Title: Wonderful: But Narration Can Annoy.
Product review: This is an exceptional book. A brilliant approach to a neglected era in American history. This book is a vital portrait of a living body: the House of Representatives as it was before the Civil War. Its quasi-protagonists, Theodore Weld and John Quincy Adams are drawn boldly and vividly. However, I have to say that I found Miller's constant asides somewhat grating after a while. I began to wish that he had used more quotes from the participants and let them speak for themselves. Some of the moral conclusions he draws are overly simplistic and too-broadly-drawn. But all in all this is a tremendous, tremendous book, inspiring and educational and altogether fascinating.
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