Earlier in the week, I read this story, first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1863, with my sixteen-year-old son, and, of all my children, Daniel is the only one who just slowly, at best, warmed up to this longish piece of fiction.
Synopsis: An idealistic protege of Aaron Burr damns his country and his condemned to spend the rest of his life at sea, never hearing or seeing anything about the United States ever again. It spurred a television movie in the 1970's that many people thought was based on a true story (It's not) and sparked an outrage on talk radios the following day.
While Daniel and I read it, we discussed other topics, such as the treason charges against Aaron Burr and post-mortem photography. Mostly, we discussed how the consequences of rash talk or behavior is sometimes only known in the years and decades that follow an impetuous decision.
Give yourself a good hour, at least, to get through this one.
www.bartleby.com/310/6/1.html
Synopsis: An idealistic protege of Aaron Burr damns his country and his condemned to spend the rest of his life at sea, never hearing or seeing anything about the United States ever again. It spurred a television movie in the 1970's that many people thought was based on a true story (It's not) and sparked an outrage on talk radios the following day.
While Daniel and I read it, we discussed other topics, such as the treason charges against Aaron Burr and post-mortem photography. Mostly, we discussed how the consequences of rash talk or behavior is sometimes only known in the years and decades that follow an impetuous decision.
Give yourself a good hour, at least, to get through this one.
www.bartleby.com/310/6/1.html
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