American Origin Stories with Matthew Cooke artwork

Minisode 17: Charles Dickens on the Perversion of the U.S. House of Representatives

American Origin Stories with Matthew Cooke

English - January 30, 2023 16:00 - 4 minutes - 2.88 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
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Charles Dickens describes the utter insanity of the US House of Representatives just prior to the US civil war in this rivetting reading of an excerpt from Jill Lepore's "These Truths" - my top recommendation for a general US history book.