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Post by LSUTigersFan on Aug 22, 2018 20:00:43 GMT -5
The Fleet at Flood Tide by James Hornfischer. There is no better writer of WWII naval history alive today.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2018 3:14:03 GMT -5
Reading the third book in the "Wheel of Time" series by Robert Jordan. I have not enjoyed any books of this genre for at least 30 years. This series has me addicted. It will slow down in the middle, but keep pushing through the next few books. The last few are amazing. Finished the third book. Now on four. Still enjoying it. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 23, 2018 11:52:23 GMT -5
It will slow down in the middle, but keep pushing through the next few books. The last few are amazing. Finished the third book. Now on four. Still enjoying it. Stick with it, it's worth it. When you get to the last ones that Brandon Sanderson wrote, things really pick up. |
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Post by toshtego on Aug 23, 2018 17:55:30 GMT -5
About to embark upon a journey with Cornwell's "Alfred of Wessex" series. It is the 8th Century in Britain and the Danes are a problem.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2018 4:01:12 GMT -5
Finished the third book. Now on four. Still enjoying it. Stick with it, it's worth it. When you get to the last ones that Brandon Sanderson wrote, things really pick up. Oh, I will. I have acquired all the books. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 24, 2018 10:06:35 GMT -5
About to embark upon a journey with Cornwell's "Alfred of Wessex" series. It is the 8th Century in Britain and the Danes are a problem. Yeah I can't wait to start that series. I'm having DTs missing Uthred. So many books.... |
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Post by exbenedict on Aug 28, 2018 11:13:55 GMT -5
It will slow down in the middle, but keep pushing through the next few books. The last few are amazing. Finished the third book. Now on four. Still enjoying it. When you EVENTUALLY get to the end, come back and let us know what you thought. I had mixed feelings about the end but a buddy absolutely loved it and I can't get anyone else to read it because the books just get bigger and bigger and bigger...... |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 28, 2018 11:56:38 GMT -5
Started the next Dresden book, Small Favor. I don't care for where the stories are going, getting darker with each book.
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 28, 2018 11:57:55 GMT -5
Finished the third book. Now on four. Still enjoying it. When you EVENTUALLY get to the end, come back and let us know what you thought. I had mixed feelings about the end but a buddy absolutely loved it and I can't get anyone else to read it because the books just get bigger and bigger and bigger...... I was mostly just glad it was over. The end was a bit of a let down, but that's the way Jordan ordained it. |
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Post by Dramatwist on Aug 28, 2018 12:49:06 GMT -5
Currently re-reading "Black Elk Speaks" as told to John G. Neihardt.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2018 13:28:11 GMT -5
Finished the third book. Now on four. Still enjoying it. When you EVENTUALLY get to the end, come back and let us know what you thought. I had mixed feelings about the end but a buddy absolutely loved it and I can't get anyone else to read it because the books just get bigger and bigger and bigger...... Well, I am on book four and it is getting better and better to me. I won't quit it now. I have all the books on hand. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 28, 2018 13:57:28 GMT -5
Currently re-reading "Black Elk Speaks" as told to John G. Neihardt. Interesting book. It's funny how people are so interested in the ancient history of the Native American culture, but no one is interested in their continuing plight. This book was presented as a play years ago. Maybe some playwright will be inspired to write a play about the current events. 🤠 |
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Post by Dramatwist on Aug 28, 2018 14:04:20 GMT -5
Currently re-reading "Black Elk Speaks" as told to John G. Neihardt. Interesting book. It's funny how people are so interested in the ancient history of the Native American culture, but no one is interested in their continuing plight. This book was presented as a play years ago. Maybe some playwright will be inspired to write a play about the current events. 🤠 ...I wrote a one-act a few years ago on this very subject... no one was interested... |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 28, 2018 18:11:58 GMT -5
Interesting book. It's funny how people are so interested in the ancient history of the Native American culture, but no one is interested in their continuing plight. This book was presented as a play years ago. Maybe some playwright will be inspired to write a play about the current events. 🤠 ...I wrote a one-act a few years ago on this very subject... no one was interested... Ain't it the truth. Thanks for the effort. If the news channels only covered what people really need to know. PS I would love to read it if you are willing. |
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Post by jeffd on Sept 3, 2018 21:21:01 GMT -5
Beryl Markham. What a great great wonderful writer.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2018 23:56:31 GMT -5
I'm reading Billionaire at the Barricades, The Populist Revolution from Reagan to Trump by Laura Ingraham.
