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Horn of the hunter. And the collected short stories of jack london
Location Western NC, after alot of other places
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It really is important to figure out what you like to read. Fiction, history, what? P.G. Wodehouse wrote a lot of funny stuff. Jeeves the Butler series is pretty good. "Uncle Dynamite" and many others. Sidney Powell's book "Licensed to Lie" is a good read but it's primarily about our failed justice system. Ludlum and many others are pretty good for fiction action pieces. Victor Davis Hansen is good for history. Lee Smith's "The Permanent Coup" is a good read about the deep state war against Trump. Marcus Luttrell's "Lone Survivor" is good and Chris Kyle's "American Sniper". Charles Henderson's "Marine Sniper" about Carlos Hathcock is good. Most of Jack O'Connors books are good. "Hunting in the Rockies" comes to mind.
There's lots of good stuff to read if you're interested in it. I'd pick something you are interested in and you'll be in good shape.
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Anything by Thomas Perry
The Orphan X Series is Killer.
Jack Carr's James Reese series are page-turners.
Nick Petrie's Peter Ash series
Lee Child's Jack Reacher Series.
Without Remorse, mentioned above, is my favorite of Clancy's novels.
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Undaunted Courage - Stephen Ambrose (Lewis and Clark expedition) Northwest Passage - Kenneth Roberts (French and Indian War based novel)
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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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Hell I Was There by Elmer Keith
Anything by C. J. Box - you can't go wrong.
Shogun - so good I have read it twice about 10-years apart.
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Hellhound on His Trail: The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt in American History by Hampton Sides. About the stalking of MLK and the hunt for James Earl Ray
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Devil In The White City was an excellent non-fiction book. Basically two stories in one following the development and execution of the first World’s Fair in Chicago, and the path of the first documented mass serial killer in the US. Kind of tie up in that that’s where he ultimately went to set up his shop of horrors; praying on visitors to the city and whomever. Very much a page-turner, for non-fiction.
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Maybe Ruark.
Old man and the Boy is fantastic. As is Uhuru, Honey Badger and several others.
The Old Man and the Boy would be on my list LINKAlong with, Meet Mr. Grizzly LINKThese are two really good books that are easy to read.
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"Reflections of a Warrior" By Franklin D. Miller with Elwood J.C. Kureth. Miller spent 6 years in Vietnam with SF and was awarded the MOH and a bunch of other medals.Hell of a good read.
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‘Longitude’ by Dava Sobel. About learning to accurately determine longitude at sea—an important development in navigation.
‘Isaac’s Storm’ by Erik Larsen. About the deadliest hurricane in American history in Galveston, Texas in 1900.
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Alaska? Read Jack London's novels or Russell Anabel's books
Frontier? Read books by Allen Eckert
Africa? Pondoro by John Taylor or Karamojo Safari by W.D.M. Bell
Don't blame me. I voted for Trump.
Democrats would burn this country to the ground, if they could rule over the ashes.
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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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Bible and either one of the early Tom Clancy novels or one of the first three John Grisham novels
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Gilgamesh the King - Robert Silverberg does a nice version of the epic.
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An American in the Gulag:by Alexander Dolgun. Fools Die:by Mario Puzo (author of The Godfather) Or,since your in Alaska,Duel in the Snow:by Hans Messiner. That's a good one you'll really like.
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If you’ve only been able to finish two books in your life it’s gonna be tough to just pick out two out of two that make four.
Being that you’re doing an Alaskan adventure is highly recommend Russell Annabel. They’re not all true stories but they’re very well written & entertaining and all about life in the Alaskan frontier.
Another one that’s well written, entertaining, and set partially in Alaska is Steve Rinella’s book on American Bison. I’ll catch flack for that pick cuz his conservative creds are non-existent and he has serious issues politically but that doesn’t change the fact that his book is excellent for your purpose.
Good luck on the hunt!
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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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