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OT - All Time Favorite Books ???
I was just reading an article about the top ten favorite books around the US. Made me curious as to what YOU folks would list as your all time favorites. The following are mine, in no particular order after the first one...
The Bible (in various languages and translations)
Roughing It - by Mark Twain
Life On The Mississippi - by Mark Twain
Good Friends Good Guns Good Whiskey - by Skeeter Skelton
Hell, I Was There! - by Elmer Keith
The Walking Drum - by Louis L'Amour
Yondering - by Louis L'Amour
Horn Of The Hunter - by Robert Ruark
Single Action Sixguns - by John Taffin
Bigbore Sixguns - by John Taffin
That's it, from a pure reading pleasure point of view. If I were to make a list of ministry related books it'd be vastly different, but this list I compiled from my meager collection of books and reflects the ones that tend to get read over and over for the pure pleasure of sharing with the author.
So, what books do YOU turn back to read time after time - just for the pleasure of reading them?
The Bible (in various languages and translations)
Roughing It - by Mark Twain
Life On The Mississippi - by Mark Twain
Good Friends Good Guns Good Whiskey - by Skeeter Skelton
Hell, I Was There! - by Elmer Keith
The Walking Drum - by Louis L'Amour
Yondering - by Louis L'Amour
Horn Of The Hunter - by Robert Ruark
Single Action Sixguns - by John Taffin
Bigbore Sixguns - by John Taffin
That's it, from a pure reading pleasure point of view. If I were to make a list of ministry related books it'd be vastly different, but this list I compiled from my meager collection of books and reflects the ones that tend to get read over and over for the pure pleasure of sharing with the author.
So, what books do YOU turn back to read time after time - just for the pleasure of reading them?
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1. Grapes of Wrath-John Steinbeck
2. Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury
3. 1984-George Orwell
4. Titus Andronicus-Shakespeare (if we're counting plays)
5. Cat's Cradle-Kurt Vonnegut
6. Oryx and Crake-Margaret Atwood
7. Frankenstein-Mary Shelley
8. No Country for Old Men-Cormac McCarthy
9. Into the Forest-Jean Hegland
10. The Zombie Survival Guide-Max Brooks
2. Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury
3. 1984-George Orwell
4. Titus Andronicus-Shakespeare (if we're counting plays)
5. Cat's Cradle-Kurt Vonnegut
6. Oryx and Crake-Margaret Atwood
7. Frankenstein-Mary Shelley
8. No Country for Old Men-Cormac McCarthy
9. Into the Forest-Jean Hegland
10. The Zombie Survival Guide-Max Brooks

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All the above are excellent, I would add:
Rugged and Sublime,The civil war in Arkansas-Mark Christ
About Face-Col. David H. Hackworth
Rise to Rebellion- Jeff Shaara
Gallipoli- Jack Bennett
Undaunted Courage- Stephen Ambrose
D Day- Stephen Ambrose
Band of Brothers- Stephen Ambrose
Citizen Soldiers- Stephen Ambrose
My life on the Plains- George Armstrong Custer
Guns,Germs and Steel- Jared Diamond
The FAL Rifle-R. Blake Stevens (combined Edition)
Report from Engine Co. 82-Dennis Smith
Flags of Our Fathers-James Bradley
The Collected Works of Jack London-Jack London
Sharps Firearms-Frank Sellers
The Education of little Tree-Forrest Carter
The Red Pony-John Steinbeck
Where the Red Fern Grows-Wilson Rawls
Alas, Babylon-Pat Frank
Peter Capstick Hathaway- All of 'em!
Rugged and Sublime,The civil war in Arkansas-Mark Christ
About Face-Col. David H. Hackworth
Rise to Rebellion- Jeff Shaara
Gallipoli- Jack Bennett
Undaunted Courage- Stephen Ambrose
D Day- Stephen Ambrose
Band of Brothers- Stephen Ambrose
Citizen Soldiers- Stephen Ambrose
My life on the Plains- George Armstrong Custer
Guns,Germs and Steel- Jared Diamond
The FAL Rifle-R. Blake Stevens (combined Edition)
Report from Engine Co. 82-Dennis Smith
Flags of Our Fathers-James Bradley
The Collected Works of Jack London-Jack London
Sharps Firearms-Frank Sellers
The Education of little Tree-Forrest Carter
The Red Pony-John Steinbeck
Where the Red Fern Grows-Wilson Rawls
Alas, Babylon-Pat Frank
Peter Capstick Hathaway- All of 'em!

