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Quote from: Ghost of Stan Parrish on April 20, 2010, 04:41:51 PMI'll read a thousand pages about the transition of Europe during the years 400 to 1000, but hand me Hemmingway or Kerouak or "Catch-22" and... Yeah, history is fascinating. I saw that people were reading historical fiction and was like, "WTF, mates? Read the real deal." But I didn't say anything.
I'll read a thousand pages about the transition of Europe during the years 400 to 1000, but hand me Hemmingway or Kerouak or "Catch-22" and...
Quote from: chum1 on April 20, 2010, 04:53:51 PMQuote from: Ghost of Stan Parrish on April 20, 2010, 04:41:51 PMI'll read a thousand pages about the transition of Europe during the years 400 to 1000, but hand me Hemmingway or Kerouak or "Catch-22" and... Yeah, history is fascinating. I saw that people were reading historical fiction and was like, "WTF, mates? Read the real deal." But I didn't say anything.Not a fan of Ambrose?
Quote from: asava on April 20, 2010, 04:58:35 PMQuote from: chum1 on April 20, 2010, 04:53:51 PMQuote from: Ghost of Stan Parrish on April 20, 2010, 04:41:51 PMI'll read a thousand pages about the transition of Europe during the years 400 to 1000, but hand me Hemmingway or Kerouak or "Catch-22" and... Yeah, history is fascinating. I saw that people were reading historical fiction and was like, "WTF, mates? Read the real deal." But I didn't say anything.Not a fan of Ambrose?NO ONE IS! fracking nerd count on this board is through the roof.
ok, someone recommend some good historical non-fiction, too, please. Read "With the Old Breed" already.
Quote from: michigancat on April 20, 2010, 05:15:53 PMok, someone recommend some good historical non-fiction, too, please. Read "With the Old Breed" already.haven't read it, but i've been given "Team of Rivals" by Doris Goodwin. Abe Lincoln looks stunning on the cover.
Quote from: sys on April 20, 2010, 03:06:47 PMQuote from: asava on April 20, 2010, 01:57:33 PMread the easy hemmingway.reading hemmingway is funny. that guy got away with murder. like some modern artist that everyone thinks is a genius, but 50 years later is revealed to be an elephant.or warhol
Quote from: asava on April 20, 2010, 01:57:33 PMread the easy hemmingway.reading hemmingway is funny. that guy got away with murder. like some modern artist that everyone thinks is a genius, but 50 years later is revealed to be an elephant.
read the easy hemmingway.
Quote from: steve dave on April 20, 2010, 03:08:06 PMQuote from: sys on April 20, 2010, 03:06:47 PMQuote from: asava on April 20, 2010, 01:57:33 PMread the easy hemmingway.reading hemmingway is funny. that guy got away with murder. like some modern artist that everyone thinks is a genius, but 50 years later is revealed to be an elephant.or warholof half of this board's posters (the one's people think are good)
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Quote from: michigancat on April 20, 2010, 05:15:53 PMok, someone recommend some good historical non-fiction, too, please. Read "With the Old Breed" already.Rusty, for shazbot! sakes, read Winds of War and then War and Rememberance. They go every other chapter Historical Fiction/History. They are also the best books I ever read. FOR shazbot! SAKES!
Quote from: steve dave on April 21, 2010, 07:47:52 AMQuote from: michigancat on April 20, 2010, 05:15:53 PMok, someone recommend some good historical non-fiction, too, please. Read "With the Old Breed" already.Rusty, for shazbot! sakes, read Winds of War and then War and Rememberance. They go every other chapter Historical Fiction/History. They are also the best books I ever read. FOR shazbot! SAKES!Man, I still have like 750 pages of Team of Rivals and I'm already confused by your book.
A few years back I read a book named "Without Vodka", a Polish prisoner of wars accounts of world war 2. Was pretty interesting.
Quote from: Saulbadguy on April 21, 2010, 08:14:53 AMA few years back I read a book named "Without Vodka", a Polish prisoner of wars accounts of world war 2. Was pretty interesting.There's just so much sh*t that's happened. I want to know all about it, but it would take a really long time.
Quote from: asava on April 20, 2010, 05:24:55 PMQuote from: michigancat on April 20, 2010, 05:15:53 PMok, someone recommend some good historical non-fiction, too, please. Read "With the Old Breed" already.haven't read it, but i've been given "Team of Rivals" by Doris Goodwin. Abe Lincoln looks stunning on the cover. Did you have to read Darkness at Noon in Prague?
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