Maggie's Farm

From a reader:

 Today's WSJ has a book review by Fergus Bordewich about a new biography of Thaddeus Stevens.  Stevens is my personal hero.  The book review tells you why. Here's a shout-out for a book written by the reviewer, Congress at War, which changed my whole view of Civil War politics.  A rip-roaring read. 

Bordewich's other book, The First Congress, is another page-turner and an eye-opener.  For example, the so-called First Amendment was not given pride of place because it was viewed as the most important.  Instead, the First Amendment, as originally drafted, failed to pass so this one was swapped in at the last minute.

I also am a member of the Thaddeus Stevens Society, which I heartily recommend.  It sponsors very interesting periodic ZOOM lectures and is raising money to save Stevens' house in Lancaster, PA.