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Good for you glad to hear someone cracks a book. A great book to read is {A Nation In Torment by Edward Robb Ellis} it's a in depth chronicle of the Great Depression.
We are very poor in this country to take heed of the lessons that history has to teach us. Interestingly, it is the polar opposite of that in the U.K. where history is celebrated, remembered and taught either formally or in passing conversations.More than likely not. Right now is a good time for people to improve their reading skills and collect some knowledge by reading a book, Oh damn I forgot no one buy's books anymore
or cares about history and the like. I guess that was just a silly idea.
I can't tolerate Bill O'Reily, however you are the second person in my circle that I have heard speak highly of his work. I will have to check it out.The last series I read was bill o'Reilly's killing series pretty good stuff if your looking into history I mostly read history or current industry information and process
Personally I liked it cause it's very detailed and it's not really political or didn't seem to be to me killing Patton's was probably my favorite so farI can't tolerate Bill O'Reily, however you are the second person in my circle that I have heard speak highly of his work. I will have to check it out.
My bible-American Truck Spotters Guide 1920 to 1970 by Tad Burness, Mine is in tatters, hard to find book around here but it has damn near everything from A to Z.
Thanks, but I mostly Ebooks read on a Kindle, the fonts in real books are becoming a problem. And shipping to South Africa is going to be more expensive than the books.A quick check showed ABEBooks has several used copies under $10. I use ABEBooks for many old, out of print, or expensive books. I haven't bought one yet with the words read off the pages.
Speaking of reading books, anybody know authors that have yellow iron as a theme ? My normal diet of SCIFI/steam punk/diesel punk books is exhausted and the modern authors are a bit too politically correct for my taste.
I have some colorful opinions of how things are presently, however Digger would have me shipped to a small deserted island south of Tahiti somewhere if I were to start down that road. I agree with you history is a clear eyed judge without emotion and will pass judgement in 50 years or so... I'll be crowding 120 or so... hopefully I can hang on to read the book! LOL!Personally I liked it cause it's very detailed and it's not really political or didn't seem to be to me killing Patton's was probably my favorite so far
It will be interesting how 50 years from now there will be books written about right now without all the political emotion and with the benefit of facts and hindsight makes you wonder what we think of ourselves versus how history will judge right now
I met Pat McManus about 1982. Start with a "Fine and Pleasant Misery and other stories" He was the Benchly of the outdoors. Just hysterical!If you want to laugh till you hurt, most anything by Patrick McManus is a good choice. He was a humor columnist for Outdoor Life and Field and Stream but also wrote several books.
I guess I'm a bit against the grain then, I'm probably one of the younger in this group (32) but I'm an avid reader.More than likely not. Right now is a good time for people to improve their reading skills and collect some knowledge by reading a book, Oh damn I forgot no one buy's books anymore
or cares about history and the like. I guess that was just a silly idea.