Thursday, December 17, 2015

COAL CREEK by Alex Miller

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“ M iller absorbed the history and geography, the language and love of both black and white worlds in that region, and over the decades...
Monday, November 23, 2015

I'LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE by Steve Earle

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Steve Earle No matter how I struggle and strive/ I’ll never get out of this world alive. – Hank Williams S top me if you have he...
Sunday, November 1, 2015

IN THE KINGDOM OF ICE: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides

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I n the fall of 2006, I drove from Santa Fe to Taos, New Mexico and walked into the Kit Carson Home and Museum. When I entered I spotted...
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

SHOOT OUT (Universal, 1971)

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DIRECTOR: Henry Hathaway;  PRODUCER: Hal Wallis;  WRITERS: screenplay by Marguerite Roberts based on Will James novel, Lone Cowboy; CIN...
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Sunday, September 27, 2015

THE BRAVADOS (Fox, 1958)

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DIRECTOR: Henry King;  PRODUCER: Herbert B. Swope, Jr.; WRITERS: screenplay by Phillip Yordan based on novel by Frank O'Rourke; C...
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Sunday, September 6, 2015

QUICK HITS III

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Here are some quick looks at a few more books that I have given a rating of 5 out of a possible 5 stars.  All deal with the world of sports....
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN by James Agee and Walker Evans

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L et Us Now Praise Famous Men  became an overnight classic twenty-five years after Agee was given an assignment to write an article for ...