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About my libraryMy library is always changing and this web site is where I relieve my obsessive /compulsive need to put it into some type of order. The focus of my library has been changing for some time. Originally it was just an accumulation of books I enjoyed reading, after several changes it now seems to be developing into a collection of American history with a focus on the city of Cincinnati. Currently I have 947 works of history, 660 works of US history and 92 titles that directly address Cincinnati. These numbers change very frequently, faster than I can read them unfortunately.
Currently I am looking at how medicine began to change from faith in the teachings of the old Greeks to a modern science using the life and work of Cincinnati’s Dr. Daniel Drake.
GroupsAmateur Historians, American Civil War, American History, American Revolution & Founding Fathers History, Banned Books, Bibliomysteries, Book Care and Repair, Bookcases: If You Build/Buy Them, They Will Fill, Books in Books, Build the Open Shelves Classification —show all groups, Cap City, Ohio, Combiners!, Comics, Commodity Histories & Micro-Histories, Common Knowledge, WikiThing, HelpThing, Cookbook Collectors, Cookbookers, Food History, Freethought History, Frequently Asked Questions, Genealogy@LT, GLBT History, Graduate Students, Harlem Renaissance, History at 30,000 feet: The Big Picture, History Fans, History of technology, History Readers: Clio's (Pleasure?) Palace, History, Revised, History: On learning from and writing history, Indigenous Peoples, Legacy Libraries, Libraries with bookstores, Midwest Writers/Readers, Military History, Northern Cincinnati Book Club, NPR Listeners, Other People's Libraries, Pacifism, Radical History, Rare, Old or Offbeat, Reviews reviewed, Science Fiction Fans, Second World War History, Serial Indexers, Sex Between the Covers, Social history, The Black Orchid (A Nero Wolfe Group), Unique Library Thing Book Group, Unitarian Universalist Readers, Working Class
Favorite authorsMark Billingham, Peter Blauner, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Rachel Kramer Bussel, A. Bertram Chandler, C. J. Cherryh, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Eugene V. Debs, Ernest K. Gann, Dashiell Hammett, Carl Hiaasen, Dennis Lehane, Sinclair Lewis, Herbert Lieberman, Jeffrey Marks, Bill Mauldin, Walter Mosley, Larry Niven, Studs Terkel (Shared favorites)
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Favorite bookstoresBooks in Shandon, Cameron's Books & Magazines, Half Price Books #32 - Hamilton OH, Ohio Book Store, Powell's City of Books (Portland)
Favorite librariesKenton County Public Library - Mary Ann Mongan Library, The Oxford Lane Library, The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County - Main Library
Other favoritesThe Mad Anthony Writers Conference & Book Festival
Favorite publishersBeacon Press, Duke University Press, Indiana University Press, McFarland, Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, University of Illinois Press, W.W. Norton, Yale University Press
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Real nameTim Crawford
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Currently readingBald-headed Hermit And the Artichoke: An Erotic Thesaurus by Allan D. Peterkin
Medicine and Slavery: The Diseases and Health Care of Blacks in Antebellum Virginia (Blacks in the New World) by Todd L. Savitt
The Kennedy Legacy: Jack, Bobby and Ted and a Family Dream Fulfilled by Vincent Bzdek
On the teaching and writing of history responses to a series of questions by Bernard Bailyn
Style : the basics of clarity and grace by Joseph M. Williams
Going to the sources : a guide to historical research and writing by Anthony Brundage
Physician to the West: selected writings of Daniel Drake on science & society by Daniel Drake
Learning to Heal: The Development of American Medical Education by Kenneth M. Ludmerer
The historian and the believer; the morality of historical knowledge and Christian belief by Van Austin Harvey
Meteorology in America, 1800-1870 by James Rodger Fleming
Doctors on horseback : pioneers of American medicine by James Thomas Flexner
What's That Sound?: An Introduction to Rock and Its History (Third Edition) by John Covach
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Your recent post on sarcasm has really hit my funnybone. I think you should start a new thread around it. Please do... It could be so funny, we have had some fun with the present thread but it is getting a bit “threadbare” now..................
posted by Novak at 1:34 pm (EST) on Jan 13, 2013
Nosing into your library (it's how I decide what to read..) I've pinched a few good ideas, thanks.
