"TOM JOAD" bruce springsteen
Lazy haze days of summer. Waiting for the fake cement crosswalks to dry, one council meeting a month. Lot of time to catch up on my reading.
I will share with you three books I have read so far this summer. The first the story of the WWII submarine USS Batfish by Don Keith "In the course of duty" who's claim to fame is that it sunk three Japanese submarines within 72 hours. The story goes back and forth between the war and how it ended up as a war memorial in of all places Muskogee, Oklahoma.
I've been a sucker for WWII submarine stories fiction or non-fiction since first seeing "Run Silent Run Deep" with Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster. A cross between Moby Dick and Mutiny on the Bounty".
It was then suggested to me maybe I should read books with a local interest?
Next book " Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage. Story of American submarines spying on the Russians during the Cold War in the mid 50's. This was in the days before the "Nukes". Painesville connection? Well it seems our infamous Robert "Bear" Gibbs served on one of these submarines. Yes that's him in a picture in the novel. You have to wonder how a tall lanky kid moved around on that class of submarine. Thank-you Bob for your service we almost lost you in the Baltic Sea. See just when you think you know everything about someone.
The Heartbreaker; I had to put it down more times than I care to remember.
"I Lost My Love In Bagdad" by Michael Hasting
This is the true story about Michaels fiancée Andi Parhamovich the girl from Perry, Ohio killed in Iraq in 2007. while doing humanitarian work when she and three others were killed by an assassin with a rocket grenade as she sat in the back seat of an automobile.
Many of you might remember Andi's father Coach Parhamovich from Harvey High School. Who Michael credits the title of the book.
This story pulls you as can feel Hasting's love for Andi. The Love from Andi's What was stolen from her mother and father older sister as well as her twin younger brothers. This family suffered this loss in war but only because Andi wanted to help these people.
Later Michael married and was killed in an automobile accident last year. A truly tragic story.
Anyone care to share any good reads?
posted by terminator1 @ 8:32 AM
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3 Comments:
Duly noted and will look, reading through Tom Clancy now, only as far as Cardinal in the Kremlin.
Highly recommend Nickolas Monsarrat 'The Cruel Sea', first read 40 years ago and picked up again, just excellent.
Looked at both my shelves and kindle and would just like to offer up some authors that may be of interest. Jeff Edwards, John Gobbell, Jack Higgins, Jeff Sahara, Phil Ward, Herman Wouk, James Michener (he takes time).
Pleased to see your post. Literature is not delineated geographically, only minds. Sorry for that, but not one comment to your post, which was well done, thank you. Most of these authors write sequentially, which means once you start, you are in for the long haul.
4:37 Yes I do. Remember the sponsor of the show? Society Bank their commercials had 19th century cast iron toy banks that had action everytime you saved a coin. You Tube has some episodes you can view.
12:15 Yes authors each have their own style. I'm a big Tom Clancy fan. Also read "The Cruel Sea" decades ago. British Seaman on a Corvette style ship? Peaked my interest.
I highly recommend reading The Constitution of the United States of America. Not many have actually done so and it will soon be out of print.
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