
Posted: 11/26/2001 1:12:31 PM EDT
Alright you history buffs. what are some of your favorite history books?
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Californian by birth, Texan by choice.
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Lewis and Clark Journals. edited by De Voto
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Best one ever is "It Seemed Like A Good Idea..." by William Forstchen and Bill Fawcett ISBN: 0-380-80771-8
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"The Black Rifle" ISBN 0-88935-115-5
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Were it not for the Brave, there would be no Land of the Free
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4,000 Years Ago by Geoffrey Bibby.
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The first part of your life, you worry about what people think about you;
The middle part of your life, you don't care what people think about you; The last part of your life, you realize they weren't even thinking about you at all. |
"Meeting at Philadelphia" (History of the Constitutional Convention)
"Citizen Soldiers" (WWII)
"Clear the Bridge!" (USS Tang history)
"Retreat, Hell" (Marines at Chosen)
Lots more.
CB
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"Stonewall Jackson" by Dr. James Robertson
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Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito.
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The Dead Sea scrolls.
Michael
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20th Century
Stephen Ambrose does a great job, I would start with his "Citizen Soldiers"
American Civil War
I would recommend Shelby Foote.
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When They Knock Down Your Front Door, How You Going To Come? With Your Hands On Your Head Or On The Trigger Of Your Gun?
Bassist Paul Simonon-The Clash |
Colloden, John Preble (The Scottish rebellion of 1745)
The Killer Angels, Michael Schaara (Gettysburg)
A Life Wild and Perilous, Utley (The mountain men)
The Arctic Grail, Berton (The search for the Northwest Passage)
The Washing of the Spears (The rise and fall of the Zulu nation)
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer. 1599 pages of WW2.
Av.
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Proud member of the Pink Pistols.
Watch me restore a 1952 USMC M38A1! http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=493147&page=1 |
"Hammer of the Gods"
the unauthorized biography of Led Zepplin
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"Hey Doc! Did you see the size of that chicken?"
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