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Post by clw on Oct 9, 2009 7:41:54 GMT -6
Working on Camp, "Custer in 76". Newbie question, why does Camp's work get accolades by many for being well researched and slammed by others for being leading? ;D Because it's both. Gordie once said that Camp would travel hundreds of miles, then ride and hike another 20, knock on a door and come back with a note that said 'horse wuz brown'. His tenacity is legend. No one else came close to gathering the sheer volume of anecdotes, statements and perspectives that he did. I suspect some of his conversations seem leading because he was pursuing a specific issue in that instance, but his body of work in invaluble. Sadly he died before he could produce the book he intended to write so all we have is his raw research which was disbursed among so many libraries, historical associations and private collections that no one is sure where they all are. There is probably some that still hasn't surfaced.
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Post by markland on Oct 9, 2009 9:11:02 GMT -6
<snip> It still gives me goosebumps today… cefil Actually, what gives me goosebumps is the thought of you addressing a ministerial group-in the back of my mind, I am now hearing "Highway To Hell" playing. Be good, Billy
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Post by sherppa on Oct 9, 2009 15:31:47 GMT -6
So far, I believe it was more Camp's interpreters that may have been the problem.
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Post by clw on Oct 9, 2009 16:57:10 GMT -6
While we're on the subject of Camp, can anyone tell me where to find his 1910 battlefield map? All I have is an old, scribbled over, stapled together photo copy. I need a new one.
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Post by cefil on Oct 10, 2009 8:46:12 GMT -6
I am now hearing "Highway To Hell" playing. What a coincidence...that was the music constantly thrumming through my brain at the time...and the Hell part was certainly right. I had to do something to atone for whatever misdeed had sentenced me to Cleveland, so the ministers seemed like a golden opportunity. (Before anyone goes all Drew Carey on me, keep in mind that this was pre-RR-Hall-of-Fame Cleveland, when the river-on-fire was still a fresh memory; when the Mistake-on-the-Lake still hosted football games by the hapless original Browns and their string of ineffective coaches--including one particularly inept guy named Bill Bellycheck; when the Indians hadn't done anything since the days of Bob Feller; when the biggest star on the Cavaliers was a guy whose claim to fame was that he wore the same number as his favorite Nascar driver. I hear things are better there now.) Ruth: Sounds like your vacation was a lot like ours this year. Our Forts & Battles Tour included a first-time visit to Fort Robinson...what a beautiful setting! I can certainly understand why it was initially chosen for the Red Cloud Agency & accompanying military installation. cefil
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Post by cefil on Oct 10, 2009 10:20:37 GMT -6
Oh oh...readus interruptus...today's mail brought a copy of Paul Horsted's brand new effort, Crossing the Plains with Custer (a companion volume to his earlier Exploring with Custer). The book looks gorgeous! It's the perfect complement to a holiday weekend (Native American Day here in SD).
cefil
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Post by runaheap on Oct 16, 2009 14:26:43 GMT -6
Geez cefil, I was in Berea when Ralph Perk set his hair on fire. That was almost as funny as when President Ford invited Ralph and his wife to the White House but Mrs Perk couldn't make it because it was her bowling night! Makes you want to drive over to Parma and steal the first pink flamingo you find in the first front yard you come too!
Anyway, has or is anyone reading Don Weibert?
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Post by Diane Merkel on Oct 22, 2009 21:03:11 GMT -6
cefil, thanks for the reminder about Paul's book. I need to order it.
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Post by mystic on Sept 6, 2010 17:18:09 GMT -6
and don't forget to invest in the new book GETTYSBURG... OTHER TIMES It is a great page turning read. www.philstevenson.org
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Post by El Crab on Feb 15, 2011 3:57:05 GMT -6
Just finished reading Cormac McCarthy's masterpiece, Blood Meridian, for the third time in 18 months. Its absolutely enthralling, and I'd recommend it to anyone and everyone.
So now its onto Charles Portis' True Grit. I'm excited.
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Post by Diane Merkel on Feb 19, 2011 20:44:08 GMT -6
I'm not familiar with McCarthy's book. If it's worth your reading it every six months, I'll have to add it to the pile of books I'm hoping to read one of these days.
As others have said, so many books, so little time.
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Post by El Crab on Feb 24, 2011 3:05:57 GMT -6
Add it to the top of your pile. Its amazing.
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Post by bc on Feb 25, 2011 11:12:06 GMT -6
Here is a freebie worth reading at google ebooks. I have been reading his adventures in Kansas during 67-68. Lots of good NA warfare information, cavalry operations and fights, courtmartials, and officer squablings.
"Ups and downs of an army officer By George Augustus Armes"
I can't copy the url location with my browser. Armes was with the 10th cavalry and operated with the 7th in Kansas.
bc
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Post by zekesgirl on Jul 6, 2011 12:32:20 GMT -6
I recently obtained a signed and numbered copy of Willert's "Little Bighirn Diary". I have got to say that seeing all the movements laid out day by day as he does is an eye opener..
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Post by Yan Taylor on Aug 5, 2011 7:53:16 GMT -6
I was looking for Freds new book on Amazon and I also came across this, Red Sabbath: The Battle of Little Bighorn By Robert Kershaw The Reviews are excellent and I wonder if any one has read it over here. Regards Ian.
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