[Corin Stormhands]

Okay, Corin needs some specific reading recommendations for the beach week. I'll be finishing up The Hitchhiker's Guide before I go.

What I currently have to take with me:

• The Bible ~prolly won't get the whole thing read in a week...
• Deliver Us From Evil ~ Sean Hannity
• The Chronicles of Amber
• One Minute Millionaire~Mark Victor Hansen and Robert G. Allen

It's pretty ambitious to think I'll get through all of that, but I want them with me.

What I'm missing is history. I usually either go for biography or good historical fiction that captures the particular time period. That's a pretty wide area, but any suggestions?

[RMDupree]

How about that book Newt Gingrich wrote? Gettysberg?

I've only heard great thing about that one and its sequel Grant Comes East.

Historical fiction.

[Fedora]

What period/s of history interests you?

[Fedora]

Ooh, ooh, Mr. Kotter, I just had an idea for a biography:

Ronald Reagan :)

[RosieCotton]

Historical fiction isn't something I read much...I still haven't recovered from my dislike of history as a school subject. I should get past that...

This isn't really fiction...but I know my siblings thought the memoirs of Joseph Plum Martin were fascinating. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and wrote about it afterwards. It's probably not completely accurate since it was so many years later...so maybe it qualifies? I haven't read it, but it's called Private Yankee Doodle.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

good historical fiction that captures the particular time period

I'm sure Rose and Alkhin would recommend the Aubrey & Maturin books by Patrick O'Brian, aka the "Master and Commander" series. The first book is actually titled "Master and Commander".

[JenB]

Have you read the John Adams bio that came out a few years back? I really enjoyed that.

Hullo all. I have strep throat officially now. So I get medicine, yay!! And I came home. I'm in bed for the rest of the afternoon. Right now I'm making pretty labels for my cds...

[g'nad]

A fellow named Sear wrote a great book called Gettysgurg...

a little off topic, but Heinlein's Starship Trooper is a must read... short, easy read... profound...

[g'nad]

take 2:

A fellow named Sear wrote a great book called Gettysburg...

a little off topic, but Heinlein's Starship Trooper is a must read... short, easy read... profound...

[ksen]

What I'm missing is history. I usually either go for biography or good historical fiction that captures the particular time period. That's a pretty wide area, but any suggestions?

Manchester's biography of General MacArthur was good.