So, What Are You Reading?

Re-read John Porter Hollis' The Early Period of Reconstruction in South Carolina.

 

Read Hamilton James Eckenrode's Political History of Virginia During the Reconstruction.

 

a kiss before dying by Ira Levin

 

Read Ambrose Bierce's Civil War Stories.

 

Read Robert P. George's and Christopher Tollefsen's Embryo: A Defense of Human Life.

 

Build your own Electric Guitar, Martin Oakham. (Mint shape, 50 cents in the Thrift Shop.) This excellent book has convinced me I should never, never attempt to build my own. I have four guitars -- all factory made. I think that was a good decision and I'll keep it that way. Full details on the thousands of dollars' worth of tools I'd need, etc. - and a nice set of plans for a Stratocaster-looking guitar. Among his other qualifications, the author is a Grade-A toolmaker and a professional engineer. I am neither, and I think recognizing my limitations will save me money and heartache.

I do have a soft-spot for 'backwoods" instruments like the (1-string) diddley-bow and (3-string) cigar-box guitar, and have some experience with assembling these from kits. I think I'd better stick with them... and it was well worth 50 cents to know that.

J.

 

Read James Welch Patton, Unionism and Reconstruction in Tennessee.

 

Read Ulysses Simpson Grant's Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, 2 vols. New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1885-1886. Signed first edition no less.

 

Through Indian Eyes. The Untold Story of Native Peoples. Reader's Digest. Thrift Shop again - 50 cents. I have quite a few books on Aboriginal history and culture. I see this as one of the best. Well-written, superbly illustrated and very comprehensive.

J.

 

Read Richard G. Lowe's Republicans and Reconstruction in Virginia.

 

Read Thomas Benjamin Alexander's Political Reconstruction in Tennessee. Signed first edition no less.

 

Read Peter Maslowski's Treason Must Be Made Odious: Military Occupation and Wartime Reconstruction in Nashville, Tennessee, 1862-65.

 

summer reading list

Ultimate Summer Reading List 2017 - Best Beach Reads and Summer Books

 

Read John Randolph Neal's Disunion and Restoration in Tennessee.

 

Started reading Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, but lost interest after finding the information I was looking for.

 

Read James Walter Fertig's Secession and Reconstruction of Tennessee.

 

Emperors of Chocolate ( awesome book)- Joel Glenn Brenner
I Am Ozzy- Ozzy Osbourne

 

Since Blade Runner 2049 is coming out, I'm reading "Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep?".

 

I read Ozzy's book a while back - and enjoyed it. I'm glad he made it in music. The descriptions of his calamitous working life prior to musical success are harrowing - and must have been the lot of many less-privileged British young people. Glad my folks escaped and brought me to Canada - or I might have ended up wiring car-horns too!

Is it just me, or was Ozzy the only sane one in his family on that horrible TV show?

J.

 

Nope. He is sane. Sharon...not so sure..lol.. she is still on the Talk