I would have thought one of the books we shared would have been The Fort By Bernard Cornwell. I found it an eye opener.
posted by Novak at 3:01 pm (EST) on Nov 21, 2012
Well said. I remember staying up until all hours watching the Apollo missions. Then there was Pioneer, Mariner, Voyager... I'll probably be dead before we see this kind of stuff again. Those were the days!
posted by LamSon at 6:55 pm (EST) on Apr 23, 2012
posted by BruceCoulson at 1:59 pm (EST) on Mar 22, 2012
Thanks
posted by LamSon at 2:00 pm (EST) on Feb 29, 2012
posted by dkathman at 1:22 pm (EST) on Jan 4, 2012
'"Is That All There Is?" is a song written by American songwriting team Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller during the 1960s. It became a hit for American singer Peggy Lee from her recording in November 1969. The song was originally recorded by Dan Daniels in March 1968, then by Leslie Uggams in August 1968, Guy Lombardo in 1969, and Tony Bennett on 22 December 1969.[1]'
On a darker note: the most(imho) cynical song has to be 'Eve of Destruction' by Barry McGuire. There ain't nothin' positive in that song and it still seems relevant today.
posted by LamSon at 1:27 pm (EST) on Sep 12, 2011
It is understood that "persons" can include legal fictions such as corporations, LLCs, etc, but usually not trusts or partnerships.
The problems seem to arise when you start reading refinements in terminology that arise over decades or centuries into documents authored before such refinements were well established.
posted by lawecon at 12:42 pm (EST) on Aug 25, 2011
posted by LamSon at 8:40 am (EST) on Jul 27, 2011
posted by jordsly at 3:52 pm (EST) on Jun 28, 2011
If you have a moment, I would appreciate your taking a look at what I posted today, 2.16.10, regarding trends of history and the Financial Times.
I confess I feel encouraged by this particular trend in history.
Would be curious to hear what your classmates thought of the article's themes.
Ur
posted by Urquhart at 5:26 pm (EST) on Feb 16, 2011
At some point in time I may return to the group.
posted by LamSon at 5:05 pm (EST) on Jan 13, 2011
Title American mobbing, 1828-1861: toward Civil War
Author David Grimsted
Publisher Oxford University Press US, 1998
ISBN 0195117077, 9780195117073
http://books.google.com/books?id=22SsdNkqd3oC&printsec=frontcover&source...
the search I did was
protest German Irish Catholics in Cincinnati
http://books.google.com/books?id=22SsdNkqd3oC&dq=protest+German+Irish+Cathol...
I've also used the Google books Inside This Book and theAmazon search within a book features when I think a book might have a small but useful bit of information. In this case, it doesn't look too likely, as only two pages match and they don't seem related to the protest you are talking about.
(For the Google inside the book thing, go to http://books.google.com/books?ei=VAz4TNu5DoWKlweG_6m0Ag&ct=result&id=XrN...
and scroll down and there will be a search box for searching within the book).
posted by JonathanGorman at 4:17 pm (EST) on Dec 2, 2010
Ur.
posted by Urquhart at 8:39 am (EST) on Nov 19, 2010
First, if you don't already know, this is an anthology of previously published articles, essays, an primary source extracts. So though it first came out in 1973 many of the contributions are quite a bit older. It's significance lies in the fact that relatively little had been written on Maroon Societies at that time and what had been written was scattered among the the various national histories of the Americas. Bringing the materials together brought a new focus on the subject. It was also written at a time when it was still necessary to confront the received myth of the happy slave and maroon communities are a most striking demonstration of the desire of enslaved people for freedom and their capacity to secure and maintain their independence. The book is still significant because, to my knowledge, no new cross-national synthetic work has been written on the topic since.
That being said, the format of the book presents some difficulties. Selections come at the topic from multiple perspectives including history, sociology and anthropology. Although there are pieces on all of the major slave societies, coverage is uneven and direct comparison can be difficult because the selections were originally written for other purposes. For instance, only selection on the US is a rather preliminary article by Herbert Aptheker from 1939. My favorite pieces in book were the article by Davidson on Mexico, Orlando Patterson's article on Jamaica, the three selections on Brazil and the various primary sources. The biggest and longest lasting maroon colonies were/are in Suriname and the Guianas. Unfortunately, half of that section is devoted to an extended anthropological article focused rather narrowly on kinship structures. Still, at the end (which I've almost reached) I do have a fairly clear general picture of the conditions and functioning of maroon communities.
I have some more recent references if you're interested but I haven't really checked them out. If I were to pursue the topic further I would probably start with a search in journal Slavery & Abolition to look for something recent with up to date references.
posted by eromsted at 10:47 pm (EST) on Nov 8, 2010
I just found out about
http://www.lawcha.org/index.php
and thought you may wish to know about it as well, if you haven't already.
