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Bobbie Calhoun's avatar

Thanks for sharing this Amy! I’ve loved McCullough’s books for a long time. I had a similarly excellent experience at Rutgers many years ago when Gloria Steinem was our instructor for a Women’s Studies class I was in… when word got out, it was standing-room only. We have so much to learn from the giants.

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Amy Wang's avatar

Wow! What an experience that must have been. Thanks for reading.

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Martha Ullman West's avatar

This is really lovely Amy, how very lucky you were. The first book by McCullough that I read, long after I was a college student, was Mornings on Horseback, recommended by our pediatrician for the description of Teddy Roosevelt's asthma treatments, pre-modern pharmacology. Thank you for this memoir and tribute.

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Amy Wang's avatar

Thank you, Martha. "Mornings on Horseback" was part of the syllabus, too, if I recall correctly. Anyway, I still have my copy.

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Martha Ullman West's avatar

Wish I had mine! What I do have is the rich The Greater Journey, about 19th century and early 20th century American students and artists in Paris, including medical students--very interesting indeed and you must know it of course.

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