What's Currently on Your Reading List?

[Steve Warden]

Startin' this one.

[cudgee]

Kings in Grass Castles. A story about the Durack family who were one of the early pioneer families who helped open up the Australian outback and early pastoral land. Has some fantastic copies of early invoices from rural/general stores of supplies and costs. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

[Mumbleypeg]

Ken's fault.
He introduced me to abebooks.com
Used books in very readable condition. Got all these for $27 and change.20190603_172215.jpg

Glad that you tried it. Been one of my favorite book sources for years. And Louis Lamore’s Last of the Breed is one of my all-time favorites. Great read! Not your conventional western though.

I see you also picked up a copy of The Texas Rangers in your haul.

Ken

[Steve Warden]

Ken's fault.
He introduced me to abebooks.com
Used books in very readable condition. Got all these for $27 and change.20190603_172215.jpg

Glad that you tried it. Been one of my favorite book sources for years. And Louis Lamore’s Last of the Breed is one of my all-time favorites. Great read! Not your conventional western though.

I see you also picked up a copy of The Texas Rangers in your haul.

Ken

Yeah, The Texas Rangers because of your recommendation, Last of the Breed kept popping up on lists of L'amour's best books. Had to see for myself why. I picked up the detective short stories for a change of pace.

[bighomer]

I've got about everything Louis wrote in a plastic tote.need to get them out and read them for the fourth or fifth time. I've got several western genre books that I need to get started on but I seem to be stuck on more modern times.

[jerryd6818]

Biggie "H", I've read all of the Jack Reacher series and have enjoyed each and every one of them. Another favorite of mine is Lawrence Block's Matthew Scudder series. Reading those is like sitting down with an old friend while he tells you a story. Excellent.

[Eustace]

Bulgarian shepherd's knife

[Steve Warden]

Just finished "Flint" by Louis L'amour.
Starting this at Ken's recommendation.

Anyone happen to know Mr. Mickey? Canyon, TX isn't too far south of Amarillo, the local of Barnes and Noble. 1998... just found it interesting...

[cudgee]

The Texas Rangers, looks like a good read, Enjoy.

[Sharpnshinyknives]

I am usually reading more than one book at a time. One is usually history and the other is Christian book for my own edification.
This book on Lincoln is one of the best I have ever read. This was the basis for the movie “Lincoln” that stared Daniel Day Lewis. It’s a great movie and the book is even better.
The second one is by Dr. Mark Rutland on king David. David is one of my favorite people to read about in the Bible, he was an amazing king, warrior, tactician and most importantly a man after God’s own heart.

[Quick Steel]

Mark, I read Team of Rivals at least twice tho I think 3 times. A little slow at the start for me as she got all the players delineated but then it becomes wonderfully gripping. A great read.

[Cletus Awreetus]

I just started Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian again. It's mandatory reading for wayward Texans...as are most of his books,

[bighomer]

[steve99f]

Just started James D. Hornfischer's "The Fleet at Flood Tide", subtitled "America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945". The Mariana's onward.Seems to highlight the death culture of the Japanese first seen during the battles for Guam, Tinian and Saipan that included a large civilian population that also bought into no surrender. The author is attempting to make the point that the behavior of the Japanese, civilian and military, pushed the US into a more barbaric mode of combat to include the use of nuclear weapons.

[bighomer]

Just finished this'un .

[Steve Warden]

Just finished Bowdrie by Louis L'amour.
Getting ready to crack this one open.

[Quick Steel]

Finished The Partner, a John Grisham novel. Disappointing.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Finished reading the top book last night. It was the 74th anniversary of the Hiroshima bomb on August 6th.
Starting the bottom book tonight. I have his other books, I've enjoyed reading them all. He deals in reality and tells it like it is.

[bighomer]

Finishing one

Starting another.

[rangerbluedog]

New_Windsor_NY, I'd be very interested in hearing what you think of the Patrick Buchanan book when you're finished. Looks interesting!
I'm in the middle of a couple of books from the 1940s, written by WW2 war correspondent ERNIE PYLE.
HERE IS YOUR WAR, and BRAVE MEN.
Period books like this from WW2 really makes one appreciate the sacrifices of the armed forces and the home front during this time.

[Paladin]

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Very interesting. Pink Higgins made it at #4. My mother was a Higgins.

Ray

[Paladin]

Steve, that’s a pretty rough bunch listed there. Most of them met their demise or were captured by Texas Rangers (a pretty rough bunch themselves). Not many people know that Wild Bill Longley is a direct ancestor of former Dallas Cowboy QB Clint Longley, quite a wild character himself.

Ken

Coincidentally reading Wild Bill's chapter now.
After reading about the outlaws, I'd like to delve into the law men, specifically the Rangers. Any reading recommendations?

PS
Did a quick search on Clint. After a sucker punch on Staubach, it's no wonder the Cowboys let him go.

He was called "Go Long Longly" and as I recall that came about after a comeback victory over the Washington Redskins on a Thanksgiving day. He played college ball at my Alma Mater, Abilene Christian College, now Abilene Christian University. He was not a good sport as evidenced by the sucker punch on Staubach.

Ray

[Reverand]

I highly recommend "The Education of Little Tree" for anyone who wants to better understand life in Prohibition-era Appalachian mountains. It was written by Forrest Carter, who also wrote "The Outlaw Josie Wales".

I just finished reading Justin Cronin's novels "The Passage", "The Twelve", and "City of Mirrors" (which I guess is odd - I normally don't like Vampire stories).
It is about time for me to read "The Lord of the Rings" again.

[Paladin]

I highly recommend "The Education of Little Tree" for anyone who wants to better understand life in Prohibition-era Appalachian mountains. It was written by Forrest Carter, who also wrote "The Outlaw Josie Wales". ...

I second this recommendation as this is an exceptional book and not a half bad movie.

Ray

[jerryd6818]

Currently 3/4 of the way through this one. Scot Harvath is the hero's hero.

Next. I have a sneaking suspicion I may have already read this on. We'll find out once I start it.