1. The Bible
1B. My fathers journals - bill johnson
2. Cheasapeake - Michner
3. Beautiful Swimmers- Williams
4. Walden - HD Thoreau
5. Highliners - Williams
6. A week on the concord and merrimack Rivers - HD Thoreau
7. Western Wind, Eastern shore - Robert De Gast
8. Alone Around the world - Slocum
9. longbows in the north (and the rest of his books) -E. Donnall Thomas
1B. My fathers journals - bill johnson
2. Cheasapeake - Michner
3. Beautiful Swimmers- Williams
4. Walden - HD Thoreau
5. Highliners - Williams
6. A week on the concord and merrimack Rivers - HD Thoreau
7. Western Wind, Eastern shore - Robert De Gast
8. Alone Around the world - Slocum
9. longbows in the north (and the rest of his books) -E. Donnall Thomas
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"Only those who will risk going too far, can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Eliot
Well, a lot of my favorites have been listed but based on my actual reading (eliminating THE good book i.e. limiting it to recreational reading)and re-reading...
#1 - "Sixguns" by Elmer Keith
#2 - "Hell I was There" by Elmer Keith
#3 - "Shotguns" by Elmer Keith
#4 - "Longbow" by Robert Hardy
#5 - "The Complete Dog Book"
#6 - "A Fortunate Life" by A. B. Facey (thanks to Bruce Scott!)
#7 - "Woodcraft" by George Washington Sears, "Nessmuk"
#8 - "Pet Loads" by Ken Waters
#9 - "Daniel Boone" by Jack Mack Faragher
#10 - "Winchester's .30-30 Model 94" by Sam Fadala
You might note that none of my favorites are fiction but I have read fiction now and again, usually under duress. Some have been passably pleasurable but none will ever be favorites.
#1 - "Sixguns" by Elmer Keith
#2 - "Hell I was There" by Elmer Keith
#3 - "Shotguns" by Elmer Keith
#4 - "Longbow" by Robert Hardy
#5 - "The Complete Dog Book"
#6 - "A Fortunate Life" by A. B. Facey (thanks to Bruce Scott!)
#7 - "Woodcraft" by George Washington Sears, "Nessmuk"
#8 - "Pet Loads" by Ken Waters
#9 - "Daniel Boone" by Jack Mack Faragher
#10 - "Winchester's .30-30 Model 94" by Sam Fadala
You might note that none of my favorites are fiction but I have read fiction now and again, usually under duress. Some have been passably pleasurable but none will ever be favorites.
Sincerely,
Hobie
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All excellent.Jason_W wrote:...
2. Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury
3. 1984-George Orwell
6. Oryx and Crake-Margaret Atwood
7. Frankenstein-Mary Shelley
I didn't think I'd find anyone else here who appreciated Atwood.
Off the top of my head...
"Hadmaid's Tale" Margaret Atwood
"Neuromancer" - Gibson
"Jennifer Government" - Max Barry
Everything by T. Paine
Everything by T. Jefferson
Everything by RAH
Everything by Ayn Rand
Everything by Machaivelli
Everything by L. Neil Smith
Summa Theologica - Aquinas
Christianismi Restituto - Servetus
Blackstone's Commentaries on The Laws of England.
Pirkei Avot - Various Rabbis
"The Assimilation of the Unconscious" Carl G. Jung
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Any of James Thom's novels (historically accurate fiction). He covers the era between 1750 to 1850, with a midwestern focus. Lots about Tecumseh, the Clark family, etc.
The Red Heart (true story of Frances Slocum)
From Sea to Shining Sea (the entire Clark family)
Sign Talker (Lewis & Clark journey from perspective of French/Indian team member James Drouillard)
Panther in the Sky (Tecumseh)
All difficult to put down.
