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Lounge Book Club
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Sep 6, 2024, 10:53 AM
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I am wrapping up "Calhoun: American Heretic" by Larry Elder. Going into the book, I knew almost nothing about Calhoun other than the compact theory.
I highly recommend it for anyone with an interest in American, Southern, or Civil War history. It also speaks to some South Carolina history that I was not familiar with, including how political tensions between the upstate and lowcountry were resolved.
Bonus: Thomas Green Clemson is a significant secondary figure in the book and there are some interesting vignettes about the Fort Hill/Pendleton area.
On deck: "The Last Gentleman" by Walker Percy and "Master and Commander" for a beach trip next month.
What's everyone reading these days?
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The Hardy Boys: The Secret of the Old Mill
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Priceless***
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Sep 6, 2024, 11:19 AM
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Also, this makes me think about
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Sep 6, 2024, 10:56 AM
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henry you know cuz he was around back then...
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Im about to pick this up for my plane flights next week
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Sep 6, 2024, 10:56 AM
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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
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sick book***
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Sep 6, 2024, 12:07 PM
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Re: Im about to pick this up for my plane flights next week
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Sep 6, 2024, 3:11 PM
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Excellent choice. I always thought the Apaches were badass. No sir, the Comanches were by far the superior Native American tribe.
Enjoy!
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Gus, Jake Spoon, and Woodrow whipped em in Texas.***
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Sep 6, 2024, 3:21 PM
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I have a Sudoku book in my "Library" ... right beside the extra TP.***
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Sep 6, 2024, 10:58 AM
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Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
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Sep 6, 2024, 11:07 AM
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Easy reading, she's a great writer. She wrote The Dutch House which I really enjoyed.
Typing this out after reading posts from the history guys raises a question: Am I ghey?
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Re: Lounge Book Club
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Sep 6, 2024, 11:07 AM
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Just re-read "All Creatures Great and Small" and "A River Runs Through It".
Calhoun sounds good, I'll look that one up.
Master and Commander is actually a 3 book series. A shame they only made the one movie.
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Haven't had a chance to start it yet but this is on deck...
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Agenda for the Lake County Commission
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Sep 6, 2024, 11:20 AM
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To be followed by agendas for at least 20 more municipalities before 6pm today. I no longer read for personal pleasure since I deplore having to read 20k plus pages of government documents per week
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Re: Agenda for the Lake County Commission
Sep 6, 2024, 1:42 PM
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I'm with ya there. Reading development ordinances for several different counties and a multitude of towns and municipalities scrambles the brain.
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I been on a tear lately
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Sep 6, 2024, 12:04 PM
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in my stance of refusing to browse the politically virused interwebs, I've just kept on readin...
I think since our last post i've read:
Empire of the Summer Moon - dope AF historical timeline of the Comanche Empire
The Given Day - Coughlin series by Dennis Lehane. 3rd of 3. it was meh. timeline is cool...early 1900s to 1940s prohibition mobster stuff
The Last Green Valley by Mark Sullivan - same guy who wrote Beneath the Scarlet Sky. FUGGIN WOW this book man. Historical fiction about an ethnic German family from Ukraine who ran from the Russians to get into Nazi Germany. Then obviously tried to run from the Russians again after they won. Everyone should read this book IMO. More powerful than Scarlet SKY IMO.
The Boy from Block 66 - first hand account of a kid who made it through the Holocaust. crazy crazy shid them folks went through.
no idea what's next. might get back into some westerns
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Currently reading the Maze by Nelson DeMille.***
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Re: Lounge Book Club
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Sep 6, 2024, 12:40 PM
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East of Eden - revisiting American classics that I haven't read.
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Just finished "The Soul of Battle: From Ancient Times to the Present Day, How
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Sep 6, 2024, 12:45 PM
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Three Great Liberators Vanquished Tyranny" by Victor Davis Hanson. It's a really interesting comparison of 3 great "democratic" military marches in history: Epaminondas - the Theban General who freed the Helot slaves from Sparta that started the Spartan downfall, Sherman's march to the sea and up to Virginia during the Civil War, and Patton's march across Europe in WWII. It was an easy read and found it very enlightening - especially his section on Sherman.
Not sure what I'm going to read next - after reading Hanson's account of Patton's march across France and Germany - I'd like to read some more on Patton - particularly his youth and early military career.
Also have some books on the Korean War, the US Army in the WWII Pacific theater, and some brain candy military sci-fi on my list as well...
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Re: Just finished "The Soul of Battle: From Ancient Times to the Present Day, How
Sep 6, 2024, 1:27 PM
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I've read Patton: Ordeal and Triumph, which was used for the movie. Another I've heard is good but have not read yet is Patton, Genius for War, by Carlo D'Este. that is supposed to be the most comprehensive of his life in and out of the military.
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Woah - 22 hours on Spotify***
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Re: Lounge Book Club
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Sep 6, 2024, 3:19 PM
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Finishing The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides this weekend. It’s excellent.
Looking forward to picking up Target: Beirut a NF book by Jack Carr a former Navy Seal who has written several good fiction books.
Carr will be at Buxton Books in CHS and at the Atlanta History Center this month discussing this new book.
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that's the terminal list guy right?
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Sep 6, 2024, 3:43 PM
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I haven't started his books yet b/c I know I'll have to finish em
obvi listened to him on JRE
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Re: that's the terminal list guy right?
Sep 6, 2024, 7:09 PM
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Yep. I normally don’t read much fiction, but I’ve read all of Carr’s books. He’s also influenced me to buy some gear he used/uses.
There’s enough realism in his books to definitely keep one interested.
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