I think I've read enough in that vein for quite a while.
A friend of mine just showed me the 1913 film called "The Pride of the South". It was about General Mosby and his Rangers. So currently I'm readin' "Ranger Mosby" (Jones, 1944), and next will be "Iron Scouts of the Confederacy" (McGiffin, 1993). They were written almost 50 years apart, so it will be interestin' to see if the view of him has changed.
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I'm currently reading Alan Furst's "Red Star" for the umpteenth time.
Recent interesting authors: Martin Limon (military detective stories set in Korea), Colin Cotterill (detective fiction set in Laos). A while ago I re-read everything by Dashiell Hammett. I particularly like "Red Harvest." I think first novels (for authors) and first movies (for directors) are often their best works because they have so long to think about the first one and the later ones are written in a very different environment.
In no particular order: History of Western civilization (usually when I'm ill or depressed), detective fiction (mostly from the library), history of science, terrorism and political violence studies (particularly American right-wing), history of science, biographies, some science fiction, and the odd modern novel.
Favorite authors: Barbara Tuchman, John McFee - I wish I could write like them.
Yesterday, I took over 100 lbs of books to the charity donation because I have to move two bookshelves to make room for a gas heating stove (getting rid of oil heat - too expensive.)
I'll second what Hook has to say about Fred Singer - the guy is a hack and a Moon unit. There is an enormous industry of grubby academics collecting money from oil interests to muddy the water over our non-repeatable experiment with the planet's atmosphere. Singer is one of the shabbier examples and regarded with loathing among climatologists.
Recent interesting authors: Martin Limon (military detective stories set in Korea), Colin Cotterill (detective fiction set in Laos). A while ago I re-read everything by Dashiell Hammett. I particularly like "Red Harvest." I think first novels (for authors) and first movies (for directors) are often their best works because they have so long to think about the first one and the later ones are written in a very different environment.
In no particular order: History of Western civilization (usually when I'm ill or depressed), detective fiction (mostly from the library), history of science, terrorism and political violence studies (particularly American right-wing), history of science, biographies, some science fiction, and the odd modern novel.
Favorite authors: Barbara Tuchman, John McFee - I wish I could write like them.
Yesterday, I took over 100 lbs of books to the charity donation because I have to move two bookshelves to make room for a gas heating stove (getting rid of oil heat - too expensive.)
I'll second what Hook has to say about Fred Singer - the guy is a hack and a Moon unit. There is an enormous industry of grubby academics collecting money from oil interests to muddy the water over our non-repeatable experiment with the planet's atmosphere. Singer is one of the shabbier examples and regarded with loathing among climatologists.
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Re: reading
I ordered a book through Amazon.com that was published in 1963 called "Folk Wines, cordials & brandies". The person that was selling it was 70 years old and had a large collection of books so he through in "Monks and Wine" by Desmond Seward published in 1979. Two books for the price of one, looks like some great reading and recipes!!