Chase Alumni Association

 

 

Eric Salat: The Gilded Age (From Amazon: The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is a novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner first published in 1873. It satirizes greed and political corruption in post-Civil War America. Although not one of Twain's best-known works, it has appeared in more than 100 editions since its original publication. The book is remarkable for two reasons—it is the only novel Twain wrote with a collaborator, and its title very quickly became synonymous with graft, materialism, and corruption in public life. The novel gave the era its name: the period of U.S. history from the 1870s to about 1900 is now referred to as the Gilded Age. Although more than a century has passed since its publication, the novel's satirical observations of political and social life in Washington, D.C. are still pertinent.)

 

Bob Mitchell: Taking Manhattan by Russell Shorto – a ‘sequel’ to Shorto's The Island at the Center of the World. The first book was about the Dutch and New Amsterdam. The second one is about the English and the transition from New Amsterdam to New York. There are companion exhibitions at The New York Historical (78th Street and Central Park West).

 

Luis Rojas: I have had the pleasure of going through some great books in the last 18 months. It's been a truly enriching period of learning and reflection for me. Here are three that I would particularly recommend: The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World, by the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson ("a clarion call to end mass incarceration in America"); and Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI, by Ethan Mollick.