Posted on 06/13/2018 11:56:53 AM PDT by MplsSteve
Years ago, I'd post a quarterly thread asking Freepers what they were reading now. I made mention of the fact that I thought Freepers had to have been some of the more well-read people on the 'Net. I have decided to resume that post.
What are you reading? It can be a best seller, a trashy pulp novel, a biography - heck even a technical journal. Just don't answer the post by saying "I'm Reading This Thread". It lost its originality a really long long time ago.
I'll start. I'm reading a classic biography from 1970. It's called "Huey Long" by T Harry Williams. It's a large and very well-documented bio about one of the more controversial figures in American politics. The author did extensive research and it shows in the book. I'd highly recommend it - and I'm only about 1/4 of the way thru it.
Well, what are you reading now?
Thanks for the recommendation. I’m on it.
“Abraham Lincoln: A Life” by Michael Burlingame
Brilliant, exhaustively researched 2 volume biography.
You might want to check out the book in my post 127. Best of luck to you!
Mark Rashid
I wished I could have done the same. They were not mine.
Hundreds of pounds of those things I lugged.
S.C. Gwynne
The Gold of Exodus
Howard Blum
Enemies Foreign and Domestic...
Matt Bracken....( Fellow FReeper...btw )
That’s where I was 2 years ago with my prostate. Clear now without my prostate.
Roger Zelazny’s “Amber” series.
Good one...
The English of 1415 were descended from the Normans of 1066...
Just sayin’...
:)
Leningrad books for class prep for fall class. Russian Civil War and Russo-Polish War books, Learning mind mapping, Honorverse
I usually read history and biographies....but I’m taking a break and reading “Kilrone” by Louis L’Amour.
Dante Purgatory by Anthony Esolen
Forever Summer cookbook by Nigella Lawson
A couple of books, both on WWII in the Pacific.
“The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944”, by Ian Toll, and Hornfischer’s “The Fleet at Flood Tide: America At Total War in the Pacific 1944-45”.
Must reads for those of you who watched Victory At Sea like I did and had no idea where all those battles were taking place.
What’s interesting to me is learning how and why American strategy developed, how the Fast Carrier Task Force became the most potent weapon in the Pacific, why certain islands were chosen to fight over, the role of the B-29 in strategic planning. And all of the personalities of the admirals and generals involved.
And for those looking for a great read, even if you are not all that interested in military history, Hornfischer’s “The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors” is it. The astounding American victory at the Battle Off Samar, which someone ought to turn into a movie.
“If this book is anything close to what I’ve heard, I think Hoover will go down as perhaps the smartest and most underrated U.S. president of all time.”
That wouldn’t surprise me. He gets unfairly blamed for the Great Depression. Hoover had been an immensely successful businessman before entering politics. A mining engineer IIRC.
Mostly.
Hastings appears to be a battle between English Vikings and Norman Vikings.
And it happened after the English Vikings defeated the Danish Vikings.
Hard to keep up with it.
“Bullies” by Ben Shapiro.
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