1. Have returned from camping trip. Failed to be eaten by zombie bears. A full report, complete with amusing anecdotes and pictures, may be on the way.
2. Read The Killer Angels while on vacation. I may be in love with Gen. James Longstreet
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http://uglyoverload.blogspot.com/2007/08/rare-cuban.html
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Don't worry, we'll grant you a lot of leeway with your new interest, in order to preserve the union of our friendship. I tell ya, though, sometimes I get off on some long street of a crazy interest and I spout off enough to make a bull run. I can often manage to link in almost any topic of conversation to my new interest, even if I didn't pick it. Makes my friends want to put something through their monitor. Eventually I calm down, though, maybe take an early walk through the forest by the stone wall, and I move on. Shiloh Antietam Chickamauga.
-JD
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-JD
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Reflections on the Civil War, by Bruce Catton. I read this in college because I was taking a class called "History and Film," and I really enjoyed the miniseries The Blue and the Gray, which Catton co-wrote and which is based on the above book. The 1980s miniseries is somewhat cheesy in retrospect, as one might expect of a 1980s miniseries, but overall I find it far preferrable to the all-out soap opera of John Jakes' North and South. Catton, as you might know, was a Pulitzer Prize winning historian. I seem to recall that though I like the miniseries, I liked the book better (as is often the case). It might be worth a look-see for you. The book, I mean. Not the miniseries. Though you might like the miniseries, too.
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North & South: Patrick Swayze, Lesley-Ann Down, Kirstie Alley, David Carradine. 1980s Soap Opera set in the Civil War. Book written by John Jakes. Overall, not a favorite, though I've never read the book itself.
Because, ya know, I'd hate for you to pick up the wrong one. :-)
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Ooo, Gregory Peck. He's on my "Dear Santa, for Christmas I'd like these men to read me a bedtime story, please" list. His voice. Guh. I melt.
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