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What Are You Reading Now? - My Quarterly Review
4/05/10
| MplsSteve
Posted on 04/05/2010 7:53:56 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: MplsSteve; mac_truck
Just received and started reading James McPherson's "Battle Cry of Freedom" on the recommendation of mac_truck.
After reading through comments on a recent thread regarding the Civil War, I decided that my public school education left me embarrassingly uninformed on the matter and now its my summer project to educate myself.
If anyone else has any more recommendations on Civil War reading, I would appreciate hearing them.
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posted on
04/05/2010 11:44:58 PM PDT
by
voteNRA
(A citizenry armed with rifles simply cannot be tyrannized)
To: MplsSteve
Hello and thanks for asking! I’m reading “Mayflower” by Nathaniel Philbrick who also wrote “In The Heart of the Sea” which made my stomach ache because he describes some atrocious cannibalism that occured back in the day. He does great historical research and brings the early Americans alive. IMO. Thanks for the thread.
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posted on
04/05/2010 11:53:54 PM PDT
by
JouleZ
(You are the company you keep.)
To: MplsSteve
I'm reading Harold Bell Wright's "The Calling of Dan Matthews." It was written in 1909 by an author thought to be the first American writer to become millionnaire-rich solely through popular fiction novels. HBW was very, very popular in the early 1900s, but intellectuals considered his work "trash." HBW ignored his critics, was loved by "the masses," has pretty much always been ignored in university literature classes ... and stated openly and often that his books were nothing more than sermons to spread the word and spirit of Christ.
Ronald Reagan wrote to HBW's family to tell them that one of HBW's books, "That Printer of Udell's," which Reagan read at the age of 9, had a profound influence on his life. I wouldn't be surprised if Clint Eastwood's "preacher" from one of my favorite flicks of all time, "Pale Rider," was at least partly inspired by HBW.
I am enjoying the book immensely.
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posted on
04/06/2010 12:01:24 AM PDT
by
Finny
("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent.)
To: Persevero
I *love* Tim Powers! Have you read “Last Call” or “Expiration Date”? Excellent work.
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posted on
04/06/2010 12:06:06 AM PDT
by
Hetty_Fauxvert
(PETRAEUS IN 2012 ..... PETRAEUS IN 2012 ..... PETRAEUS IN 2012!)
To: MplsSteve
I don’t have any books going at the moment (unusual for me) but Amazon just emailed me that my copy of “Changes” (Harry Dresden series) and “Save the Cat” (a screenwriting book) are on their way. I imagine I’ll devour the Harry Dresden book in 24 - 48 hrs, and then work on the other.
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posted on
04/06/2010 12:14:37 AM PDT
by
Hetty_Fauxvert
(PETRAEUS IN 2012 ..... PETRAEUS IN 2012 ..... PETRAEUS IN 2012!)
To: MplsSteve
To: LexBaird
To: MplsSteve
H.P. Lovecraft - Complete Works
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posted on
04/06/2010 12:55:41 AM PDT
by
TChris
("Hello", the politician lied.)
To: EdReform
I enjoyed David Hackett Fischer's Historians' Fallacies a while ago. I love books like this for some reason. Anything that points out unfounded myths or just plain dumbkopfedness.
To: MplsSteve
If you want to find out what will happen next week, read what I’m reading....The Holy Bible.
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posted on
04/06/2010 1:12:58 AM PDT
by
SentForth5
(Just sayin' is all...)
To: MplsSteve
C. J. Box's Nowhere to Run comes out today. I don't want to spoil anything, but it's possible a couple of characters might be trying to go Galt . . . or are they? I'm not sure this writer is all that conservative. See what you think.
To: Pelham
See: http://www.appleseedinfo.org/
An IIT is an Appleseed instructor in training (or “orange hat”). When a person completes the training program they become an instructor (”red hat”).
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posted on
04/06/2010 6:18:07 AM PDT
by
EdReform
(Oath Keepers - Guardians of the Republic - Honor your oath - Join us: www.oathkeepers.org)
To: MplsSteve
Still on Atlas Shrugged. Up to page 453
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posted on
04/06/2010 6:28:53 AM PDT
by
kanawa
To: MplsSteve
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posted on
04/06/2010 6:54:51 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: MplsSteve
Blood Brother by Elliot Arnold....an old western about the Arizona Territory....1850s-60s...detailed historical novel
Daring Young Men by Richard Reeves...an account of the Berlin Airlift...lots of anecdotes and data about the operation...a little repetitive but certainly worth reading so we don't forget this first battle of the Cold war.
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:24:10 AM PDT
by
Molly Pitcher
(We are Americans...the sons and daughters of liberty...*.from FReeper the Real fifi*))
To: MplsSteve
Lilith by George MacDonald
To: CondiArmy
Two books I could not force myself to finish. Goodness knows I tried. (Dune and Atlas Shrugged)
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posted on
04/06/2010 9:51:37 PM PDT
by
Persevero
(Ask yourself: "What does the Left want me to do?" Then go do the opposite.)
To: firebrand; MrsPatriot
I really liked “Heat” but got tired of it towards the end. Also how did this man fund all this free labor? Trust fund baby?
I wonder how you liked “Last of the Mohicans,” I had such high hopes. I sort of liked it, and thought I needed to read all the Leatherstocking tales - so I did, and it ended up being a Big Nothing. Sort of the 1800s meandering almost Dickensian no real conclusion thing.
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posted on
04/06/2010 9:54:52 PM PDT
by
Persevero
(Ask yourself: "What does the Left want me to do?" Then go do the opposite.)
To: fkabuckeyesrule; ClarenceThomasfan
Just a note to agree with you, Clarence Thomas’ book is well worth reading and will be an important historical reference in the future in my opinion.
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posted on
04/06/2010 9:58:07 PM PDT
by
Persevero
(Ask yourself: "What does the Left want me to do?" Then go do the opposite.)
To: Hetty_Fauxvert
“I *love* Tim Powers! Have you read Last Call or Expiration Date? Excellent work.”
No, this is my first Tim Powers. But he is on my list and I do plan to read more. He is a smart writer.
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posted on
04/06/2010 10:01:54 PM PDT
by
Persevero
(Ask yourself: "What does the Left want me to do?" Then go do the opposite.)
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