John S. Carter
Sergeant Major
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- Mar 15, 2017
Have you read John Jake's trilogy?I've only liked and read two fictional CW books, Red Badge of Courage and Killer Angels. You can have and keep the rest.
Have you read John Jake's trilogy?I've only liked and read two fictional CW books, Red Badge of Courage and Killer Angels. You can have and keep the rest.
I started but wasn't too enthused.Have you read John Jake's trilogy?
That was exactly the experience I had when a few years back I attempted to read what was touted as an accurate and wonderful novel, Widow Of The South about the Battle of Franklin. I didn't like its characterizations, particularly of Bedford Forrest, laid it aside, and haven't seen fit to take it up again.I started but wasn't too enthused.
Interesting! That one is still on my "to read" pile but probably just wandered towards the bottom a bit.That was exactly the experience I had when a few years back I attempted to read what was touted as an accurate and wonderful novel, Widow Of The South about the Battle of Franklin. I didn't like its characterizations, particularly of Bedford Forrest, laid it aside, and haven't seen fit to take it up again.
This made me laugh so hard! I never could bring myself to watch the miniseries to begin with because of all the 80s hair.because I thoroughly disliked the way Madeline was portrayed by that cow-eyed actress I forgot the name of.
About a quarter of the way into this now. I think it should be made into a movie! Loved Sam's fistfight with the bully, Civil War vet Craver. And all the hoopdeedoo made in that game about the glove, the bunt, and the intentional walk. Darryl Brock does a great job incorporating all the rules that were so different then. I've been surprised to learn about all the gambling involved, right in the middle of games in progress. Good recommendation!
The sequel, Two in the Field, is good. I finished it yesterday. Brock is very good at weaving his excellent research into his novels -- this one more native American and "settler west" than baseball or the Civil War, except tangentially. He seems not to have written anything since. I wonder why???I got the sequel about a week ago but I have not started it yet.
I am pleased that you are enjoying it. Play Ball!!
Read Jim Mundy years ago, always thought it was a great book !I second Miss Ravenel's Conversion, which includes a vivid account of the Red River campaign, and also the occupation of New Orleans, which author John De Forest drew from his own experience as as Union soldier. De Forest also wrote a great memoir about his time as Freedmen's Bureau agent in South Carolina. Ambrose Bierce's short stories, especially those collected in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians, have fantastical elements, but Bierce, also a veteran, included realistic details and settings.
The sequel, Two in the Field, is good. I finished it yesterday.
He seems not to have written anything since. I wonder why???
I am wonding what everyone thinks about historical fiction books. Whether its say the killer angles or North and South.
Or Historical fiction like Turtledove books.
I read one of the book by Nwet Gingrish (yes its spelled terribly) and it was mehhh. Tryed reading a Turtledove book about the British attacking the north during the war then South steping in to take out the British.
For the most part I find them mehhh or just boring. One exception was a fiction book about Shiloh and I think it was by Shelby Foot called Shiloh.
I stay with non-fiction but does anyone have book recommendations, or has anyone writen a book?
Are all the award winners listed in one place? The MOSB website doesn't seem to maintain such a list.Might I suggest reading the novels that have received the prestigious John Esten Cooke Fiction Award given by the Military Order of the Stars and Bars. Two of my books are included in this collection. These novels aren’t typically best sellers, but give an inspiring Southern perspective to the WBTS.
I am an award winning Civil War author and have written many books. Along with a nonfiction book about Confederate warhorses, I have also written a series of novels. You can find them on my website. http://jdrhawkins.comI am wonding what everyone thinks about historical fiction books. Whether its say the killer angles or North and South.
Or Historical fiction like Turtledove books.
I read one of the book by Nwet Gingrish (yes its spelled terribly) and it was mehhh. Tryed reading a Turtledove book about the British attacking the north during the war then South steping in to take out the British.
For the most part I find them mehhh or just boring. One exception was a fiction book about Shiloh and I think it was by Shelby Foot called Shiloh.
I stay with non-fiction but does anyone have book recommendations, or has anyone writen a book?