Current Reading in February 2021

Currently reading The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway by Doug Most. It is a pretty well written book, moves along nicely and has a good narrative feel to it. I do have my suspicions that the author might be a bit weak on the facts, since I'll already come across a couple of eye-brow raisers. First, the author notes "On January 9, 1863, nine days after Lincoln ended slavery by signing the Emancipation Proclamation...". Of course the Proclamation was signed back the previous September and it didn't end slavery. In another, he notes that the marriage of Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom is "the only wedding that has even been held at the White House". Thirty seconds on the internet will show that there have been eighteen documented weddings held at the White House. It makes one wonder what other facts might be iffy. There are copious end notes so perhaps the author was winging it only on items not directly related to the subject.