Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2024-10-07
Books mentioned on America's Darkest Secrets | Wright Thompson
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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We Don't Know Ourselves
We Don't Know Ourselves by Fintan O'Toole is a sweeping history of modern Ireland that chronicles the country's profound social, economic, and political transformations over the past several decades.
Recommended“I just read this book I loved called uh that it's just a master piece which is fent no tools we don't know ourselves oh it's a history of modern Ireland”
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We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland
We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland by Fintan O'Toole is a sweeping historical narrative that chronicles the transformation of Ireland from a traditional society into a modern European nation through a personal and cultural lens.
Recommended“Yeah, so like some of that is like, it's just the enjoy—like, I just read this book I loved called—uh, that—it's just a masterpiece, which is 'Fint, No Tools, We Don't Know Ourselves.'”
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The Cost of These Dreams
The Cost of These Dreams by Wright Thompson is a collection of deeply reported sports journalism profiles that explore the obsessions, triumphs, and profound personal sacrifices of prominent athletic figures.
Discussed“man know it's um I was thinking about this though cuz I was writing upstairs uh as I love your book the cost of these dreams”
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Through My Eyes
Discussed“And I think that's true for your book, and like I remember a couple years ago my mother-in-law gave—uh, gave us a kid like Ruby Bridges wrote a—a kids' book, and um she wrote on the inside about how she like, remember, she lived in Louisiana when it happened; she lived like up—she lived in Monroe, I think; anyways, she”
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The End of the Myth
The End of the Myth by Greg Grandin is a historical work that examines the concept of the American frontier, arguing that the idea of endless expansion has historically shaped American politics, identity, and violence.
Discussed“you know I love that Greg grandon book The End Of The Myth but like if there's a you know there's a case to be made that the land where mattil was killed is America was finally settled”
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Empire of cotton
Empire of Cotton by Sven Beckert is a sweeping global history that examines how industrialization and the commodification of cotton laid the economic and structural foundations of modern capitalism.
Recommended“and like you know the degree to which there's a book you should read if you haven't called uh Empire of cotton by Harvard professor at the back I read it twice like I L this is not an exaggeration”
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Three lives for Mississippi
Discussed“I read three lives from Mississippi which Martin Luther King writes a forw to yeah and the author comes off as pretty heroic and decent and not like the southern leers at that time and then in your in your book he's a [ __ ] villain”
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“And he goes, so, um, the—the man and wife who—funny, crazy story—the guy who bought this house, he built this dream house with his wife, and then like a year later he gets hit by a streetcar at the World Fair in Chicago and never like dies; never lives in the house; like, like The Devil in the White City,”