Also - Unintended Consequences (excellent novel about guns, laws, etc.) I wish someone like John Milius would make a movie based on this novel; it might be a way to get the movie-going public (whose biggest sociopolitical 'concern' is which brand of gas grill to buy) to understand the danger of gun control laws.
and - The TRUTH about the Fair Tax (Boortz)
finally - anything by Jack London (best read in the winter, or when out camping in cold weather!)
The Red Heart (true story of Frances Slocum)
From Sea to Shining Sea (the entire Clark family)
Sign Talker (Lewis & Clark journey from perspective of French/Indian team member James Drouillard)
Panther in the Sky (Tecumseh)
All difficult to put down.
Also - Unintended Consequences (excellent novel about guns, laws, etc.) I wish someone like John Milius would make a movie based on this novel; it might be a way to get the movie-going public (whose biggest sociopolitical 'concern' is which brand of gas grill to buy) to understand the danger of gun control laws.
and - The TRUTH about the Fair Tax (Boortz)
finally - anything by Jack London (best read in the winter, or when out camping in cold weather!)
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1.The Corps series by W.E.B. Giffen
2. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
3. Rise To Rebelion, The Glorious Cause, Gone For Soldiers, Gods And Generals, and The Last Full Measure by Jeff Shaara
4. Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
5. The Dark Tower series by Stephen King
Those are the ones I find my self rereading over and over again.
2. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
3. Rise To Rebelion, The Glorious Cause, Gone For Soldiers, Gods And Generals, and The Last Full Measure by Jeff Shaara
4. Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
5. The Dark Tower series by Stephen King
Those are the ones I find my self rereading over and over again.
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I am a voracious reader. Some faves that come to mind include:
Warrior: The Legend Of Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen by Peter Capstick
A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa by F C Selous
Alaskan Yukon Trophies Won and Lost by Young
Take That Hill! The Royal Marines in the Falklands War by Col. Nick Vaux, RM
Marine! The Life of Chesty Puller by Burke Davis
Under the Southern Cross, the Story of the Americal Division by Capt F D Cronin (my late father's outfit in WWII)
A Rifleman Went to War by Herbert McBride
Shots Fired in Anger by Col. John N George
With British Snipers to the Reich by Capt. C Shore
Wilderness Hunting and Wildcraft by Townsend Whelen
Textbook of Pistols and Revolvers by Julian Hatcher
Hatcher's Notebook by Julian Hatcher
Hunting with the Twenty-Two by Charles S Landis
Ordnance Went Up Front by Roy Dunlap
The Corps series by W E B Griffith
Anything by Robert B Parker (Spenser, Jesse Stone, etc.)
Anything by Carl Hiassen
Anything by Robert Crais
Anything by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Any "Travis McGee" novel by John D MacDonald
Any "Flashman" title by George MacDonald Fraser
Anything by John Sandford
Anything by Donald Westlake, particularly his comic crime novels about John Dortmunder
Anything by James Rollins
That's a start.
Noah
Warrior: The Legend Of Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen by Peter Capstick
A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa by F C Selous
Alaskan Yukon Trophies Won and Lost by Young
Take That Hill! The Royal Marines in the Falklands War by Col. Nick Vaux, RM
Marine! The Life of Chesty Puller by Burke Davis
Under the Southern Cross, the Story of the Americal Division by Capt F D Cronin (my late father's outfit in WWII)
A Rifleman Went to War by Herbert McBride
Shots Fired in Anger by Col. John N George
With British Snipers to the Reich by Capt. C Shore
Wilderness Hunting and Wildcraft by Townsend Whelen
Textbook of Pistols and Revolvers by Julian Hatcher
Hatcher's Notebook by Julian Hatcher
Hunting with the Twenty-Two by Charles S Landis
Ordnance Went Up Front by Roy Dunlap
The Corps series by W E B Griffith
Anything by Robert B Parker (Spenser, Jesse Stone, etc.)
Anything by Carl Hiassen
Anything by Robert Crais
Anything by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Any "Travis McGee" novel by John D MacDonald
Any "Flashman" title by George MacDonald Fraser
Anything by John Sandford
Anything by Donald Westlake, particularly his comic crime novels about John Dortmunder
Anything by James Rollins
That's a start.
