Member: JimThomson

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About meHabitual reader; History; Favorite book about the 14th century; A Distant Mirror, by Barbara Tuchmann. Favorite book about the 15th century; 1491, America Before Columbus. Favorite book about the 18th century; Marlboro, by Winston Churchill. Favorite book about the American War for Independence; The Winter Soldiers, by Richard Ketchum. Favorite book about the American Civil War; The Civil War, by Shelby Foote. Highly recommend Carl Sandburg's 'Storm Over the Land, 1861-1865'. Favorite book about WW2; The Forgotten Soldier, by Guy Sajer. Most moving novel read recently; The Time Traveler's Wife. Most admired individual; George Washington. Favorite American author; John McPhee. Favorite Aviation book; Voyager, by Yeager & Rutan.

About my libraryI have many volumes in the following subjects; George Washington and the America War for Independence, Aviation, The American Civil War, World War II, plus missielaneous works on Natural History, Astronomy, Cosmology and history of technology.

Real nameJames A. Thomson

LocationBaltimore, MD

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Member sinceOct 3, 2008

Currently readingThe Literary Digest History of the World War, Vol. 9/10, Illustrated, by Francis Whiting Halsey
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THE UNKNOWN UNIVERSE; The Origin of the Universe, Quantum Gravity, Wormholes.....and other Things Science still cannot Explain by Richard Hammond