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Finished this. Great source material, solid retelling, relatively concise. Extra points for interviewing some of the tribesman who were actually there. And one of the survivors was a DWAG.GrundleStiltzkin said:On to this.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74467372/kenneth-w_-decker -
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One more recommendation from the military history category: Five Years to Freedom.
This man was a badass. He started the SERE school after his time as a POW.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_N._Rowe
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The Throbber has started churning through this - but reading time is limited to long weekends at his palatial inland lake lodge so just getting up to the part where Genghis consolidates the tribes.Doog_de_Jour said:
You’re most welcome. I’m trying to read up more on non-Chinese/Japanese Asian history, and came across that book. I guess the author did another one on the daughters of Genghis Khan but I haven’t read it yet.GrundleStiltzkin said:
Finished, excellent book, thank you for the suggestion. I learned a lot. The author does really like himself some Mongols, but he backs it up.GrundleStiltzkin said:
1/3 into this @Doog_de_Jour , easier read (in a good way) than I was expecting. It does come across as a bit of a hagiography to this point.Doog_de_Jour said:Good call on “Retribution” @YellowSnow.
One of my most recent reads...
I don't necessarily like the author's writing style (not techinically gifted) but good content and information.
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Don't know why it took me so long to get to, but just finished The Blind Side. Outstanding. I have no problem admitting I really liked the movie #NoHomo 75k. The book, of course, is must different. Probably second only to Friday Night Lights as the best sports book I've read.PurpleThrobber said:Anything by Michael Lewis or Timothy Egan.
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Confederacy of Dunces is a brilliant book
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I think I've read four of this guy's book now over the summer, and this was the best. Amazing amount of research. He covers a lot of the standard 9/11 material, but in more depth. And many things I'd never heard before. For instance, an Air Force C-130 tailed the Shanksville plane as best it could.GrundleStiltzkin said:
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Someone wrote a book about Hardcore Husky?Meek said:Confederacy of Dunces is a brilliant book
