The General and Julia is a wonderful novel, delving deeply into the final days of Ulysses S. Grant. Not many know this, but at the end of his life, Grant was financially destitute and in a race to write his memoirs before his death. He knew that if he wrote his memoirs and did it well, it would leave his family financially stable. His love for his wife and children knew no bounds, and his race was born of love. Like Grant Jon Clinch is a wonderful writer, and if you like this, and you will, check out Finn and Marley too (both amazing - both Clinch historical novels). For our bookstore this week, we talk to an old friend who has taken two independent bookstore road trips. What’s an independent bookstore road trip? Tune in and find out.

Books mentioned in this week’s episode:

The General and Julia by Jon Clinch

Marley by Jon Clinch

Finn by Jon Clinch

The Thief of Auschwitz by Jon Clinch

Kings of the Earth by Jon Clinch

Grant by Ron Chernow

Personal Memoirs of US Grant by Ulysses S. Grant edited by John F. Marszalek

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The Trackers by Charles Frazier

Nightwoods by Charles Frazier

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

Absalom, Absalom! By William Faulkner

Grendel by John Gardner

Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott

How to Protect Bookstores and Why: The Present and Future of Bookselling by Danny Cain

The World Below the Brine by Walt Whitman


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