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1. King Jame 1611 A.V.
2. Dispensational Truth- Clarence Larkin
3. Foxe's Book of Martyrs
4. The Last of the Breed- Louis L'Amour
5. Totch, My Life in the Everglades- Totch Brown
6. A Land remembered - Patrick D. Smith
7. Sixguns- Keith
8. Hell, I was There- Keith
This is the short list...
2. Dispensational Truth- Clarence Larkin
3. Foxe's Book of Martyrs
4. The Last of the Breed- Louis L'Amour
5. Totch, My Life in the Everglades- Totch Brown
6. A Land remembered - Patrick D. Smith
7. Sixguns- Keith
8. Hell, I was There- Keith
This is the short list...
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Isiah 55:8&9
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Isiah 55:8&9
It's easier to fool people than it is to convince them they have been fooled.
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"Warrior" by Capstick is one of my favorites as well.
" Last Train Over Rostov Bridge" Marion Aten
" A Bridge Too Far" Cornelius Ryan
" The Stand" Stephen King
"Red Storm Rising and Hunt For Red October" Tom Clancy
Anything by WEB Griffen
"Racing Through Paradice" W.F. Buckley
Just about anything by Steven Ambrose
"The Road" Cormack McCarthy
"The Forgotten Soldier" Guy Sajer
"Night" Eli Wiesel
"Combat Officer"Charles Walker
" Last Train Over Rostov Bridge" Marion Aten
" A Bridge Too Far" Cornelius Ryan
" The Stand" Stephen King
"Red Storm Rising and Hunt For Red October" Tom Clancy
Anything by WEB Griffen
"Racing Through Paradice" W.F. Buckley
Just about anything by Steven Ambrose
"The Road" Cormack McCarthy
"The Forgotten Soldier" Guy Sajer
"Night" Eli Wiesel
"Combat Officer"Charles Walker
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Book Favorites!
For me...the ones I read & reread the most:
1. KJ Bible-every day (#1 Favorite).
2. "My Utmost For His Highest": Oswald Chambers-every day
3. Sam Fadala's 30-30 book. monthly (almost memorized).
4. Anything by Watchman Nee, Spurgeon, Smith Wigglesworth or Francis Schaeffer-every week.
5. Keith, O'Conner, Capstick, etc.
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1. KJ Bible-every day (#1 Favorite).
2. "My Utmost For His Highest": Oswald Chambers-every day
3. Sam Fadala's 30-30 book. monthly (almost memorized).
4. Anything by Watchman Nee, Spurgeon, Smith Wigglesworth or Francis Schaeffer-every week.
5. Keith, O'Conner, Capstick, etc.
LeverBob
History of the English Speaking Peoples -Churchill
My Early Life - Churchill
The Twelve Caesers - Suetonius
Commentarii de Bello Gallico - Julius Caeser
Anything by Sir Robert Menzies
Anything by Thomas Jefferson
Wisden's Cricketer's Almanac
Chesapeake - James A Mitchener
A Farewell to Arms - Earnest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea - Earnest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Earnest Hemingway
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
Anything even remotely firearm related
My Early Life - Churchill
The Twelve Caesers - Suetonius
Commentarii de Bello Gallico - Julius Caeser
Anything by Sir Robert Menzies
Anything by Thomas Jefferson
Wisden's Cricketer's Almanac

Chesapeake - James A Mitchener
A Farewell to Arms - Earnest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea - Earnest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Earnest Hemingway
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
Anything even remotely firearm related

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Just a few of my favorites...
The Cowboy and the Cossack-Clair Huffaker
Mackenna's Gold-Will Henry
Yellowstone Kelly-Henry writing under the name of Clay Fisher
HMS Ulysses, The Secret Ways, South By Java Head-Alistair MacLean
Mila 18-Leon Uris
To Kill A Mockingbird-Harper Lee
Another vote for, "The Forgotten Soldier-Guy Sajer
Traditional Bowyers of America-Dan Bertalan
Shane-Jack Schaefer
Plus many others that I just don't remember off the top of my head!
