I read this as a teenager. I don't remember the story. I do remember telling my parents the book was really good and giving it to them to read. I remember taking off later to go babysitting. When I got home late at night I was greeted with my dad saying, "She finished the book!" and my mom laughing.

Great memories.

Reading this book again I'm reminded why my mother read it so fast and I can't remember the story. There's a lot of skimmable content. And the footnotes! It's been so long since I've read something with so many footnotes. I remember footnotes being a thing way back when.

Other than the overload of information, I had a good time reading this. It's always interesting to see how much writing has changed in the last 40 years. Now let's see what else I can dig up!