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Robert McCammon (2-3)

Hunter From the woods by Robert R. McCammon

I Travel by Night by Robert R. McCammon

March 5, 2023 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

“They travel by night.” Hunter from the Woods This is a follow-up collection of short stories to Robert McCammon’s novel The Wolf’s Hour. That novel was published in 1989 and this collection in 2011, so it’s fair to wonder how and why the character stayed with McCammon so long, especially given the sheer amount of writing her did in between. The character and that novel are incredibly fascinating. Among all I’ve read of his, it’s one of the richest and most fully realized story and […]

Lillian Hellman (2); Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar (1); Mary Rowlandson (1); Sherman Alexie (1)

Watch on the Rhine by Lillian Hellman

The World Record Book of Racist Stories by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar

The Sovereignty and Goodness of God: Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Mary Rowlandson

"Captivity" by Sherman Alexie

March 5, 2023 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

“This book is dedicated to all white people everywhere…Just kidding! The opposite of that! This book is dedicated to our family and friends who experienced all these stories with us…Just kidding, this book is dedicated to El Debarge!” The World Record Book of Racist Stories I normally quote the first line of the book, but here that line is scene-setting and doesn’t say much out of context. So I quote the dedication, and if you haven’t read the first book, you can see what kind […]

Robert McCammon (1)

The Five by Robert McCammon

March 3, 2023 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

“Nomad decided he would have to kill the waitress.” In the last twenty years, Robert McCammon has mostly been writing for his Matthew Corbett series, and given that there’s eight of those and they probably average 500 pages each, I’ve been waiting to start them. This book is one of the few book he’s written in that time period that are not from that series. Here, it’s 2008, and we begin with a small tier touring band three years into their existence. The novel opens […]

Gore Vidal (4)

Burr by Gore Vidal

February 28, 2023 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Burr “Shortly before midnight, July 1, 1833, Colonel Aaron Burr, aged seventy-seven, married Eliza Jumel, born Bowen fifty-eight years ago (more likely sixty-five but remember: she is prone to litigation!). The ceremony took place at Madame Jumel’s mansion on the Washington Heights and was performed by Doctor Bogart (will supply first name later). In attendance were Madame Jumel’s niece (some say daughter) and her husband Nelson Chase, a lawyer from Colonel Burr’s Reade Street firm. This was the Colonel’s second marriage; a half-century ago he […]

James McPherson (1-2)

Abraham Lincoln by James M McPherson

Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief by James M McPherson

February 28, 2023 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

“Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky, about fifty miles south of Louisville.” Abraham Lincoln James McPherson tells us in the introduction this short biography, which I decided to read before embarking on some longer ones I have, that he wanted to present a balanced approach to the history (balanced in terms of scope) with a focus on the most important details of Lincoln’s life, without being overly broad. The balance then looks like concentrated focus on a few areas […]

Gore Vidal (1-3)

United States: State of the Art by Gore Vidal

United States: State of the Union by Gore Vidal

United States: State of Being by Gore Vidal

February 27, 2023 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

“Eckerman: I’m delighted that The New York Review of Books is still going strong after–what is it now? Fifty years?” Gore Vidal tells us that he collected these essays and split it into three defining sections, each counting as a “state” which gives us the title United States. His sections: “State of the Art” which is about writing, literature, and culture, “State of the Union” about politics, and “State of Being” containing personal essays. Because this is a more than 1200 page book, covering 40 […]

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