That sounds interesting, I have no idea how those without all the current technology back in that day could accomplish so much.

Based on all the complaining today with just "Stay at home", we would of back in that day would have a hard time just getting a bicycle manufactured.

I'll track down your book read and give it a shot.

Been trying to find Collectible Automobile locally, to check out the B-body article, but can't find it anywhere so far.

It just hit the news stand at a local or regional super market chain (Meijer) just this past week. My son picked it up for me, I had been looking for it since Diego posted it which was long ago. My son kept saying the May issue was there for weeks and weeks. Surprised it took so long to show up.....hang in there and hopefully it shows up soon

Collectible Automobile isn't carried anywhere in my County or the ones south or north of me.
Looks like I'll have to make a 120-mile round trip to Spokane for a copy.
Hope it's worth it !

Here's are example scanned pages for the pm I just sent you. 14 pages, 15 with the cover scan.

Lots of interesting books here. The one listed by JCC that I would highly recommend to everyone here is "The Sociopath next door". If you are not a Sociopath or a Psychopath, it is extremely hard to understand the way they think. I guarantee you will recognize people you know and have worked with after reading this book. As to fiction, anything by John Sandford is good, the Jack Ryan books that Clancy started and have been well carried on by some other authors, and the Walt Longmire novels make nice, quick "airplane" reads.

The HH virtual library is ad free and open 24 / 7.

Feel free to read all you like.

https://www.hamtramck-historical.com/library.shtml

Reading lots of books lately on southern civil war generals. The books aren't as plentiful as one might expect once you get off the big guys like Lee/Jackson but what I have found is most of these guys really had some odd habits and beliefs. Lemon eating, going around with one arm up in the air to help blood flow, etc. Jackson was considered very odd and pretty much a rube by almost all the other generals. Even once he became famous, most of the solders couldn't believe it was him when they saw him as he was completely dirty and dressed like a regular solder, not an officer. For those from the more refined parts of VA this was odd as they had tailored uniforms and held balls in the towns they occupied.

Another Civil War general with personal issues.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMZfCar-Ks8

I can testify that the HH site is a good way to spend a few hours, and either learn or prompt one's memory.

I also want to thank A12 for scanning & emailing the CA article, much appreciated !

Just bought a copy of this:

Bill O-Riley's series.

Hustler, LOL

Wow! I have "Fighter General" by Galland. I have read that twice.

And I also read that one & finished it a few months ago! My dad had it in his library. Queequeg................

Great book. Never did tame the great white whale.

I believe it was all quite accurate. He DID serve on a whaling ship & was a real sailor back then. The story itself of the "great white whale" was fiction though I'm quite sure. His detailed writing of life aboard a sailing ship back then & the anatomy of whales I would think was spot-on. The book & his style of writing (old English) was tedious, & very complex. After chipping away at that book for a few months (I'd normally read 4 pages an evening), I finally finished it. I started it in November while my dad was doing poorly & told him I was reading it. My dad passed away on 12/4 & I finished it after - in his memory. The book was a difficult read but worth it. After spending all that time reading it, I could not write ONE sentence in Melville's style or structure as he did. It was that complex.

Just started reading this one a couple nights ago:

I find the journals fascinating. I read this one a number of years ago, excellent:


Eastern Inferno: The Journals of a German Panzerjäger on the Eastern Front, 1941–43