What kind of stuff do you all read?

oreclan said:

I like history books , especially about the founding of our nation. Currently I am reading Thundersticks by David J. Silverman. Next The Falcon.

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Thundersticks is a great book. Got it for Christmas

Just swapped with a friend, Edison for Boone.

Here are the next reads unless I find something else that interests me more.

Farley Mowat was a prolific Canadian author. Nowhere near reading all of his books and would not want to. But a lot of them grabbed me. Currently rereading Grey Seas Under. A factual account of incidents of an ocean going salvage tug in the North Atlantic.

A history buff friend of mine and I tend to meet twice a year at the local gun show. He always seems to come with a stack of books for me to read and we usually buy a book or two from another friend who is a vendor at the show. At the gun show last weekend I picked up a reprint of Allen's journal from 1885 about exploring the Copper, Tanana and Koyukuk Rivers. Also got a good deal on 4 lbs of 2F Schuetzen powder.

I enjoy reading history of Alaska and Northern Canada, from the bush flying stories on back to the first writings of early explorers. I get a kick out of reading early accounts of exploring country that I'm familiar with.

TraderVic said:

For anyone interested in a non fiction (the real deal) true story of a B-17 tail gunner who survived a four mile fall in the severed tail of his bomber, the recently published book "Tailspin" is for you.
Author : John Armbruster

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I remember a book titled "Hit the Silk". It was a compilation of stories of people saved by a parachute. This story was in the epilogue chapter of people saved under unusual circumstances that did not use a parachute.

Interesting read.

Don

Colonial history on western Pa and Ohio country F & I, revolutionary war, civil war, ww1, and 4 magazines NRA, NMLRA, Muzzleloading, and Texas. But I like to read and will read almost anything.

I am doing a doctorate, so I read a lot of academic papers and other published history, and in my down time I really like to relax my brain with fiction. My partner and I go to two book clubs, where we discuss a book which we have all read that month. This month we are reading J.L. Carr's A Month in The Country, and Ryan O'Connor's The Voids. Both very good in different ways.

For non-fiction I have really been enjoying reading Brett Gibbons's books on the Enfield rifle and its ammo, and on black powder.

Anything by Jim Corbett.

Books about the history and development of tanks (mostly ww2) have always been a big one for me. Recently, a lot of books on 15th-17th century warfare. For both categories, osprey books are very hit or miss. I love sci fi and fantasy, but digital media generally scratches that itch.

Read a good book awhile back, titled "Six Frigates". Covers the original six frigates built for our fledgling navy.

Mainly the Bible, Zane Gey and Luis LaMoure (in a blind mostly for the westerns)

tenngun said:

Try the Alan Lewrie books. More tongue in cheek but very fun

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I've read the whole Lewrie series. Still have some of them on shelves at home. I feel like I watched the character grow up through the years.

SOLANCO said:

Farley Mowat was a prolific Canadian author. Nowhere near reading all of his books and would not want to. But a lot of them grabbed me. Currently rereading Grey Seas Under. A factual account of incidents of an ocean going salvage tug in the North Atlantic.

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I've like Mowat since stumbling onto his "Never Cry Wolf" as a young, blue collar, college lad.

On cold Winter nights every year I grab the Memoirs of Sergeant Bourgogne: 1812-1813 and have my Charleville close by, along with some hot apple cider and a good fire going.
Other than that, there are far too many to list off the top of my head.

Salt River Johnny said:

I read older books from the internet that pertaining to early Missouri history pre 1840. Finding alot of first person stories and alot of great information about War of 1812 in Missouri and earlier interaction with the native population. I use all this information for my fb page "The Mud lark mess". I am useing all this information for living history programs. Very rewarding.

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I also enjoy the classic writings. I have a vast military refrence library . I collect military and military weapons.

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Marshhawk said:

I've read the whole Lewrie series. Still have some of them on shelves at home. I feel like I watched the character grow up through the years.

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Have you read Kent’s (Douglas Reedman) Bolitho series? They are my favorite.
The character Richard Bolitho was born in Oct 1756. 200 years and seven months before me. I felt a connection since as the bicentennial happened I was the same age as he was
He dies in 1815, I waited until 2015 to read his last story,
Kent carried on with the story of his nephew, but just couldn’t get in to not having ‘Equlity Dick’ in the story

rkg1 said:

Colonial history on western Pa and Ohio country F & I, revolutionary war, civil war, ww1, and 4 magazines NRA, NMLRA, Muzzleloading, and Texas. But I like to read and will read almost anything.

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rkg1 said:

I am from Western Pennsylvania myself. I grew up in a log cabin in Hempfield Township that was built in the 1700s. It was the location of an event known as the Henry Massacre. It can be found in the old history of Westmoreland County and is an incredible story. There are long and short versions of the story. It took place and what was called The Herald settlement . But in any case the Indians attacked while all the men were at the Grist Mill Massacre the mother kidnapped some daughters while yet others hid in the fields to avoid the massacre. The man got back and organized a posse dressed as Indians for safe travel and went all the way to Fort Duquesne which is now Pittsburgh and actually got the girls back. Amazing

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Quite a lot of stuff, actually. Take a look here for a glimpse of my library: DaleAllenRaby library | TinyCat

To rest and as I don't live in my time anymore, I particularly like novels and historical works which take place between the battle of Sekigahara and the Meiji era. Madam does Japanese calligraphy; meanwhile, I read: I am not good with a brush and ink...

I would love to read after action reports by Japanese admirals after Midway. I do not mean this in a jesting or disrespectful way.