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A rare example of Dad enjoying the kids’ book more than the kids! A Christian review of By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman (1963) Continue reading
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Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (2017)
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The Osage Murders and the Birth of the F.B.I. It’s the end of the season for our annual Siblings’ Book Club, and this year I finished 9 of our 10 books (plus 2 runners-up, as you can see on our … Continue reading
Trails Plowed Under by Charles M. Russell (1927)
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Book clubs are great when they bring to your attention books you’d never otherwise have heard of or read. My Siblings’ Book Club (which admittedly now has more than just my 3 blood-siblings) rarely lets me down with the titles … Continue reading
Tales from Dust River Gulch by Tim Davis (1996)
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Over the past few years, we’ve read a number of books published by JourneyForth Press (formerly BJU Press). We’ve especially loved the Derwood series by Jeri Massi and the missionary stories like These Are My People by Mildred T. Howard. … Continue reading
When the Legends Die by Hal Borland (1963)
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Nobody else can live your life for you. You have to ride your own furies. (134) Here’s a book that came out of left field but will most definitely make the list of my top reads in 2024. I purchased … Continue reading
Kilrone by Louis L’Amour (1966)
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He rode into the Fort a renegade. When he left, his name was legend! I’ve never been drawn to Westerns. That goes for the old Roy Rodgers shows as much as the John Wayne films. It also goes for Zane … Continue reading
The Man in the Wilderness by Jack DeWitt (1971)
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OK, so this book is a mystery to me. My brother recommended this for our Siblings Book Club this year, and it became one of our top selections (not surprisingly, since we all apparently love survival stories—even the fictional ones). … Continue reading
Law of the Desert Born: A Graphic Novel by Louis L’Amour (2013)
Adapted by Charles Santino; Script by Beau L’Amour and Katherine Nolan; Based on the short story by Louis L’Amour; Produced by Beau L’Amour; Illustrated by Thomas Yeates. I recently read Louis L’Amour‘s memoirs, The Education of a Wandering Man, in … Continue reading
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (1985)
Or the Evening Redness in the West This dark Old West novel was an offering on our Siblings’ Book Club list in 2021, yet I don’t think any of us actually finished it. This week, I thought I’d go back … Continue reading
Apacheria by Jake Page (1998)
An Epic of Alternative History I don’t recall when I first ran across the concept of “Alternative History,” but it wasn’t than many years ago. This unique offshoot of historical fiction takes the “What If?” game to a whole new … Continue reading