A Treasury of Great American Scandals

 Book 58 of my 2022 Reading Challenge

A Treasury of Great American Scandals: Tantalizing True Tales of Historic Misbehavior by the Founding Fathers and Others Who Let Freedom Swing

by Michael Farquhar

3 stars

This is a lighthearted look at the humanness of historical figures.  He specifically mentions he focuses on individuals, not institutions, and leaves the heavy-hitting misbehavior to those writers who will give it the weight it deserves.  He also notes a conscious choice to not write about anything past 1980 to give history a chance to reflect (this book was written in 2003).

This was a quick way to pass some time and I'd read his other book (A Treasury of Royal Scandals) if I came across it.