A review by donnapunkin
A Confederacy of Dumptys: Portraits of American Scoundrels in Verse by John Lithgow

4.0

It only took me one day to read it, but I procrastinated in starting. It was a great introduction to some of the seamier people in U.S. history, but the last chapters focused on the modern Republicans. I liked the book, but I really wished they'd have stayed with the historical approach, maybe stopping with Gingrich, who was the Speaker of the House in the 1990s. Reagan and Gingrich were the real progenitors of the modern GOP. What we have now is a logical extension of their policies. Then again, someone who is tired of hearing about Trump probably shouldn't have picked up a book with "Dumpty" in the title, especially one written by the brilliant John Lithgow.