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G5m, sorry; I didn't catch that I typed the wrong name in my first post. It is "John" as mentioned and he is the son of Henry Morris; both are PhD geologists.

In Defense Of Food, Michael Pollan.

Getting to middle age comes with a few perks, but simple weight control isn’t one of them. I’m amazed at how much harder it can get. After reading a half dozen contemporary books on diet and snake oil, this one has been the most sensible one

I'm about 850 pages into a 1,200 page biography, John Adams by Page Smith, © 1963.

It is a very interesting read of Adams' life, career, and the early days of our country.

L.W.

No problem here. I just wondered if there happened to be another that I didn't know about. (And then would have to hunt that book down, too!)

Just finished re-read of "The Killing of Crazy Horse" by Thomas Powers. A very good book. Now started to re-read "We Pointed Them North" by Teddy Blue Abbot. A great book on the cattle drives out of Texas in the early days and ranching in Montana.

Two Kinds Of Truth,,Michael Connely,,,,The Killing Of The Rising Son,, Bill O'Reilley,,,,,,Hellhound On His Trail,,Hampton Sides,,

Play by play of how Colonel David Hackworth took the ragtag 4th Battalion/39th Infantry and completely turned it into a disciplined fighting unit.

A graphic description of the ugly ground war in Vietnam...Very informative, a great read.

Undisputed Truth-Mike Tyson

"Killing England" O'Reilly & Dugard. Covers the American Revolution. I've read a lot about it but there's a plenty of material I've either forgotten or never was aware of; "more actual battles were fought in South Carolina than any other state". There's also considerable personal info on a great number of people involved on both sides. Good read.

"Over the Beach"

The Air War in Vietnam.