Crestfallen, The House by Robert Remini

I was very disappointed in this work from such a respected historian. Remini is the historian of the Jacksonian era. I loved his biography of Andrew Jackson and have read multi other biographies and other volumes that have flowed from Professor Remini's impressive scholarship. The House was a monumental disappointment. It is definitely aimed at a general readership with little background in American history. It felt that over half of the work was general scholarship to give the reader a background for what little discussion over the personalities and the events that shaped the modern House of Representatives. I was expecting memorable anecdotes and biographical sketches, legislative history and details of events that stemmed from the House that shaped this nation. There was too little of the actual history of the House. It read as if Remini had not formulated an approach to such a huge undertaking, and never did concoct one as he wrote. It is a great book for someone who has no general knowledge of the history of this great nation, for others....look elsewhere.