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Re: What books are you reading now?
« Reply #40 on: January 05, 2021, 07:08:57 AM »
I'm reading "White Trash the 400 Year Untold History of Class in America" by Nancy Isenberg.
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Re: What books are you reading now?
« Reply #41 on: January 05, 2021, 12:19:05 PM »
I started "Grant Comes East" by Newt Gingrich.......sigh, dang, the book won again. It's an alternative history novel where Lee has won Gettysburg and is poised to take Washington DC and Grant is put in charge of all armed forces in 1863. Well written but it's purely a strategy book with some dialogue and pages long rich descriptions of battles and troop movements. I tossed it and tried "Sanvannah" by John Jakes, a heartwarming story of Sherman's victory and time spent in that city during Christmas of 1864, not what I thought but a decent read.
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Re: What books are you reading now?
« Reply #42 on: January 06, 2021, 10:31:18 AM »
I like John Jakes.  Only 1 novel of his that I can remember and it's "Mention my name in Atlantis".  Great author!
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Re: What books are you reading now?
« Reply #43 on: January 14, 2021, 06:22:37 AM »
Look for "On Secret Service" and of course the "North and South" trilogy.
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Re: What books are you reading now?
« Reply #44 on: January 14, 2021, 10:13:44 AM »
I've been reading the 'Killing' series by Bill O'Reilly.  I like History.  Get lots of civil war here where I live, and revolutionary times when I visit the in-laws in Williamsburg, VA

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Re: What books are you reading now?
« Reply #45 on: January 20, 2021, 08:44:45 AM »
"A Column of Fire" by Ken Follett set in 1558 and the third book of the "Kingsbridge" trilogy that follows 2 families on opposite sides of the Protestant reformation sweeping England, France and Spain where people were killed and tortured for even thinking about or possessing items counter to Catholicism. Powerful stuff.
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