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What I’ve been reading since the last time I posted a bunch of books

Legacy of Conquest by Patricia Limerick

You are Not a Stranger Here by Adam Haslett

Prisoner without a Name Cell without a Number by Jacobo Timerman

Archy and Mehitabel by Don Marquis

Forever Flowing by Vasily Grossman

Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

September 24, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Legacy of Conquest – 5/5 Stars Not the most exciting audiobook I could have listened to, but a very worthwhile overview of not only American Western history but also historiography of the field too. Patricia Limerick was at the time a historian working in a Western American university. She tells a story of a colleague getting a job with a Southern university and he declares that he should learn a little Southern history to supplement his expertise. She asks him if he learned Western history […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Poetry Tagged With: adam haslett, David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Don Marquis, Jacobo Timerman, Patricia Limerick, Vasily Grossman

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:400 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Poetry · Tags: adam haslett, David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Don Marquis, Jacobo Timerman, Patricia Limerick, Vasily Grossman ·
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