Caseknife
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" A Beast the Color of Winter", Douglas Chadwick
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This is a well-written account of the events leading to and the effects of Gen. Pershing’s 1916-17 expedition into Mexico. I had only the sparsest knowledge of that conflict, and I was surprised to know that I have been to some of the places on this side of the border that Pancho Villa raided.
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Sounds interesting, will check it out!
Djfan
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Really loving this book. Very hard to put down.
Alderman78
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Lonesome Dove
Carl 9.3x62
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Listening to the Leatherstocking Tales on audio. Good, but kind of hard to follow along. Almost through Pathfinder. If I was in to the handle changing business I'd be La Longue Carabine.
Irrelevant
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Just finished my 8th dance with Sometimes a Great Notion, by Ken Kesey.
Greatest novel I've ever read, by a large margin. Growing up in a logging down, in a logging family, I knew these people. My uncle told stories about Forks in the 70's, Ketchikan in the 60s, living in shack in Raymond with moss on the inside of the walls. Stories about fights and drugs, accidents and work so hard you thought you were in hell, Stories that would have put those from the Snag to shame. Even in the late 1990's it was rough out there in the winter. The summer, shit all the tourist are out there in the summer, but I first ventured out there in February of 1998 to steelhead fish. Ain't nothing but a bar open, watering eye Teddy behind the bar. Every Jack in there had his pants cutoff high, well above where their rain gear was, so the water wouldn't wick up. First time I heard the hollow but forceful "whunk" of fist to cheek. I had no idea people actually broke chairs over each other, how much goddamn force it took, and that no one tried to break it up.
Every time I read it I'm reminded that I've simply never read another story that more accurately paints a community, a landscape.
Greatest novel I've ever read, by a large margin. Growing up in a logging down, in a logging family, I knew these people. My uncle told stories about Forks in the 70's, Ketchikan in the 60s, living in shack in Raymond with moss on the inside of the walls. Stories about fights and drugs, accidents and work so hard you thought you were in hell, Stories that would have put those from the Snag to shame. Even in the late 1990's it was rough out there in the winter. The summer, shit all the tourist are out there in the summer, but I first ventured out there in February of 1998 to steelhead fish. Ain't nothing but a bar open, watering eye Teddy behind the bar. Every Jack in there had his pants cutoff high, well above where their rain gear was, so the water wouldn't wick up. First time I heard the hollow but forceful "whunk" of fist to cheek. I had no idea people actually broke chairs over each other, how much goddamn force it took, and that no one tried to break it up.
Every time I read it I'm reminded that I've simply never read another story that more accurately paints a community, a landscape.
noharleyyet
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The latest installment of Winslow's Power of the Dog cartel novels....
I just finished this account of the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal, written by the reporter who broke the story with Ken Rosenthal. I appreciated that the author spent time dissecting the Astros’ diseased organizational culture, which started at the top with owner Jim Crane and GM Jeff Luhnow. Crane comes off as a garbage human being, and he still owns the team.
TheGrayRider
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Great book on conservation and lion hunting in Southern Africa. Happy hunting, TheGrayRider a/k/a Tom.
JV842
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Unbelievably tough old bird….Ooh Rah!!!Goodfish
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Really enjoyed this one.
Caseknife
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Just finished Smoke Elser's "Hush of the Land", good read. He did a lot of good for the Bob and Scapegoat.
Irrelevant
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It's actually good? Because the two other books I've read from outfitters in and around the Bob were pretty poor reads.
Southern Elk
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I thought it was. He had help writing it. I also enjoyed the Ron Mills book, which is probably one of the two books that you’ve read. What’s the other one?
Caseknife
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Read a couple that Howard Copenhaver wrote many years ago, recall that they were good reads.
Caseknife
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Currently reading "Fire Weather, On the Front Lines of a Burning World", John Vaillant. Interesting read about the fires a few years ago around Fort McMurray.
Djfan
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Just finished this one. Amazing book.
