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History books: Are you reading any history books at the moment relevant to the period you collect?
WildWestHalfDollars
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Novels or history books?
Picked up this series of 4 books and started the 1st book a few days ago so far really enjoying it. The whole series will keep me busy all winter. It is suppose be one of the best if not the best western series in novels. Over 2000 pages all together.
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I enjoy reading Jack London stories set during the Klondike Alaska gold rush,1896-1899. The One Thousand Dozen short story by London is a masterpiece, in my opinion.
https://americanliterature.com/author/jack-london/short-story/the-one-thousand-dozen
“Never let yesterday use up too much of today.”
Will Rogers
Very nice! I was just doing some research on the Nome Centennial So-Called Dollars.
This is a 700+ page narrative that covers the people and events that shaped the 20th century, year-by-year, The subtitle refers to it as "illustrated", but many of the illustrations are the size of a postage stamp. It's a lot of reading, and a treasure trove for history and trivia buffs.
It is fiction but it is well done fiction. I am just getting back to reading books again; (lacked the mental ability to read and retain). The book I'm reading is written by Barbara Hambly and features a character named Ben January, who is a free black man living in 1830's New Orleans. She does spend significant time discussing the ramifications of Jackson's war with the Federal Banking system.
This book, Murder in July, is part of a group of a book series that start in the early 1820'S. James
yes, i like a local history tov go with it as well or even maybe a person
I just finished a biography of Winfield Scott Hancock, noted Union Civil War general and unsuccessful Democratic presidential candidate in 1880. There are no Civil War tokens directly related to Hancock but there is a plethora of campaign tokens, ferrotypes, badges and other gadgets available from his presidential run.
The biography itself was factual but was written by an admirer who felt that Hancock could do no wrong. It includes some very strained passages of explanation and/or blame-shifting for all of Hancock's shortcomings. It is not on my recommendation list.
Just began re-reading Gary Kinder’s “Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea.” It’s the harrowing tale of the sinking of the SS Central America. Chapters alternate between the tale of the sinking and the efforts of the recovery team 130 years later.
I’m not sure if this is history or a novel, or both.