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I think for fiction it'd be Lonesome Dove as the author absolutely drew me into the world he'd created. Funny though I've read a few of his other works and really didn't care for them nearly as much.
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LD hooked me hard, couldn't wait to get my hands on the other tomes McMurtry wrote. after reading them, I wondered if he'd plagarized LD, or just was just churning out books to get paid. didn't even feel like they were by the same author.
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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I've read all Tony Hillerman's books several times. Love the settings and the way he describes stuff. I forgot about Tony. I've read most of his and can relate to them, having spent the majority of my life in the southwest. Good writer.
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Last of the Breed was good.
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Gold Buckle Dreams .The Rodeo Life Of Chris Ledoux.
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The Frontiersman by Allan Eckert. It was about the life and times of Simon Kenton. Great book!
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I had that book,The Frontiersman.Lent it to a friend never got it back .It was a very good book.
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Believe that book was titled "The FrontiersmEn" as kenton wasn't the only subject. Great book, read it 40+ years ago in high school.
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I started to read one. Don't remember the title. For me, an author should have some base of knowledge about his subject. Even in, or maybe particularly in writing fiction. If it's not believeable it's simply not any good. It quickly became evident that Lee Child had no concept of the U.S. military establishment and no clue about the military police. I put the book down and won't read his stuff again. Fiction without a believable base is simply fluff. Enter Lee Child, and Jack Reacher.
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In the same genre as Child/Reacher, albeit immensely better written, are the Doc Ford novels by Randy White.
White also strains for believability in some aspects, but his social commentary is very apt and his portrayals of S.W. Florida life are worth reading all on their own.
The clandestine affairs of Doc Ford stretch the imagination a bit, but Ford as a marine biologist is very realistic. Likely so because the author himself is educated as a marine biologist, and lives in the area he writes of. The flights of imagination in Ford's escapades just might have happened.
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RockyRaab, I have to plug your books here. I have many favorites but when I started His 2, I could barely put them down to do anything else. Only problem is that He quit after 2. Ya need to get busy. miles
Look out for number 1, don't step in number 2.
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I liked Rocky's books. He has the knack of telling about what happened and making it sound like a story. The best stories follow real life closely.
A story woven around real events is tough to beat.
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The Holy Bible. Nothing else remotely close
The Book of Man by Bill Bennett
It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.
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Of course, The Bible. The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter. The Road to Serfdom by F.A. Hayek. Any of Tom Kelly's turkey hunting books, but start with Tenth Legion.
The biggest problem our country has is not systemic racism, it's systemic stupidity.
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Best...
Blood Meridian is pretty incredible. I'd have to put it at the top.
For Whom the Bell Tolls has a lot of great stuff in it and extremely well written. You can't go wrong with Hemingway.
Hemingway also has some really fine short stories.
Hemingway is pegged as a misogynist but he's not any easier on men. Sometimes the truth hurts. There's a whole lot of truth in his writing, real people and real situations. Not saying he wasn't misogynist to some degree, but I think it's fair to say he's misunderstood with regards to his writing about women.
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Undaunted Courage by Ambrose is just awesome. He puts the whole Lewis-Clark expedition in perspective; the history, the hardship, the importance, the toughness. I love history. I love biographies. This one is extremely well done.
put me down for Blood Meridian too. My favorite. I figured that would have been the first of Cormac McCarthy's books mentioned.
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Patton: Genius for War by Carlo D'Este.
The Old Man and the Boy by Ruark is a close second.
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I just bought the Patton book, I bet it is good.
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"All Creatures Great and Small" by James Herriot
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"All Creatures Great and Small" by James Herriot The whole series is excellent - much laughter and a few tears. I've read them many times. My son and I often quote from them.
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The "Cat in the Hat". Must be a good book. I have probably read it 10,000 times between kids and grandchildren.
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