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There's several books by Terry Grosz, "Wildlife Wars", "A Sword for Mother Nature", a favorite is "For Love of Wildness"
He was a State Wildlife Officer and became a Federal Wildlife Officer so each chapter stands alone with tales of the people he encountered from California and then the Central flyway and on to Asia.
We Die Alone" Norwegian commandos in 1943 is a good short book.
Rocky Raab's books, "Baggy Zero Four" and "Mike Five Eight: Air War Over Cambodia". Both are good but best together!
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You will remember a curve of your wagon track in the grass of the plain like the features of a friend."
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If the weathers crappy,
Laugh.
Pick up a couple Pat McManus.
Thinner books, so grab several.
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Not really in your target topics but real world and well written.
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Lonesome Dove - Larry MacMurtry. Well worth reading.
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Boone by Robert Morgan
Empire of the summer moon by SC Gwynne
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1984 by Orwell.....that's going to be my next read. I'm living that.
"The Democrat Party looks like Titanic survivors. Partying and celebrating one moment, and huddled in lifeboats freezing the next". Hatari 2017
"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." Han Solo
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New American Standard Bible
"I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country."
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I hate reading and books are not my long suit by any means. Aside from all the suggestions so far, no one should end up dead before he reads “Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain.
Everything else is just words on a page.
I was thinking the other day how much I used to hate Bill Clinton. He was freaking George Washington compared to what they are now.
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I’m going on a remote Alaskan moose hunt in September. The gear list calls for 2 books. I’ve been told it sometimes rains for days and boredom can be an issue. IM NOT A BIG READER. I hear folks talking about not being able to put a book down, but I can count on 2 fingers how many books I’ve been able to finish. I like guns, history, adventure, , prehistoric man, mountain men, Native Americans, and the glory days of big game hunting in North America..specifically the north country. I like upland hunting, trapping and buckskinning.
I desperately need recommendations on a couple of really really awesome books. Thanks!!!
With that in mind, there are some great books on this list that probably are not for you. Since you're not a big reader, don't go with anything that takes a while to develop then comes together at the end. Red Storm Rising, for example, is a great book, but slow to come together. Definitely skip Atlas Shrugged. Classic, but not a book for those that don't read. Death in the Long Grass by Capstick is a better choice because each chapter stands alone. You can pick it up and put it down. Adventure is My Business by Russell Annabel is a great read about hunting and fishing in Alaska. Even Hemingway loved it. Or maybe Tales of a Big Game Guide by Annabel. Stays with the Alaska theme. Back on the Africa theme, The Horn of the Hunter by Robert Ruark is my favorite, but since you are a bird guy, try his Old Man and the Boy and The Old Man's boy Grows Older. Each chapter stands as its own story, and great reading. A collection of Ruark's magazine stories form the 1950's. They are available as one volume in paperback Have a great hunt!
"The Democrat Party looks like Titanic survivors. Partying and celebrating one moment, and huddled in lifeboats freezing the next". Hatari 2017
"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." Han Solo
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Lots of great suggestions. I will add a few more.
The walking drum by L'Amour and The Virginian by Owen Whister.
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Since you've spent your whole life as a retard that doesn't read, I suggest The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
One of my favorite hunting books is the The Green Hills of Africa.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Unintended Consequences. Hint................ (Addendum: my apologies for confusing Karens) ![[Linked Image from imagizer.imageshack.com]](https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1280x1024q90/922/DLhzPp.jpg)
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I carry hundreds on my phone.
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Unintended Consequences. Hint................ It’s on the list. Thank you.
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Unintended Consequences. Hint................ Is that about pregnancy?
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Unintended Consequences. Hint................ Is that about pregnancy? I think he’s probably talking about the John Ross written one. It’s a fictional book of gun grabbers I believe. At least that’s what a quick search said.
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The Hunting Rifle by Jack O'Connor
Any of John Barsness' books they are all great.
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Based on your expressed interests OP, I think you would really enjoy The Big Sky by A.B. Guthrie, Jr. In recommending one novel to anybody I always recommend The Count of Monte Cristo which I consider the greatest novel ever written. I also highly recommend anything written by Thomas Sowell if you are looking for non-fiction and informative.
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I recently read Monte Walsh.Great book, nothing like the movie
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