
We are enjoying the Smithsonian's History of America in 101 Objects book at our house right now.

I saw a copy a the library, and the title made me curious.
It is a thick book and weighs a good bit, but the stories and objects are fascinating. My dc like to flip through it and see what they can recognize. They were thrilled that item #94 is the R2D2 and C3PO costume set from the original Star Wars movie.

I like it because you can open it to any chapter and start reading- you don't have to go in order.

Last night I read about Thomas Jefferson's bible. HOLY COW! I never knew that he made his own. Evidently, he thought Jesus was just a great guy, not divine, and so he clipped and pasted the Jesus stories of his own choosing into a book of his own- the Jesus narratives.

Now I knew that TJ was not a big believer in God, but I did not know it went as far as this... interesting.

Also liked the chapter on the Conestoga Wagon and George Washington's uniform, and his famous portrait.

Thei would make a fun gift for history lovers!

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