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Join us for a history book club. Whether you’re a history buff or just interested in the conversation, come share your perspective.
For each monthly meet-up, we'll discuss the selected book over drinks and/or food. If you didn't have time to read the book in its entirety, or at all, you're still welcome to join. Each event description will include a lecture by the author, interview, or book preview to give you good context.
Upcoming events (2)
See all- Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German EmpireOdell Brewing Co., Denver, CO
For this meeting, we'll be discussing Katja Hoyer’s Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918.
The book is 255 pages long. The audiobook version is 8 hours.
If you don't think you'll have time to read the book, but still want to join the discussion, you can watch this interview with the author where she talks about the book.
Book Description
Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable task at hand. How would he bring thirty-nine individual states under the yoke of a single Kaiser, convincing proud Prussians, Bavarians and Rhinelanders to become Germans? Once united, could the young European nation wield enough power to rival the empires of Britain and France – all without destroying itself in the process?
In a unique study of five decades that changed the course of modern history, Katja Hoyer tells the story of the German Empire from its violent beginnings to its calamitous defeat in the First World War. It is a dramatic tale of national self-discovery, social upheaval and realpolitik that ended, as it started, in blood and iron.
- Murdering McKinley: The Making of Theodore Roosevelt's AmericaOdell Brewing Co., Denver, CO
For this meeting of the Mile High History Book Club, we'll be reading and discussing Eric Raunchway's Murdering McKinley: The Making of Theodore Roosevelt's America, a gripping exploration of how an assassin’s bullet ended one era of American politics and ushered in the modern age under Theodore Roosevelt.
The book is around 270 pages long.
If you don't think you'll have time to read the book, but still want to join the discussion, or if you're trying to decide whether you want to commit to reading this book, you can listen to this interview with the author.
Book Description
When President William McKinley was shot by an anarchist in 1901, Americans were forced to confront a new world of political radicalism, rapid industrialization, and an uncertain future. In Murdering McKinley, historian Eric Rauchway explores not only the assassination but also the social and political upheaval it reflected.
Through the lens of the investigation and the rise of Theodore Roosevelt, the book examines how the tragedy reshaped the presidency, the nation’s understanding of justice, and the direction of the 20th century. It’s a compelling narrative of a nation at a turning point, told with insight and urgency.
