The “Poison Squad” was the nickname of the group of men enlisted by the then Chief Chemist at the US Department of Agriculture to test whether or not certain substances being added to food products were benign, as the producers claimed. However, this book is focused more on Harvey Washington Wiley than on the dozens Read More
Month: April 2025
The Pioneers, by David McCullough
Just from the title, I expected this book to be a more general study of early settlers into the Midwest. The subtitle is “The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West”. However, this book is laser focused on Ohio, and mostly on Marietta. Had I read the dust cover, I would Read More