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Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
No heroes by Danny Coulson
Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
Anything by Louis L'Amour, Vince Flynn and Teddy Roosevelt
Yukon Trophies won and lost
Will James
Stephen Hunter
Mark Greaney
Brad Thor
Brad Taylor
Charles Sheldon
Elmer Keith an autobiography
Too many to pick one though Ghost Soldiers is probably it.
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In Clear and Present Danger, The Battle of Ninja Hill is pretty good writing.
Sun also Rises and Movable Feast for Hemingway
Honourable Schoolboy, Le Carre. Searing evocative writing
Non Fiction, Carnage and Culture by Victor Davis Hanson
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Kevin MacDonald’s Culture of Critique.
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Exodus by Leon Uris, several by James Michener, The Bear by William Faulkner, Grapes of Wrath.
Patriotism (and religion) is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Jesus: "Take heed that no man deceive you."
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I've always liked the Bible - a part at a time. (Too short an attention span for that intense read, I guess)
No mention of The Three Musketeers or Moby Dick?
I also have (at least) most of L'Amour's books.
There are many I'd read again.
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon.
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Too many....
Authors I like, in no special order.
I have read all, of Hemingway in my early years and liked him But Ruark is a superior author , story teller, fiction and non fiction.
Steinbeck, Ambrose, Jack London, Mowatt, even though he went off at the end of his life. Robert W. Service, John Ross "Unintended Consequences",I believe he started another book before his death.
The " Bounty Trilogy" by Hall & Nordoff (?) " All Quiet on the Western Front", "War of the Roses" Viking Books, The 2 volume book about the UP " Superior Heartland" by Fred Rydholm, All books about bird hunting ,
especially Grouse, I devoured Zane Grey when a teen, Arctic exploration, Plenty more . Can't stand Tolkien.
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Too many, but I have read The Dark Tower series by Stephen King 3 times.
A surprise was The Berkut
The Berkut is a 1987 secret history novel by Joseph Heywood in which Adolf Hitler survives World War II. It is set in the period immediately after the fall of The Third Reich. This book pits a German colonel and a Russian soldier from a secret organization against each other.
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Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
No heroes by Danny Coulson
Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
Anything by Louis L'Amour, Vince Flynn and Teddy Roosevelt
Yukon Trophies won and lost
Will James
Stephen Hunter
Mark Greaney
Brad Thor
Brad Taylor
Charles Sheldon
Elmer Keith an autobiography
Too many to pick one though Ghost Soldiers is probably it. Do you live in a Homeowners Association? lol
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1. The Bible
2. Horn of the Hunter- Robert Ruark
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Louis L'amour's "To Tame a Land"
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Wow, way too many to list them all.
Death in the Long Grass was one that opened my eyes to African hunting and led to some trips that will be among the highlights of my life.
Where the Red Fern Grows, The North Runner and The Call of the Wild were favorites when I was young and cemented the fact that I will always have at least 2 dogs in the house.
Read all of L'Amour's books and enjoyed them. He was a fellow North Dakotan.
Michener wrote some incredible books and I enjoyed all that I have read so far.
Tolkien, Ambrose, Eckert and many others were fantastic.
Besides The Old Man and the Boy, I never was impressed with Ruark. I found Steinbeck's take on the world depressing.
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The education of Little Tree - Forest Carter One of my favorites as well. A few others: The Fragrance of Grass by Guy de la Valdene, Coming Into the Country by John McPhee (actually, anything by McPhee is interesting), The Big Short by Michael Lewis and Big December Canvasbacks by Worth Mathewson. I'm not much on fiction. The Bible is the most important book I've read. I also recommend The Road to Serfdom by F.A. Hayek.
The biggest problem our country has is not systemic racism, it's systemic stupidity.
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Charles Goodnight, Cowman and Plainsman, just ordered my 3rd copy cause I borrowed the 1st two out and never got them back, won’t do that again
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After reading this thread, it once again astounds me how many foks who profess to be big fans of Jack O'Connor apparently can't spell his last name correctly....
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.”
John Steinbeck
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After reading this thread, it once again astounds me how many foks who profess to be big fans of Jack O'Connor apparently can't spell his last name correctly.... Me too, Jon.
Broncos are officially the worst team in the nation this year.
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Where The Red Fern Grows.
"Giving freaks a pass is the oldest tradition in Montana."
Thomas McGuane
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280shooter,
Now that's funny!
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.”
John Steinbeck
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lonesome dove
do androids dream of electric sheep (novella)
repent, harlequin, said the ticktock man (harlan ellison short story)
the girl with the dragon tattoo
day of the jackal
the black flower (civil war)
the killer angels (civil war)
man-eaters of tsavo
abiding in Him,
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