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In the past month I have read Okinawa Odyssey (Bob Green),Combat Jump ( Ed Ruggero),Long Walk Through War (Klaus Huebner) and Islands of the Dammed (R.V.Burgin). I think my next read will be The Canvas Falcons (Stephen Longstreet) about WW1 aviators
 
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For about the 8th time: The Lord of the Rings by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. My brother and sister got me into it about 12 years ago, and last Christmas my brother bought me a great copy with Fellowship of the Ring / The Two Towers / Return of the King all in one to replace my old paper backs. :)
 
I almost never read novels, preferring nonfiction, but a friend loaned me "The Lovely Bones" about a murdered girl watching over her family as they deal with her death. It was very gently and very well written. I had heard some of it on NPR's Radio Reader a few years ago and for fiction, it's well done.
 
Reading the Bob Lee Swagger series of novels, including the Earl Swagger novels, by Stephen Hunter. Great books by a true "Gun guy." One of the Bob Lee Swagger novels, "Point of Impact" was made into a movie, "The Shooter," a few years back, starring Mark Wahlberg.
 
I'm re-rereading certain chapters from John Boessenecker's "Gold Dust and Gunsmoke", my fave. book which is about gunfights, knifefights, duels, lynchings, and violence in general during the California gold rush.
 
Finishing up The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose. I don't subscribe to HBO. Its a good read.

I recently read the WEB Griffin series on the brotherhood of war - good light reading.

Re-reading Stephen Hunter - Hot Springs, Black light, Pale horse Coming. His latest I Sniper was ok.

CR/JPG
 
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I almost never read novels, preferring nonfiction, but a friend loaned me "The Lovely Bones" about a murdered girl watching over her family as they deal with her death. It was very gently and very well written. I had heard some of it on NPR's Radio Reader a few years ago and for fiction, it's well done.
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I've always valued "leisure reading" in addition to more serious stuff. It helps to not always have to think about serious things all the time. Anyway I found an interesting series of novels, the "Hit Man" series by Lawrence Block, to be a great escape. I think there's 4 books in the series, about a hit man with a bit of a conscience. Great series. The author's not much of a gun guy, so it's also kind of fun to spot the gun mistakes he occasionally makes in his writings.
 
Sir, I'm usually in and out of several books at once, and I tend to re-read things. Here lately it's mainly been "Sixguns" by Elmer Keith, several of the Time-Life WWII series, and "The Zombie Survival Guide" by Max Brooks. The last two books I buckled down and focused on were "The Washing of the Spears" by Donald Morris and "The Bitter Woods" by John Eisenhower.

Hope this helps, and Semper Fi.

Ron H.
 
Another good series (I'm laid off, plenty of time to read!) - the "Repairman Jack" novels by F. Paul Wilson. Jack is a sort of urban mercenary, with an X-files feel to the novels. Great!
 
Ever since I was stationed at an airbase in England,( about forty years now ), I read Winston Churchill's History of the English Speaking People every ten years or so. I am up to chapter three this time.

I am also a big fan of Kenneth Roberts. He wrote Northwest Passage, Rabble in Arms, Arundel, and a few others.

I have just finished Jim Cirillo's , Tales of the Stake Out Squad. Good book about a NYPD cop who staked out areas in New York City that had a high robbery rate.
 
Hell to Pay: Operation DOWNFALL and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947 by D. M. Giangreco. A scholarly study of Japanese and American preparations for the invasion of Japan. Giangreco drives a stake through the heart of revisionist arguments that the use of the atomic bomb was unnecessary and that the War could have been concluded through negotiations. A great book for those who are interested in this phase of World War 2.

Available from Amazon or the Naval Institute
 
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Going through the Vince Flynn series of books, with Mitch Rapp.

I need to pick my Bible up, though. I've been needing to get back into The Word.
 
Just finished "Pat Garrett" by Richard O'Conner. Supposed to be killer of Billy the Kid.Pretty good read.I'm a western history buff plus books by Elmer Keith, Jack O'Conner, Robt Ruarks "Horn of the Hunter", Use Enough Gun".
 
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"Sturmgewehr! From Firepower to Striking Power" by Hans-Dieter Handrich. It's the story of the very byzantine path that the Germans took getting to the first assault rifles.
 