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Post by Legend Lover on Sept 4, 2018 9:01:49 GMT -5
Just finished reading, 'Close to Home' by Cara Hunter. I found it an easy and enjoyable read.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2018 12:10:36 GMT -5
Currently re-reading "Black Elk Speaks" as told to John G. Neihardt. Interesting book. It's funny how people are so interested in the ancient history of the Native American culture, but no one is interested in their continuing plight. This book was presented as a play years ago. Maybe some playwright will be inspired to write a play about the current events. 🤠 Ron, have you read "Neither Wolf nor Dog", "The Wolf at Twilight" or the "Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo"? All by Kent Nerburn. Good reads. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 4, 2018 13:56:54 GMT -5
Interesting book. It's funny how people are so interested in the ancient history of the Native American culture, but no one is interested in their continuing plight. This book was presented as a play years ago. Maybe some playwright will be inspired to write a play about the current events. 🤠 Ron, have you read "Neither Wolf nor Dog", "The Wolf at Twilight" or the "Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo"? All by Kent Nerburn. Good reads. Hey, I just found out that I was an Indian 3 months ago. It will take a while to catch up. I have a dozen books on Native American medicine, religion, and culture that I am working my way through. It takes a lot longer to absorb this kind of information than to read or listen to a novel. That said, thanks and I will add them to my list. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 4, 2018 14:17:40 GMT -5
Almost all of the books and stories in the popular culture seem to be about 90% about the Lakota and the rest about the other plains Indians. I am most concerned right now with information and stories about the Five Civilized Tribes. In particular the Cherokee and Choctaw. No glorious feathered headdress, painted ponys, or fancy silver geometric artistry. But, oh man, do they have a history.
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Sept 4, 2018 14:29:05 GMT -5
This year I got a copy of Fred Hanna's The Perfect Smoke. It's a collection of Hanna's essays on pipesmoking, mostly republished from P&T Magazine.
Of course, since P&T has no online archive to speak of, there's no other way to read these essays. So there you have it.
Hanna can be a little grating to read, at times, but he's a font of knowledge. It's worth sticking with it.
I especially liked his "air pocket" method of packing a pipe. In a nutshell, you use a plug of tobacco to form an air gap and a "reverse calabash" effect in the bottom of the chamber.
I'd really like to find a copy of the air pocket essay I could link to online, but I never have.
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Post by Mork on Sept 4, 2018 14:29:52 GMT -5
I'm working my way through Parade's End currently. Tremendous perspective on the change to British society pre and post WWI.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2018 14:33:13 GMT -5
Almost all of the books and stories in the popular culture seem to be about 90% about the Lakota and the rest about the other plains Indians. I am most concerned right now with information and stories about the Five Civilized Tribes. In particular the Cherokee and Choctaw. No glorious feathered headdress, painted ponys, or fancy silver geometric artistry. But, oh man, do they have a history. I have read a few books on the Five Civilized Tribes. Interesting people and history. A sad history to be sure, but a great people. |
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Post by pepesdad1 on Sept 4, 2018 14:33:44 GMT -5
Probably no ones' idea of a good time...but I'm in to this type of book as I enjoy the history as well as the theology involved in my faith...The Jerusalem Bible Reader's Edition..published in 1968 delivered by Christ's College, Liverpool. Goes into serious depth of the various explanations of all the Books of the Bible including the Apocrypha. Many books that are left out of the King James versions. Gives one a deeper understanding of what has been relayed throughout history as to the origins and explanations in writing the Bible. Also the Bible in World History (putting scripture into global context) by Stephen Leston. Tells what was happening outside bible lands during the events of scripture. This is my idea of a good time although I like all types of books such as Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet which is an incredible book that I used when teaching Psychology and Sociology back in the late 60's. Larousse' Gastronomique to the CIA's New Professional Chef...I love cookbooks, particularly....and have quite a few that I have picked up all around the USA.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2018 15:02:01 GMT -5
