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A Patriot's History of the United States . . . Finally, On Sale Today!
Penguin/Sentinel and Amazon.com ^ | 12/29/04 | LS

Posted on 12/29/2004 5:39:25 AM PST by LS

Edited on 12/29/2004 8:20:02 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

This is it, Freepers! A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus' Great Discovery to the War on Terror goes on sale today!

Freepers, if you love history, and, more important, if you think that there has been a void in the telling of America's REAL history, this book is for you.

Thanks to you several Freepers who have read and commented on parts of this book. It is already the winner of February's Lysander Spooner Award for literature that advances the cause of liberty, and we are in talks with Fox and other outlets for a media blitz to take place during the official "roll out" in the second week of January. Meanwhile, if you are returning Christmas gifts and didn't get that "stocking stuffer," by all means, this is it!

I'll be happy to autograph copies if any Freeper wants to send me their copy, tell me to whom they want it inscribed or what they want it to say, and provide a postage-paid return envelope!

Thanks.


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To: LS

Go Larry! Go Larry! Go Larry!

Good luck, sir. Keep up the good work!

Chris


41 posted on 12/29/2004 8:07:17 AM PST by writer33 (The U.S. Constitution defines a conservative.)
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To: risk

"Y'all should make a club or something."

Starting a club might be a little risky. :)


42 posted on 12/29/2004 8:08:07 AM PST by writer33 (The U.S. Constitution defines a conservative.)
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To: LS
I have it on order; I think I'll get it in February, when another book is released. (Free shipping!)

Dan
Biblical Christianity BLOG

43 posted on 12/29/2004 8:09:57 AM PST by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: LS

Wonderful news; will put it on my gift list.


44 posted on 12/29/2004 8:10:01 AM PST by Peach
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To: LS

Congratulations! BUMP!


45 posted on 12/29/2004 8:11:57 AM PST by MEG33 (...GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: suijuris
The snow is receding, but I still only have half my driveway opened up. Maybe it will melt tomorrow.

I can't say if the bookstores actually have it IN today---hoping they do---but Amazon gives a 10% discount (it's a good deal) and they deliver pretty quickly. If you get a copy, I'll autograph it if you want to send it to me with return postage.

46 posted on 12/29/2004 8:17:14 AM PST by LS
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To: Bahbah

I'll autograph it if you want to send it to me with a postage-paid return envelope.


47 posted on 12/29/2004 8:17:52 AM PST by LS
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To: LS

800 pages! Wowser! Seriously, congrats for the Spooner Award, and best wishes for success.


48 posted on 12/29/2004 8:19:21 AM PST by NautiNurse
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To: BibChr

Good plan!


49 posted on 12/29/2004 8:19:31 AM PST by LS
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To: LS

BTT


50 posted on 12/29/2004 8:20:33 AM PST by MattinNJ (Only Arnold would have the stones to say Nixon was the reason he was a Republican.)
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To: NautiNurse

Heheheh. We had to cut something like 20,000 words just a month before it went to print. There is something magical about the $29.00 price tag, according to the sales specialists.


51 posted on 12/29/2004 8:20:40 AM PST by LS
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To: MEG33

See post 47


52 posted on 12/29/2004 8:21:07 AM PST by LS
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To: xsmommy

See post 47


53 posted on 12/29/2004 8:21:47 AM PST by LS
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To: LS

Congratulations!

Now if I can get off of my duff and finish mine...[g]


54 posted on 12/29/2004 8:21:51 AM PST by mhking
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To: mhking
What is yours about?

I got to talk to Wm. F. Buckley once, and I asked him how he wrote so much (back then, several articles a week for NR, plus his novels), and he said, I get up, brush my teeth, and sit down and write. There is no magical thing about it.

55 posted on 12/29/2004 8:23:01 AM PST by LS
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To: Howlin

Bump!


56 posted on 12/29/2004 8:23:24 AM PST by windchime (Won't it be great watching President Bush spend political capital?)
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To: LS
Johnson's "History of the American People" is the best book (next to ours) out there, but he has some big flaws that we hoped to fix.

I've always heard this book to be very highly recommended by American history buffs. What flaws does he have in his book?

57 posted on 12/29/2004 8:24:24 AM PST by Future Snake Eater ("Stupid grandma leaver-outers!"--Tom Servo)
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To: LS

cool! i am seriously thinking of having xsteen take it in to show her 10th grade history teacher, and her english teacher, both of whom are conservatives. she attends a private Catholic allgirls school in DC. what i really need to do is get it in the hands of her 9th grade World History teacher who was a raving lib.


58 posted on 12/29/2004 8:25:32 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: LS
What is yours about?

I'm going to take my writings (blatherings, bleatings, belchings, or whatever you might refer to them today as) and collate them, along with some additional expository material relating to conservatism in general and black conservatism in particular.

The tenative title is "Ramblings of a Black Conservative," although that may end up just being some sort of subtitle once it's all said and done.

59 posted on 12/29/2004 8:26:42 AM PST by mhking
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To: Future Snake Eater
A lot---mostly little. He gets names, dates wrong. My biggest problem with his interpretations deals with economic issues. He still blames the Great Crash on "overspeculation," despite a lot of economic evidence to the contrary. He doesn't tell a very consistent economic story, if you will, beginning with the 1830s, where he misses the Bank War.

I think he misses the real significance of the 1950s; and, of course, stops sooner than we do.

60 posted on 12/29/2004 8:27:07 AM PST by LS
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