The Silmarillion; The Lonely Silver Rain; Geogre B. McClelland & Civil War History, in the Shadow of Grant and Sherman; Faith of My Fathers. April isn't over yet, but I have a lot of proofreading to do.
Every year I re-read Game, Set, Match; Hook, Line, Sinker; Faith, Hope, Charity; and Winter.
Every year I re-read Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; and Smiley's People.
 
"Stuka Pilot" by Hans Ulrich Rudel and "Duel of Eagles" by Peter Townsend.
 
"Lindberg" by Scott Berg(?), and just picked up a paperback copy of "Term Limits" by Vince FLynn, but I've got lots waiting in the wings. I got "Lovely Bones" from NetFLix this week, we'll probably watch it tonight, it sounds different but got stellar reviews.

One of the most moving books I've read in the last year was "The Last Battle" by Ralph Weeterhahn about the Mayzquez incident and the subsequent battle. It certainly hit home, I was a 20 year old AF cop and we were told to bag a bag and make sure we had our dog tags 'cause we might be out our way. We didn't go, but the story of what happened to the Marines, well let's just say, you'd have to be a harder man than me not to have you affect you.

Take care...
 
"The Big Burn" by Timothy Egan. It's about Teddy Roosevelt, the founding of the US Forest Service, and the fire of 1910 that burned large parts of Idaho and Montana.
 
I've just finished WHY EVOLUTION IS TRUE, by Jerry Coyne, an excellent, readable, and comprehensive treatment of a topical subject. If you know anybody who's graduation this spring, it's worth considering as a graduation gift. Here is the starred review from Publishers Weekly, at Amazon:

With great care, attention to the scientific evidence and a wonderfully accessible style, Coyne, an evolutionary geneticist at the University of Chicago, presents an overwhelming case for evolution. Ranging from biogeography to geology, from anatomy to genetics, and from molecular biology to physiology, he demonstrates that evolutionary theory makes predictions that are consistently borne out by the data—basic requirements for a scientific theory to be valid. Additionally, although fully respectful of those who promote intelligent design and creationism, he uses the data at his disposal to demolish any thought that creationism is supported by the evidence while also explaining why those ideas fall outside the bounds of science. Coyne directly addresses the concept often advanced by religious fundamentalists that an acceptance of evolution must lead to immorality, concluding that evolution tells us where we came from, not where we can go. Readers looking to understand the case for evolution and searching for a response to many of the most common creationist claims should find everything they need in this powerful book, which is clearer and more comprehensive than the many others on the subject.

 
I've been reading Deer Hunting with Jesus by Joe Bageant. I should have read the subtitle, Dispatches from America's Class War, a little more closely tho. The guys a pretty radical lefty at heart, though justifiedly claims redneck roots, and spends an inordinate amount of time bashing big business, GWB, the Republican party, etc. On the other hand he is right on when he criticizes the liberal elite, Democratic and urban, as having no idea what is going on in the heartland, and regarding the rednecks thereof as a barbarian tribe. Defends gun ownership, too, so I'll give Joe points for that.

Last couple of days tho, as the lefty rant above reached a crescendo, I switched to Panama, a Lengendary Hat, by Martine Buchet. Got a new one on the way, panama, that is.

(Also one of yours on the way, bellevance. It will be my first, and I look forward to it! :))
 
Volume III of The Civil War by Shelby Foote. Slow reading, but a must-read for anybody interested in the war.
 
I am re-reading all of the Sackett series by Louis L'Amour. I think he is the greatest western writer ever.


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I've read all of Robert Rourks books. About all of Jack O'Connors, most by Elmer keith, John Pondoro Taylor, JA hunter, WDM Bell and many on African and Indian hunting. I read quite a bit of Historical that is Military related. Anything I can find on the Missouri-Kansas conflict from the 1850's to the end of the civil war. Since I do not do HBO I'll read the PACIFIC book. I also read all the Death in the longrass or what ever by Peter Hathaway Capstick. The man could spin a good story. In one of his books he covered death by snakes, I read it in the middle of the winter with snow on the ground, I kept wanting to pull my legs up and look under my chair for snakes. I'm going to look for the Last Battle mentioned above. I also enjoy reading the S&W Forum. Nice folks and very interesting items.
 
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