What kind of stuff do you all read?

[1950DAVE]

TDM, it’s not been long since I read a lot about the Creek wars in Albert James Pickett's book, History of Alabama and incidentally of Georgia and Mississipp. Copyright is in the 1850's So it was written not long after the division of the Mississippi territory. Pickett had knowledge directly from some of those involved in the war. His history is in two lengthy volumes but you will gain much by reading vol. 1 first to give you the setting for the Creek war itself. You can get both as free PDF downloads at archive.org. Excellent read.

 

[1950DAVE]

Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah, by Alfred Edersheim

 

[TDM]

TDM, it’s not been long since I read a lot about the Creek wars in Albert James Pickett's book, History of Alabama and incidentally of Georgia and Mississipp. Copyright is in the 1850's So it was written not long after the division of the Mississippi territory. Pickett had knowledge directly from some of those involved in the war. His history is in two lengthy volumes but you will gain much by reading vol. 1 first to give you the setting for the Creek war itself. You can get both as free PDF downloads at archive.org. Excellent read.

Pickett and his work is mentioned frequently in book I’m reading now. I’ll definitely look for the PDF. Alabama is my ancestral home for both my parents and their families. All from south central Alabama. They didn’t arrive until around 1820, most coming from the Carolinians. So they missed the Creek wars, I probably wouldn’t be here if they had come earlier! Most settled in the Fort Mims massacre area. I’m going to try to visit there this year.

 

[Gtrubicon]

I like to read about the California gold rush and the history that surrounds it. I live 6 miles as the crow flies from where Marshall first discovered gold in Coloma and started westward expansion. I also like to read about the native Indian culture from our area. I read quite a bit about history in general. I also like books with lots of pictures!

 

[TDM]

@1950DAVE, I was able to find a PDF of Pickett's book. And I have saved on my old ipad, all 672 pages! Thanks for the tip.

 

[Splitear]

I love reading. I usually have 2 books (1 fiction/1 non) going at a time, and a magazine, usually Muzzleblasts or Backwoodsman.

My favorite authors are:
Stephen King, Ernest Hemingway, Christopher Buehlman, Jim Butcher and Grady Hendrix.

Right now I’m reading “World Within a Song” by Jeff Tweedy and “The Talisman” by Stephen King and Peter Straub.

 

[Winterhawk]

Original copyright was 1965, my copy is the fourteenth printing from 1994. Online prices seem to range anywhere from $40-$50 to over $100.

$8.00 + $4.50 shipping:

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Bo...d+North+West%22&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title4
But, the OP said what he read was from 1930 so I'm not sure this is the same book.

 

[French Colonial]

I have almost all of Dr Margaret Kimball Browns books,

https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripboo...argaret+Kimball+Brown&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1

she has done extensive research into the Kaskaskia manuscripts, and I really like Ted Franklin Belue's books as well.

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Ted-F...ramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

 

[Sir Boniface Harrison]

I love reading. I usually have 2 books (1 fiction/1 non) going at a time, and a magazine, usually Muzzleblasts or Backwoodsman.

My favorite authors are:
Stephen King, Ernest Hemingway, Christopher Buehlman, Jim Butcher and Grady Hendrix.

Right now I’m reading “World Within a Song” by Jeff Tweedy and “The Talisman” by Stephen King and Peter Straub.

I sign up to an online library called 'Scribd'. Provided it is on their database you can temporarily download anything you want. Recently I read all of Dewey Lambdin's 'Alan Lewrie' series. Dewey Lambdin is an American ex - navy officer, and his books are about a fictitious Royal Navy captain in the Napoleonic wars. His books are remarkably accurate and his knowledge of British geography and naval language extraordinary. Amazingly, I typed 'Muzzleblasts' into the search, and lo and behold it turned up! Only a few issues available, though. I am now checking to see if you can subscribe to an online version.
Edit: GUESS WHAT...YOU CAN!!!

 

[1950DAVE]

Read this one last nite. This was a local event, involving our sheriffs dept. My wife's cousin worked with this Vicky for several years as a jailor. Some may remember the story as the manhunt was on national news for about a week or so.