[Tanniker Smith]

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[Chickensoup]

Stoner was very good. Never heard of it. Glad I read it. On the par with My Antonia.

[Montana_Sam]

Currently reading several: The Wit and Wisdom of Father George Rutler - Fr. Rutler is a bit of a Renaissance man, with a broad range of interests and a lively mind.

The Frontiersman, by Allan W. Eckert - my third or fourth reading of it since the mid-70's. It's a biographical novel, and deeply spell-binding in its relating of the early settlement of the Ohio Valley. Two historical luminaries are the central figures: Simon Kenton, a peer of Daniel Boone, and Tecumseh, a remarkable man for his situation. The book is based on journals and diaries. Brings that era to life.

Heretics, by G.K. Chesterton. Chesterton is always a delight.

[texas booster]

Went through many history books - How the West was Lost, Sabotai, Rubicon and some other excellent Roman histories - a lot of the books that Dan Carlin, a history podcaster, uses as his source material. Required that I pay attention.

Now that tax season is upon us, I have switched to old science fiction by LE Modesitt Jr, McDeavitt and Robert Charles Wilson. Most anything that I can find in a used book store for cheap.

Mindless reading that I can pick up and put down in five minute segments, but before the progs ruined modern sci fi.

I think I will pick up The Four Pillars of Investing. Good suggestion.

[abb]

Bay of the North: The Struggle for Control of Hudson Bay 1686-1713 by Edward W. Nuffield. 1998

Interesting account of the intermittent war between France and England over control of the lucrative fur trade in North America. We forget just how important that business was in world affairs then.