Book Recommendations

[dougie]

CD,
I went and bought the book you reccomended "company aytch"..thanks for the tip...was indeed a very good book,actually stayed up till 3am to finish it....very sad in places,also rather humorous too.Im glad i tuned into this thread.
thank you
regards

[belinda]

I highly recommend this

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fate-Romanovs-Greg-King/dp/0471207683/ref=pd_sim_b?ie=UTF8&qid=1212968513&sr=8-1

[Celesta]

I highly recommend the author Van Reid, of Maine, USA. He will appeal to people interested in a number of genres, incldg mystery, history, & great good humor. This author is a fine writer, born storyteller, and has been compared to Twain, Dickens, & John Irving, in this regard.

The book series is the Moosepath League. They are set in the late 19th century Maine.

Here is a link to the Moosepath League website/newsletter. The newsletter is excellent. It's at the bottom of the link. It is well worth taking a look at.

http://groups.msn.com/moosepathleague/links.msnw

If you like him, you can get autographed copies through the bookstore that he used to manage up in Maine. He comes into the store often, and they will hold the book, have him sign it with the inscription you request, then mail it to you.

Celesta
Official "Friend of the Moosepath League"

[c.d.]

CD,
I went and bought the book you reccomended "company aytch"..thanks for the tip...was indeed a very good book,actually stayed up till 3am to finish it....very sad in places,also rather humorous too.Im glad i tuned into this thread.
thank you
regards

Hi Dougie,

Glad you liked the book. You might want to look at "All for the Union" which is the diary of a Union private which was quoted frequently in Ken Burns' Civil War documentary. I didn't like it as much as "Company Aytch." For some reason, the author will spend three or four pages describing his tent but only one page on the battle. Still, it had its moments and it was nice to get a different perspective on the War.

c.d.

[c.d.]

Hi Dougie,

If you have an interest in the American Civil War, you would very much like the books "The Killer Angels", "Gods and Generals" and
"The Last Full Measure." They are written by a father, Michael Shaara ("Killer Angels") and his son, Jeff ("Gods and Generals" and "The Last Full Measure.") Take a look at the reviews on amazon.com. I think you would really enjoy them.

c.d.

[revpetero]

C.D. and Dougie,

American Brutus - Michael Kaufmann is a fantastic book. Deals with American Civil war but is primarily about John Wilkes Booth and his conspiracy and him on the run.

Peter

[dougie]

CD and REVPETERO
This thread is gonna cost me a fortune but ill look for those books and if any one of those is even half as good as company aytch ...itll be worth it......tks for the pointers.
regards

[Graham]

I am currently reading "Young Stalin" by Simon Sebag Montefiore.

Very interesting read. I love what makes people like Stalin tick.

Peter

Death-watch beetles, probably.

Graham

[Sam Flynn]

"I love what makes people like Stalin tick."

Death-watch beetles, probably.

LOL! Nice one, Graham

[plang]

First Blood by David Morrell - 1972.
This is where all the Rambo stuff started, an absolutely gripping adventure.
Makes the movies look like sh**!
plang

[dougie]

First Blood by David Morrell - 1972.
This is where all the Rambo stuff started, an absolutely gripping adventure.
Makes the movies look like sh**!
plang

The movies WERE sh**

regards

[c.d.]

In keeping with the Civil War theme, you might appreciate this story. I grew up in Pennsylvania which was solidy for the Union in the Civil War. I remember when I was eleven years old we were studying the war in school. Naturally the South was portrayed as evil and the instigator of the war.The teacher started bad mouthing Robert E. Lee when a quiet little mousey girl stood up and told the teacher that she was somehow related to Lee and if the teacher didn't retract her statements, she would kick her ass right there. The teacher backed down and retracted her remarks. I was shocked. I guess even then old feelings ran deep.

c.d.

[revpetero]

Funnily Enough......

Though over the years there has been a deviation in spelling and my family remained around Ireland and the UK. A distant relative of mine was one Michael O'Laughlin. A convicted accomplice of Mr Booth.

I am not as protective of him.

Peter O'Loughlin

[dougie]

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/letters/djm

For anyone interested in civil war memoirs there are a host of memoirs,journals diaries free here...some interesting stuff.
regards

[plang]

The American Civil War has nothing to be proud of. Just think about that.