A book I've recently finished is I'm the Teacher, You're the Student by Patrick Allitt who is a professor of history at Emory University in Georgia. I got this book because I saw that Dr. Allitt had been a guest on the Phyllis Schlafly radio show. I don't normally listen to radio much, but downloaded this program. I've enjoyed lectures of Dr. Allitt from the History of the US DVD set from The Teaching Company. He teaches the final third of the course. I've put post-it notes in several places of I'm the Teacher, You're the Student and so I hope that in a few days perhaps I can tell more, but I was impressed by the high standards he holds for his students, his love of teaching, and his love of history.

Two other books I'm reading but haven't finished yet are The Americans: The Colonial Experience by Daniel Boorstin (former head librarian of The Library of Congress) and Habits of the Mind: Intellectual Life as a Christian Calling by James Sire. The Americans is actually a trilogy, and I've already read the second in the series The National Experience. Boorstin tends to focus on the history of the common man and common events rather than the major events. Because of my interest in genealogy and also the fact that my ancestors were not among those famous people written about in most books, I find it fascinating to think about the ancestors I know of in various locations living in the situations and circumstances he describes.