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Old 04-07-2007, 05:22 PM
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Let's do something that is different. What size is your Civil War library?
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Old 04-07-2007, 05:43 PM
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Well over a hundred( time life series complete set, LSU press a few and several separate books accumulated over 20 years)
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Old 04-07-2007, 06:54 PM
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About 80 separate stacks, 6 to 12 books per stack ..... ?
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Old 04-07-2007, 07:14 PM
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Just got done counting.

176 books and counting the ones on loan from the library, 181.

This does not include my Camp Chase Gazette magazines on the Civil War nor my North and South magazines, etc. I also have three, large, loose-leaf, 3-ring notebooks with hundreds of papes of information and articles I have scanned and printed from the internet.

I just counted my books.

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Old 04-07-2007, 08:18 PM
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Lots and lots, especially on Civil War medicine. Being a Zouave, I can't count that high.

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Old 04-07-2007, 09:27 PM
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Lots and lots, especially on Civil War medicine. Being a Zouave, I can't count that high.

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Old 04-07-2007, 09:29 PM
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Old 04-08-2007, 07:17 PM
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I own about 200 various titles and my local libray just lets me knopw when the overdue fines block my interlibrary loans. Need another 20 or so to complete my reference library... as most are out of print titles anybody got a spare $2000 or so they're willing to donate to a needy guy?
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Old 04-08-2007, 09:36 PM
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Only about 20 or 30 if you count battlefield guides. But growing by about 5 or 6 every time I visit the US.
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Old 04-08-2007, 09:39 PM
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I should mention the internet is worth about several hundred more, but not as convenient. You can't read web pages in the bath.
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