Currently re-reading "Black Elk Speaks" as told to John G. Neihardt. The DeMallie edition? Apparently it's much more accurate than Neihardt's ed. and more of what Black Elk intended. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2018 15:06:27 GMT -5
Almost all of the books and stories in the popular culture seem to be about 90% about the Lakota and the rest about the other plains Indians. I am most concerned right now with information and stories about the Five Civilized Tribes. In particular the Cherokee and Choctaw. No glorious feathered headdress, painted ponys, or fancy silver geometric artistry. But, oh man, do they have a history. I'd be wary of any book that still uses that term. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 4, 2018 16:03:25 GMT -5
Almost all of the books and stories in the popular culture seem to be about 90% about the Lakota and the rest about the other plains Indians. I am most concerned right now with information and stories about the Five Civilized Tribes. In particular the Cherokee and Choctaw. No glorious feathered headdress, painted ponys, or fancy silver geometric artistry. But, oh man, do they have a history. I'd be wary of any book that still uses that term. Why? It is a reference to a group of tribes that were particularly betrayed. I like to rub the "Civilized" part in the faces of people for which "the only good Indian is a dead Indian. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2018 16:17:02 GMT -5
Is there a more descriptive term to refer to a group of tribes so we are all on the same page? As you may know, it can be tricky as to how to refer to native people. Best to use the individual name of a tribe or nation, but when referring to Native American's globally, the preferred term is always moving and evolving depending on who you ask, even amongst those of Native American heritage. The best you can do is be respectful and try to be up to speed in your language and terminology.
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 4, 2018 16:23:28 GMT -5
Is there a more descriptive term to refer to a group of tribes so we are all on the same page? As you may know, it can be tricky as to how to refer to native people. Best to use the individual name of a tribe or nation, but when referring to Native American's globally, the preferred term is always moving and evolving depending on who you ask, even amongst those of Native American heritage. The best you can do is be respectful and try to be up to speed in your language and terminology. The term IS "The Five Civilized Tribes". It has BEEN THE TERM for over 150 years. I didn't make it up. The United States government did. It refers specifically to the tribes that did everything that the government asked them to do. Signed all the treaties, dressed in European clothing, converted to Christianity, paid taxes, fought in the country's wars, and was still betrayed. May the term PLEASE make someone uncomfortable. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2018 17:51:34 GMT -5
Is there a more descriptive term to refer to a group of tribes so we are all on the same page? As you may know, it can be tricky as to how to refer to native people. Best to use the individual name of a tribe or nation, but when referring to Native American's globally, the preferred term is always moving and evolving depending on who you ask, even amongst those of Native American heritage. The best you can do is be respectful and try to be up to speed in your language and terminology. The term IS "The Five Civilized Tribes". It has BEEN THE TERM for over 150 years. I didn't make it up. The United States government did. It refers specifically to the tribes that did everything that the government asked them to do. Signed all the treaties, dressed in European clothing, converted to Christianity, paid taxes, fought in the country's wars, and was still betrayed. May the term PLEASE make someone uncomfortable. The problem is that it makes the conquering people the arbiters of what is civilized and what is not; and assumes that conquerors were "civilized" in contrast to the Natives. And it also implies that all the other Native American cultures were not civilized just because they didn't conform to U.S. Anglo-European society. The fact that the US Government made it up says a lot! It's not used by anthropologists anymore for these reasons, at least not without a series of justifications. It's not a matter of it being PC or anything, but one of accuracy and not using the aggressors' ethnocentric language to define those they victimized. A better term might be Five Assimilated Tribes or something more neutral along those lines. Or just the Five Tribes Formerly Known as Civilized.  EDIT: just found this summary that explains it better than I did uark.libguides.com/c.php?g=556261&p=3825648 |
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