The Cowboy and the Cossack-Clair Huffaker
Mackenna's Gold-Will Henry
Yellowstone Kelly-Henry writing under the name of Clay Fisher
HMS Ulysses, The Secret Ways, South By Java Head-Alistair MacLean
Mila 18-Leon Uris
To Kill A Mockingbird-Harper Lee
Another vote for, "The Forgotten Soldier-Guy Sajer
Traditional Bowyers of America-Dan Bertalan
Shane-Jack Schaefer
Plus many others that I just don't remember off the top of my head!
"Be kind and polite to everyone you meet; but have a plan on how to kill them." General Mattis
I have Mr. O'Connor's books, but those I listed are my most read. I have Paco's book as well, but I've only read it 2 or 3 times so it didn't make "the cut". Dittos for Taffin's books. I flat wore out one copy of "Sixguns" and had to buy a second. How many times reading do you think it takes to have the book fall apart? I'm not careless either (Mom was a librarianRimfire McNutjob wrote:I know this is probably because we're on the Leverguns forum but, I do notice that there's plenty of E. Keith and not one J. O'Connor listed.


Sincerely,
Hobie
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I thought perhaps it was the "fat and slow" crowd leaning here versus the "light and fast". I haven't read any Keith but I need to pick one up and get started. I'm also intrigued by what some have said about P. Capstick's writings. I probably have odd tastes ... I just finished a piece of Jasper FForde fiction called The Big Over Easy about the suspicious death and following investigation of ... Humpty Dumpty.Hobie wrote:I have Mr. O'Connor's books, but those I listed are my most read. I have Paco's book as well, but I've only read it 2 or 3 times so it didn't make "the cut". Dittos for Taffin's books. I flat wore out one copy of "Sixguns" and had to buy a second. How many times reading do you think it takes to have the book fall apart? I'm not careless either (Mom was a librarianRimfire McNutjob wrote:I know this is probably because we're on the Leverguns forum but, I do notice that there's plenty of E. Keith and not one J. O'Connor listed.![]()
) so it was fair wear and tear for certain! I can smell the powder in Keith's writing. Can't get that from O'Connor's stuff.
... I love poetry, long walks on the beach, and poking dead things with a stick.
I like Capstick and another favorite was Mark Baker's "Sons of a Trackless Forest". I have MANY other books, many read 3 or more times, but a complete list of good books wasn't the question!
To me, fiction is, well, fiction. I see enough of that on the news...

To me, fiction is, well, fiction. I see enough of that on the news...
Sincerely,
Hobie
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Hobie
"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we find in our travels is an honest friend." Robert Louis Stevenson
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My favorite Books list reads surprising like my list of favorite movies.
Heavily western themed, tho' some added crime/mystery, and some science fiction. At a book a week, western writers have a hard time keeping up!
Heavily western themed, tho' some added crime/mystery, and some science fiction. At a book a week, western writers have a hard time keeping up!

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I've enjoyed all of Sam Fadala's books but Great Shooters of the World is worth reading over and over. Favorite books in no particular order:
- Sirens of Titan by K. Vonnegut
- This Business of Adventure by Roy Chapman Andrews
- Hunting the Hard Way by Howard Hill
- The Hunting Rifle by Jack O'Connor
- Adventure is My Business by Russell Annabel
- Blood Lore by Nevada Barr
- Trail of the Cat by Nevada Barr
- Firestorm by Nevada Barr
- Open Season by CJ Box
- Savage Run by CJ Box
- Modern Encyclopedia of Rifles by H. Stebbins
- Popular Sporting Rifle Cartridges by Clay Harvey
- Mastering Mule Deer by Wayne Van Zwoll
- Modern Hunting with Indian Secrets by Allan MacFarlan
I suggest you order books through your local inter-library loan program.
