Our non-fiction selection for September is actually a book I own, but haven't finished yet (because I am waaaaay behind on my reading and writing, and I hold John McCain, Barack Obama and the year 2008 directly responsible). It is My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams. One brief sampling, from Abigail to John in September of 1777:
I immagine before this reaches you some very important Event must take place betwen the two Armies. Affairs on all Sides seem to be workd up to a crissis. How is putting his whole force in action and seems determined to drive or be driven.
I feel in a most painfull situration between hope and fear. There must be fighting, and very Bloody Battle too I apprehend. O! how my Heart Recoils at the Idea. Why is Man calld Humane when he delights so much in Blood slaughter and devastation; even those who are stiled civilizd Nations think this little spot worth contending for, even to Blood.
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