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Post by MrLouisiana on Apr 30, 2005 22:41:14 GMT -5
I would love to see those.
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Post by MrLouisiana on Apr 15, 2005 23:21:06 GMT -5
Grandpa served in France, but he came too late to see any action. My great-uncle Jack, though, served in Italy, and I'm fairly certain he saw some. My grandpa is still alive, but my great-uncle Jack is dead now.
My first post, yay! ;D
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Post by MrLouisiana on May 12, 2005 20:15:53 GMT -5
Let me recommend an EXCELLENT bio on Patton. It's called "Patton: A Genius For War" by Carlo D'Este. It's been out for a few years, so you may be able to find a paperback or second-hand hardback somewhere. Thanks for the reccomendation. I've got a lot on my table book-wise right now, but I'll look into it when I can.
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Post by MrLouisiana on Apr 15, 2005 23:36:40 GMT -5
I just finished reading a book on these 2. It's rather odd that Patton the cavalryman and Rommel the infantryman would arrive to the same conclusions as tank commanders. Both were excellent, both could have done better if their superiors had allowed, both earned a little enmity from their leaders. If Rommel had just been given more just a bit more reinforcements and supplies, then no strategy of Montgomery's and no amount of British bravery could have stopped Rommel at El Alamein. And if Eisenhower had given priority to Patton's 3rd Army instead of Montgomery's, the war would have been over by November, 1944. Nice might-have-beens, but we will never know the complete consequences of a German victory or Roosevelt dealing with Japan.
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Post by MrLouisiana on May 22, 2005 20:35:33 GMT -5
I just got off a two day reading binge, in which I started and finished the over 800 pages of this five novel series. And all I can say is that it...is...brilliant! It is a comedy/science-fiction, which talks about the tales of Arthur Dent (mainest of the main characters), Ford Prefect (researcher for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), Zaphod Beeblebrox (powerless president of the Galaxy), Trillian (misplaced human and Zaphod's protege), and Marvin the Paranoid Android (he's not so much paranoid as depressed). When it begins, a Vogon spaceship destroys the Earth to make room for an intergalactic bypass, killing everyone on it but Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect. Ford is an alien, as it turns out, who was the one who managed to save them. After they get thrown into space, they are rescued by Zaphod, Trillian, and Marvin in a spaceship Zaphod and Trillian stole. And from there...well, you'll just have to read it. I found it great, blending perfectly the comedic and sci-fi aspects, making for a great read. I particularly liked Marvin; if ever something was depressed, it was him. Anyway, I leave you with one final note: Read it whatever you do!
"The problem with making something completely foolproof is that people always underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."
"In the beginning, the Universe was created. This made many people very angry, and has been generally regarded as a bad move."
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Post by MrLouisiana on May 7, 2005 18:41:21 GMT -5
Found out that Washington's first election was 1789, not 1788. Wrote the Table of Contents and finished Election of 1789.
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Post by MrLouisiana on May 5, 2005 20:29:08 GMT -5
Okay, due to the scarcity of information on William Jennings Bryan, I'm dropping the project. Instead, I'm going to write an overview of every presidential election from 1788 to 2004. Hopefully, information for this won't be nearly as hard to find.
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Post by MrLouisiana on May 1, 2005 15:30:35 GMT -5
I'll try...but it is really hard to find anything about his childhood. Not even the book I bought is helping much.
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Post by MrLouisiana on Apr 30, 2005 22:38:40 GMT -5
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Post by MrLouisiana on Apr 16, 2005 6:01:46 GMT -5
...is still being written. I recently decided to write a biography of William Jennings Bryan, one of history's most fascinating and influential, yet neglected, figures. I hit a snag when the internet proved to have little information on his childhood, but now that the book on him has arrived I can build the first chapter off that then use the internet to write the rest. Wish me luck!
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Post by MrLouisiana on May 22, 2005 20:44:56 GMT -5
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. See post on it for opinion.
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Post by MrLouisiana on Apr 16, 2005 5:57:18 GMT -5
I prefer to read history books, specifically American political history. I ordered online (and they recently arrived; yay!) 3 books, A Righteous Cause: The Life of William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson: World Statesman, and Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. I also finished a book about 2 WWII generals titled Patton and Rommel: Men of War in the 20th Century. What about you?
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Post by MrLouisiana on May 7, 2005 22:33:45 GMT -5
Ummm....great?
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Post by MrLouisiana on Apr 16, 2005 9:15:14 GMT -5
Oh. Well, I don't have it.
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Post by MrLouisiana on Apr 16, 2005 7:03:42 GMT -5
That's weird. Have you managed to find it anywhere?
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Post by MrLouisiana on Apr 29, 2005 20:48:47 GMT -5
I officially have no idea what any of you are talking about...but Jason Patric.
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Post by MrLouisiana on Jun 24, 2005 22:09:06 GMT -5
Yeah, but I was talking about president of the U.S.
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Post by MrLouisiana on May 11, 2005 19:46:06 GMT -5
to bad he lost the election Well, he wasn't really in the election. He lost the nomination to John Bell, who did the third-best in the election in terms of electoral votes (there were four candidates). I doubt Houston would have won, though; the winner that year was Abraham Lincoln.
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Post by MrLouisiana on May 7, 2005 13:48:10 GMT -5
As most people know, Sam Houston became governor of Texas after it was admitted into the Union. What most people don't know is what he did in politics after that. Sam Houston remained governor of Texas for a long time. In 1860, he nearly ran for president. The Constitutional Union party, made up of Whigs unwilling to join the Republican party and members of the defunct Know-Nothing party, met to nominate their candidate. The odds-on favorite at the convention was none other than Sam Houston. But as the voting continued, support switched from Houston to John Bell, and he won the nomination.
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Post by MrLouisiana on Apr 25, 2005 18:47:06 GMT -5
That's Quatermaster? Huh. Although now I guess we should call him JamesBond. Who killed you, Nefarious Crockett? I shall avenge your death!
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