TR
- Sirens of Titan by K. Vonnegut
- This Business of Adventure by Roy Chapman Andrews
- Hunting the Hard Way by Howard Hill
- The Hunting Rifle by Jack O'Connor
- Adventure is My Business by Russell Annabel
- Blood Lore by Nevada Barr
- Trail of the Cat by Nevada Barr
- Firestorm by Nevada Barr
- Open Season by CJ Box
- Savage Run by CJ Box
- Modern Encyclopedia of Rifles by H. Stebbins
- Popular Sporting Rifle Cartridges by Clay Harvey
- Mastering Mule Deer by Wayne Van Zwoll
- Modern Hunting with Indian Secrets by Allan MacFarlan
I suggest you order books through your local inter-library loan program.
TR
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Ain't it strange that an ol' Florida cracker like Brother Rusty could list my books in perfect order. That is about the finest reading you can put an eye ball to.Thanks Rusty.
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I strongly agree with your first two choices. The wife and I study the Chambers book together every morning. Gives us a great outlook on the rest of the day and reminds us who we are. Where can I find the 30-30 book by Fadala? thanks
I strongly agree with your first two choices. The wife and I study the Chambers book together every morning. Gives us a great outlook on the rest of the day and reminds us who we are. Where can I find the 30-30 book by Fadala? thanks
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Looking at my current book list (known as the Livingroom Bookshelf...)
Benjamin Franklin (v.1 & v.2) - Carl van Doren
Jefferson & Madison - Koch
The Trial of John Peter Zenger - Alexander
Geo. Washington - Woodrow Wilson
Maxims of Washington - duh...
Reflections on the Revolution in France - Burke
The Federalist - Hamilton (gag) Madison & Jay
The Constitution of the US - Story
On Liberty - Mill
The Framing and the Fathers of the Constitution - Farrand
The Ideological Origins of the Revolution - Bailyn
The Adoption of the 14th Amendment - Flack
Common Sense & The Rights of Man - Paine
Congerss, The Constitution, and The Supreme Court - Warren
Two Treatises on Government - Locke
Democracy in America - de Tocquville.... A MUST READ - EVEN IF YOU DON'T READ ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT US GOVERNMENT...
The Framers and the Ratification of the Constitution - Levy & Mahony.
The Confessions of St. Augustine
St. Thomas Aquinas - Selected Writngs
Escape from Freedom - Erich Fromm
Rifles & Handguns - Paco Kelly
A Trail of Feathers - Josef Riekers
Way of the Whitetail - Leon. Lee Rue III
I won't count my set of Annals of America or Harvard Classics 'cause I hardly look at them any more...
Benjamin Franklin (v.1 & v.2) - Carl van Doren
Jefferson & Madison - Koch
The Trial of John Peter Zenger - Alexander
Geo. Washington - Woodrow Wilson
Maxims of Washington - duh...

Reflections on the Revolution in France - Burke
The Federalist - Hamilton (gag) Madison & Jay
The Constitution of the US - Story
On Liberty - Mill
The Framing and the Fathers of the Constitution - Farrand
The Ideological Origins of the Revolution - Bailyn
The Adoption of the 14th Amendment - Flack
Common Sense & The Rights of Man - Paine
Congerss, The Constitution, and The Supreme Court - Warren
Two Treatises on Government - Locke
Democracy in America - de Tocquville.... A MUST READ - EVEN IF YOU DON'T READ ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT US GOVERNMENT...
The Framers and the Ratification of the Constitution - Levy & Mahony.
The Confessions of St. Augustine
St. Thomas Aquinas - Selected Writngs
Escape from Freedom - Erich Fromm
Rifles & Handguns - Paco Kelly
A Trail of Feathers - Josef Riekers
Way of the Whitetail - Leon. Lee Rue III
I won't count my set of Annals of America or Harvard Classics 'cause I hardly look at them any more...

C2N14... because life is not energetic enough.
מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976
Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976
Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
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* "Jubal Sackett" and "The First Fast Draw" are a couple of my favorites from Louis L'Amour...don't really remember reading anything of his I didn't like.
* J.T. Edson's Floating Outfit series
* "Lonesome Dove" - Larry McMurtry
* Robert Jordan or R.A. Salvatore if I need a little break from "reality"...
* J.T. Edson's Floating Outfit series
* "Lonesome Dove" - Larry McMurtry
* Robert Jordan or R.A. Salvatore if I need a little break from "reality"...
