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Tag Archives: Charles Lindbergh
Books: History List
Taking my cue from Critical Mass, here is my compilation of favorite history, biography, and historical fiction. Criteria for books chosen is thus: The books chosen must be well written, and one does not need to have a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, James Joyce
Tagged A. Scott Berg, A.S. Byatt, Biography, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Charles Lindbergh, David McCullough, England, France, Germany, Going After Cacciato, Group Theatre, Hitler, Ireland, Jeanette Winterson, John Adams, nonfiction, Possession, Rebecca West, Richard Ellmann, Ryszard Kapuściński, Tennessee Williams, The Passion, The Soccer War, Tim O'Brien, Vietnam, William Shirer, Yugoslavia
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Recommended Reading: Non-fiction
NONFICTION 1. The Ends of the Earth: From Togo to Turkmenistan, from Iran to Cambodia, a Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy, by Robert Kaplan I’ve read all of Kaplan’s stuff, but this one is my favorite. He starts his … Continue reading
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At about quarter of seven, the baby in bed, I went out to walk in the garden when Banks met me: “Mr. Harcourt … publishing house.” I rushed in, breathless. “Mrs. Lindbergh” (from out in Greenwich somewhere), “Mr. Sloan has … Continue reading
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“We measure heroes as we do ships, by their displacement. Colonel [Charles] Lindbergh has displaced everything.” –Charles Evans Hughes, former Secretary of State, at the banquet in NYC celebrating Charles Lindbergh’s return to America after his flight