A good friend just loaned me a new Tom Clancy novel, "Against All Enemy's".
756 pages, there goes another week. . . . .
Chester
Read the first few reviews , Jim. Sounds like a real bomb.
I've been a Clancy fan from the get-go but as I said earlier, most writers (including Clancy) lose it after awhile. Think I'll pass.
Thank you much, Keith.
Jim
Like Jim (Chester7777), I also like Tom Clancy's writings. Other of my favorite authors are Frederick Forsyth, Wilbur Smith, Michael Connelly, Stephen Hunter, Elliot Arnold, Dee Brown, Edgar Rice Burrows, Winston Churchill, Michael Crichton, P.T. Deutermann, Vince Flynn, J. Frank Dobie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Allan Eckert, Ian Fleming, C.S. Forester, Thomas Harris, Jack Higgins, James Jones, Jonathan Kellerman, Elmer Kelton, William Manchester, David McCullough (a historian who's written some excellent biographies), Kenneth Roberts and a host of lesser-known writers.
Some of my favorite subjects are history (both American and British) and biographies. I love to read about the old West and military history.
Here's another man whose Western writings I really like. In fact, his book "From Where The Sun Now Stands" (written under the pen name Will Henry) is one of my favorite Western stories. It's about the Nez Perce's (a tribe that lived in the Northwest) Chief Joseph, who led his people on about a 1500 mile running battle with the U.S. Army, trying to escape to Canada. The Army finally caught up with them in Montana, about 30 miles short of the border, and forced the surrender of what was left of the tribe. An inspiring story of American Indian courage in the face of overwhelming odds.
All my life I've had a vast sympathy for American Indians, who got a really raw deal from Europeans who settled both American continents. Many of this writer's stories also show empathy for the Indians' plight.
Many of us at various times have mentioned certain authors we like so I thought why not start a thread devoted specifically to that particular subject. After all, even the Duke's films began as books or scripts.
I mentioned in another thread that I started out reading this man's Western stories and most of 'em weren't bad. In fact, as you can see from the list, at least six were made into Western movies. At one time, I owned every single title on the list in paperback. I started collecting 'em when I was about 15 years old, almost 60 years ago.
As I've aged, both my vision and powers of concentration have ebbed but I still love to read and have a fairly sizable personal library. At one time, I've owned all the books written by certain authors, which at times has made moving a real chore.