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In no particular order;
Islands in the Stream - Hemingway
Breakout - Martin Russ
The Last Place on Earth - Roland Huntford
Cannery Row & Sweet Thursday - John Steinbeck
My great, great..... grandfathers diary of his trip to California in 1849 - James Daigh
The Cain Mutiny - Herman Woulk
Better Times that These - Winston Groom
The Sea Wolf - Jack London
Good By Darkness - William Manchester
Islands in the Stream - Hemingway
Breakout - Martin Russ
The Last Place on Earth - Roland Huntford
Cannery Row & Sweet Thursday - John Steinbeck
My great, great..... grandfathers diary of his trip to California in 1849 - James Daigh
The Cain Mutiny - Herman Woulk
Better Times that These - Winston Groom
The Sea Wolf - Jack London
Good By Darkness - William Manchester
No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
Will Rogers
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
Will Rogers
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Guys:
If you like true adventures with lever guns you'll love these:
- North to Cree Lake by A.L. Karras
- Face the North Wind by A.L. Karras
- The High Road to Adventure by Russell Annabel
This a good daily book:
- Devotions for Men by Stuart Briscoe
Get on down to your local library and get 'em ordered through the inter-library loan program. FREE.
TR
If you like true adventures with lever guns you'll love these:
- North to Cree Lake by A.L. Karras
- Face the North Wind by A.L. Karras
- The High Road to Adventure by Russell Annabel
This a good daily book:
- Devotions for Men by Stuart Briscoe
Get on down to your local library and get 'em ordered through the inter-library loan program. FREE.
TR
Fire Up the Grill - Hunting is NOT Catch & Release!
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Last of the Breed-Louis LaMour
The Walking Drum-Louis Lamour
I've read those two books dozens of times. In fact they have been in constant rotation with each other for a couple years now, with Bendigo Shafter thrown in once in awhile. I have read most if not all of Lamours writings at least twice, probably three or four for many. I read other books, but those are the ones I read at bedtime.
The Walking Drum-Louis Lamour
I've read those two books dozens of times. In fact they have been in constant rotation with each other for a couple years now, with Bendigo Shafter thrown in once in awhile. I have read most if not all of Lamours writings at least twice, probably three or four for many. I read other books, but those are the ones I read at bedtime.
"He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance." Declaration of Independance, July 4, 1776
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My sister read it to me when I was quite small. I read it many times myself afterwards. I don't think other book I've read then or since, effected me as much as that one did as a child. It did more to "make me who I am" than any other (for good and bad I suppose).Triggernosis wrote:One that I really liked as a kid, a page or two read daily by my 4th grade teacher: "My Side of the Mountain"
Slow is just slow.
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I was shocked to find out it was actually written by a woman... it was a favorite when I was a kid as well. It has spurred a long lasting interest in backwoods living over the years...cas wrote:My sister read it to me when I was quite small. I read it many times myself afterwards. I don't think other book I've read then or since, effected me as much as that one did as a child. It did more to "make me who I am" than any other (for good and bad I suppose).Triggernosis wrote:One that I really liked as a kid, a page or two read daily by my 4th grade teacher: "My Side of the Mountain"
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http://www.pistolpackingpreachers.us
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The Bible (NIV)
The Proving Trail ----L'Amour
Flint------L'Amour
Reilly's Luck---L'Amour
Retief-----Keith Laumer
The collection titled The Bear in the Attic ----Patrick McManus
All of the collections of McManus' short stories
Never Bet the Devil Your Head-----Edgar Allen Poe
The Lion of Farside trilogy -----John Dalmas
The Lion of Ireland------Morgan Llywelyn
Little Fuzzy-----H. Beam Piper
The Proving Trail ----L'Amour
Flint------L'Amour
Reilly's Luck---L'Amour
Retief-----Keith Laumer
The collection titled The Bear in the Attic ----Patrick McManus
All of the collections of McManus' short stories
Never Bet the Devil Your Head-----Edgar Allen Poe
The Lion of Farside trilogy -----John Dalmas
The Lion of Ireland------Morgan Llywelyn
Little Fuzzy-----H. Beam Piper
D. Brian Casady
Quid Llatine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur.
