What kind of stuff do you all read?

[Omahkapi'si]

A forum friend let me read some of the AMM Tomahawk & Long-rifle publications. Some interesting stuff in them.

 

[longhunter 1776]

Just curious what taste every one has when it comes to reading material?
I am not a huge magazine reader simply due to the boring stuff and mostly advertisement stuff in them. They can be good for pictures though to look at and day dream, but usually the writing sucks LOL.
I've pretty much destroyed the book department and am looking for "new" authors that write decent about the mountain man era. I've gone through so many books by various authors, including one writer that has a 70+ book series, that it's getting super hard to find new material to enjoy.

i do read alot! i have a lot of books on frontier stuff,rev.war french and indian,,even the era of the pirates,wich was brought me to building the pistols that they used,,when people at work are on the phones,i was the only one in my book.mickey

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

To rest and as I don't live in my time anymore, I particularly like novels and historical works which take place between the battle of Sekigahara and the Meiji era. Madam does Japanese calligraphy; meanwhile, I read: I am not good with a brush and ink...

Most of what I know about Japanese history comes from K-dramas and Mushi Master (which is actually quite interesting). Did they have guns in the Meiji era?

 

[Thagomizer]

I have a wide range of interest. I'm currently finishing up the scifi series EXPANSE. Nine volumes. Very good. Going on to Elmer Keith HELL I WAS THERE!

Elmer's book is a must read for anyone even remotely connected with firearms. Also a window into early 20th century life.

 

[user 31232]

I was reading a book by Elmers Glue but I got stuck on the first page

 

[Kmcmichael]

I am currently reading the biography of Dave Akeman,”String Bean”.
I have been listening to Jim Corbett hunting stories or Sherlock Holmes to fall asleep.

 

[Thagomizer]

I am currently reading the biography of Dave Akeman,”String Bean”.
I have been listening to Jim Corbett hunting stories or Sherlock Holmes to fall asleep.

I have read all of Corbett's books but never before falling asleep! I would be fighting tigers in my sleep.

 

[Thagomizer]

I am currently reading the biography of Dave Akeman,”String Bean”.
I have been listening to Jim Corbett hunting stories or Sherlock Holmes to fall asleep.

Sad ending for stringbean.

 

[Erwan]

Did they have guns in the Meiji era?

The Haitōrei, or sword ban edict, was a Japanese government edict of March 28, 1876, that prohibited the carrying of weapons in public places, except for the military and official police. Violators had their weapons confiscated at the very least and sometimes much more...
As a result, the craftsmen and artists who made weapons declined and disappeared, as well as all the weapons techniques coming from the depths of Japan.
Since then, getting a weapon in Japan is a difficult task. This is also the reason my interest in classical Japan stops at the Meiji era...
In fact, and to answer you, since the Meiji era all weapons are forbidden.
There was previously a form of restriction dating back to the 1500s, but mainly reserved for certain peasant classes...

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

The Haitōrei, or sword ban edict, was a Japanese government edict of March 28, 1876, that prohibited the carrying of weapons in public places, except for the military and official police. Violators had their weapons confiscated at the very least and sometimes much more...
As a result, the craftsmen and artists who made weapons declined and disappeared, as well as all the weapons techniques coming from the depths of Japan.
Since then, getting a weapon in Japan is a difficult task. This is also the reason my interest in classical Japan stops at the Meiji era...
In fact, and to answer you, since the Meiji era all weapons are forbidden.
There was previously a form of restriction dating back to the 1500s, but mainly reserved for certain peasant classes...

Years ago I had a neighbor who was a Japanese citizen. He decided to buy a gun and was amazed at how easy it was to get one. Just a background check, pay for it and out the door. Would maybe like to visit Japan some day... but I don't think I would want to live there. Wonder where the Yakuza gets their guns?

 

[Hermit Tim]

Years ago I had a neighbor who was a Japanese citizen. He decided to buy a gun and was amazed at how easy it was to get one. Just a background check, pay for it and out the door. Would maybe like to visit Japan some day... but I don't think I would want to live there. Wonder where the Yakuza gets their guns?

The CIA maybe???

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

The CIA maybe???

Once upon a time I would have chuckled at that notion, but that was long ago.

 

[LME]

I enjoy a good book but a storm took part of my roof away and destroyed all my books. Three of them I hadn;t even colored yet! LOL!

 

[Cubreac]

The CIA maybe???

It's not as bad as you think. It's worse. Andrew Bustamante has published a book called EVERYDAY ESPIONAGE based on his career in the CIA. He did a long interview with Shawn Ryan that might blow your mind.

 

[SwanShot]

At the moment; Terry Prattchet. Utter nonsense but really funny, and very entertaining.

 

[French Colonial]

I just read "Widders Landing" by Eddie Price, novel that covers the 1800 time period, a little sophomoric but it stayed interesting.

 

[1950DAVE]

Just finished Boone. I highly recommend it.

 

[French Colonial]

Here is one that might interest you.

https://www.amazon.com/Hunters-Kent...0-1792-ebook/dp/B01GIQKYIM?ref_=ast_author_dp

 

[windini]

Just finished Brett Gibbons' Like Fire and Powder. Read his re-work of the Hythe School of Musketry manual and The Destroying Angel earlier.) Before that, I'd taken a break from reality with The Spin, a sci-fi novel from 2005-ish (it was ok).

I've recently read Five Years a Dragoon by Percival G. Lowe (Excellent read!), both of Frances Fuller Victor's Joe Meek books, and I just started Diana Preston's The Boxer Rebellion.

So I guess you could say I like history.

 

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