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"my brother Bill - An Affectionate Reminiscence" by the late John Faulkner (1901 - 1963), younger brother of the late author William Faulkner (1897 - 1962). This book was published by Trident Press, New York, 1963.
Chapter 24 includes a discussion of William's pipe-smoking. Please see the thread here titled "Family Insights Into William Faulkner - Pipe-Smoker" for more information.
Chapter 24 includes a discussion of William's pipe-smoking. Please see the thread here titled "Family Insights Into William Faulkner - Pipe-Smoker" for more information.
That's quite interesting, Hunter. I'm a big fan of William and will try to check this out.
I just ordered this book looking forward to reading it.
I love Faulkner's writing he wrote in a way that painted vivid pictures with words. Of course, A Fable and The Reivers are must reads, but As I lay Dying and The Sound and the Fury, are favorites of mine. As well as his short story and poetry collections.
Re-reading Steinbeck's classic.............
Some other books about Faulkner that might be of interest are THE FALKNERS OF MISSISSIPPI (Murry Falkner,1967); FAULKNER's OXFORD (Herman Taylor,1990); WILLIAM FAULKNER OF OXFORD (Webb/Green, 1965); and the wonderful TALKING ABOUT WILLIAM FAULKNER (Wolff/Watkins, 1996)...all of these mention his pipe smoking to some extent. In a similar vein to the Wolff/Watkins book, and one also mentioning pipe-smoking and Faulkner, is CONVERSATIONS WITH SHELBY FOOTE (ed. William Carter, 1989)
"The Inklings - C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams and Their Friends" by Humphrey Carpenter. After reading many books by Lewis and Tolkien, I thought I should read a bit about them. It is a weekend morning read with coffee and a pipe, and very interesting. Bought it used online as a hardback (such a book should not be in paperback) .
I was a history major in college 35 years ago and love non-fiction. I've never been much of a conspiracy theorist and this book had introductions by Jesse Ventura and Oliver Stone, so I began reading this like it was historical fiction.
JFK: The CIA, Vietnam, and the Plot to Assassinate John F. Kennedy
This book basically starts with the surrender of Japan to end WWII and purports that the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, (and in effect the Cold War) began that day. I'm halfway through I'm really scratching my head.
The author served as the Chief of Special Operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his access to high level people and his knack for being in some really interesting places throughout history are hard to ignore.
JFK: The CIA, Vietnam, and the Plot to Assassinate John F. Kennedy
This book basically starts with the surrender of Japan to end WWII and purports that the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, (and in effect the Cold War) began that day. I'm halfway through I'm really scratching my head.
The author served as the Chief of Special Operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his access to high level people and his knack for being in some really interesting places throughout history are hard to ignore.
Hunter, I found an old copy on Amazon and picked it up.
Looking forward to the read..........
There were four Faulkner boys: William (born 1897), Murray (born 1899), John (born 1901), and Dean (born 1907). William passed in 1962, Murray in 1975, John in 1963, and Dean in 1935.
John and William strongly favor each other in the dustjacket photo above.
John and William strongly favor each other in the dustjacket photo above.
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The dust cover said that this was the only known photo of the two of them together as adults.
Hillbillies of my generation were not taught the political genius of The Great Emancipator, Father Abraham Lincoln.
Three Presidents generally are ranked among the top three by historians but Washington and FDR didn’t pen the Emancipation Proclamation, the Letter to Mrs Bixby, the Lyceum Address, the Gettysburg Address, and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, nor were they martyred on Good Friday with a crazy wife beside them by the brother of the most famous actor in America, or get the 13th amendment passed by two votes in the Senate.
Abraham Lincoln is a civic God, a Redeemer of our nation’s original sin of chattel slavery. But he also was a political savant.
I own the 2012 movie Lincoln.
Now I’m reading the book it was based on.
Three Presidents generally are ranked among the top three by historians but Washington and FDR didn’t pen the Emancipation Proclamation, the Letter to Mrs Bixby, the Lyceum Address, the Gettysburg Address, and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, nor were they martyred on Good Friday with a crazy wife beside them by the brother of the most famous actor in America, or get the 13th amendment passed by two votes in the Senate.
Abraham Lincoln is a civic God, a Redeemer of our nation’s original sin of chattel slavery. But he also was a political savant.
I own the 2012 movie Lincoln.
Now I’m reading the book it was based on.