Advanced is being able to do the basics while your leg is on fire---Bill Jeans
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost
Quid Llatine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur.
Advanced is being able to do the basics while your leg is on fire---Bill Jeans
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost
Have any of you read the sequel to My Side of the Mountain. There is a character in it based on the Author's friend who shows raptors at fishing and hunting shows. Frightful's Mountain is a pretty good book. My son had it autographed by Jon Wood.
D. Brian Casady
Quid Llatine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur.
Advanced is being able to do the basics while your leg is on fire---Bill Jeans
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost
Quid Llatine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur.
Advanced is being able to do the basics while your leg is on fire---Bill Jeans
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost
I have a collection of Patrick McManus. Hilarious and... too close to home in some regards... I have Capstick, O'Connor, Askins, DeHaas, Nonte, Taffin, O'Meara, Cumpston, Riekers, Grant, and many others. McManus is the only "fiction" that I've bought.
Sincerely,
Hobie
"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we find in our travels is an honest friend." Robert Louis Stevenson
Hobie
"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we find in our travels is an honest friend." Robert Louis Stevenson
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Mr. McManus was one of my English Teachers at EWU in Cheney WA...Hobie wrote:I have a collection of Patrick McManus. Hilarious and... too close to home in some regards... I have Capstick, O'Connor, Askins, DeHaas, Nonte, Taffin, O'Meara, Cumpston, Riekers, Grant, and many others. McManus is the only "fiction" that I've bought.
His writing is not "fiction", it's just "elaboration". Anyone who has ever gone catch and release fishing understands that...

C2N14... because life is not energetic enough.
מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976
Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976
Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
That's why I put the word fiction in quotation marks. Sometimes I just have to put the book down and my face might hurt for a day or two.Old Ironsights wrote:Mr. McManus was one of my English Teachers at EWU in Cheney WA...Hobie wrote:I have a collection of Patrick McManus. Hilarious and... too close to home in some regards... I have Capstick, O'Connor, Askins, DeHaas, Nonte, Taffin, O'Meara, Cumpston, Riekers, Grant, and many others. McManus is the only "fiction" that I've bought.
His writing is not "fiction", it's just "elaboration". Anyone who has ever gone catch and release fishing understands that...
Sincerely,
Hobie
"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we find in our travels is an honest friend." Robert Louis Stevenson
Hobie
"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we find in our travels is an honest friend." Robert Louis Stevenson
I would give my eyeteeth to have an evening sitting around a campfire listening to Patrick McManus telling his stories. I'd probably laugh myself sick, but it would be worth it.
D. Brian Casady
Quid Llatine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur.
Advanced is being able to do the basics while your leg is on fire---Bill Jeans
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost
Quid Llatine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur.
Advanced is being able to do the basics while your leg is on fire---Bill Jeans
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost
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Speaking of McManus, he didn't make the top ten list I posted and the only reason I can give is that his books are on another shelf. My wife finds it odd that I can lay there and laugh 'til I cry when I go through one of his books. GOOD humor has an element of truth, and I've lived TOO many situations like some that he elaborates to NOT find them HIGHLY humorous.
And, for straight forward clean comedy, Pat McManus and Samuel Langhorn Clemens (Mark Twain) are/were both masters of the art. If y'all have never read any of Twain's non-fiction like "Life on the Mississippi" and "Roughing It" - I HIGHLY recommend them...
And, for straight forward clean comedy, Pat McManus and Samuel Langhorn Clemens (Mark Twain) are/were both masters of the art. If y'all have never read any of Twain's non-fiction like "Life on the Mississippi" and "Roughing It" - I HIGHLY recommend them...
Paul - in Pereira
"He is the best friend of American liberty who is most sincere and active in promoting true and undefiled religion." -- John Witherspoon
http://www.paulmoreland.com
http://www.pistolpackingpreachers.us
http://www.precisionandina.com
"He is the best friend of American liberty who is most sincere and active in promoting true and undefiled religion." -- John Witherspoon
http://www.paulmoreland.com
http://www.pistolpackingpreachers.us
http://www.precisionandina.com