Reading
What I'm reading. Click a title to see my notes and review. Jump to my to-read list.
I loved The Power Broker. I listened to it on Audible (fuck Amazon). It’s a long book, and it took me a couple months to get through, but I listened every chance I got. It’s intense and action packed, despite mostly detailing desk job exploits. I fini…
To read
Smedley Butler and the Gangsters of Capitalism Jonathan M. Katzrecomendation from a friend. going to read after Palo Alto
Imperial San Francisco Gray BrechinDuh. Meant to read this before Palo Alto, but I couldn’t resist starting Palo Alto while on the Zephyr after hearing all my friends rave about it.
Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States Kenneth T. JacksonMentioned in Palo Alto, and by many friends. Feels like a must read
The Octopus Frank NorrisMentioned in Palo Alto, a satire about the Associates (incl Leland Standford) Southern Pacific and its iron grip on everything in California, the origin of the octupus with tentacles graphic to depict control or monopoly.1
Though this is now often used as an antisemetic trope ↩︎
Mentioned in Palo Alto. Want to learn more about the indigenous genocide in California.