Ur.
posted by Urquhart at 1:04 pm (EST) on Jul 27, 2010
posted by miamismartgirl09 at 5:48 pm (EST) on Jun 6, 2010
FDR and New Deal
http://newdeal.feri.org/
Ur.
posted by Urquhart at 4:05 pm (EST) on May 1, 2010
Jennie
posted by jennieg at 10:38 am (EST) on Mar 9, 2010
I've been following your discussion on the History and Economics thread. I keep thinking that you would get a kick out of "The Anarchists Convention" by John Sayles. There's an audio version read by him which is very good. It was done on Selected Shorts, too, some years ago and that version is available as well.
Jennie
posted by jennieg at 2:37 pm (EST) on Feb 26, 2010
posted by usnmm2 at 5:58 pm (EST) on Jan 11, 2010
posted by LisaCurcio at 5:06 pm (EST) on Sep 2, 2009
Saw your post on the History at 30,000 feet thread that you are getting Resistance--me, too. Do you know anything about the translator? I have not been able to find anything except her description of how she found the book.
posted by LisaCurcio at 5:02 pm (EST) on Sep 2, 2009
LamSon
posted by LamSon at 4:58 pm (EST) on Jun 26, 2009
posted by jennieg at 3:34 pm (EST) on May 29, 2009
I'd talk to the placement center. Companies always need bright people on hand.
posted by jennieg at 10:46 am (EST) on May 28, 2009
posted by jennieg at 4:10 pm (EST) on May 27, 2009
posted by Garp83 at 11:35 am (EST) on Mar 14, 2009
For 9 years I lived in Huron, Ohio, near Sandusky, before relocating to Florida. My husband went to Miami.
Do you have an interest in slavery issues? If you are interested and have some time, you might check out my library under the tag: African American Cook Book. The contribution of African American women and men to our culinary heritage is finally becoming elevated to its proper station.
As a food historian there are other sub specialties that interest me: English language early Asian, Hispanic, French, Italian, so on.
You can see my "shop dawg" Jaime in the profile photo. We both love dogs. Thank you for contacting me. If you have any cookbook questions, give me a shout out. Best, Lynn
posted by kitchengardenbooks at 4:59 pm (EST) on Jan 28, 2009
posted by kitchengardenbooks at 1:30 pm (EST) on Jan 23, 2009
I had to return the compliment and add your library to my list of interesting ones; as we share 47 books in common, it's safe to say there are some areas of overlapping interest! Quite a lot, actually--looks as though we both like mysteries, sci fi/fantasy, history, and cooking, at least.
Your random list of books shows one by Roberta Isleib; I've been wondering how her books are. I think she's married to someone I used to work for, in the weird connections department.
Happy Holidays!
Elizabeth
posted by ejj1955 at 6:35 pm (EST) on Dec 22, 2008
posted by Booksloth at 6:53 pm (EST) on Apr 30, 2008
posted by Booksloth at 6:45 am (EST) on Apr 30, 2008
I don't know whether you have anything like the Open University over there? It's a wonderful organisation that allows people of any age (well, over 18) and any academic background to study from home for a real degree which is not only comparable to degrees from any other university but is considered by many employers to be superior as they realise OU students have often had to study while running a home, working full time, bringing up children, caring for elderly relatives etc, etc. The course for a full degree usually takes six years (that's part-time and the equivalent of three years' full time study) although many people take breaks in between (I took a year off at a time when I had a lot of other things happening and didn't think I'd be able to do the course justice), while some study full-time and graduate in three years or even less, so you can see it's all very flexible. I graduated in 2001, the year after my daughter graduated from 'normal' university. She was very proud of her achievement but I was practically bursting with pride over mine (and hers, too, of course). I used to work in Adult Education at one time so I'm a massive fan of returning to study.
My reasons for wanting to return to study were many and varied (as I'm sure yours are too) but one of them was obviously in order to progress within my career and that's how I justified the expense to myself. Unfortunately,a year into the course, I was hit with a major back problem that eventually meant my having to retire on health grounds. Much as I loved the work for my BA, I don't really think I can now justify going on to a Masters as I would have hoped to do - the courses aren't exactly cheap - but I will never regret what I have done so far. I do you get everything from your study that I did from mine - isn't it wonderful to know we're not 'over the hill'?
posted by Booksloth at 5:24 am (EST) on Apr 18, 2008
posted by Navigator7 at 5:07 am (EST) on Mar 28, 2008
posted by Navigator7 at 1:17 pm (EST) on Mar 27, 2008
Indeed! Granted, ERB may not be a literary genius in his line-by-line writing, but if you go by the ability to touch lives and your work survive the years, surely he's stellar. Between Barsoom, Tarzan, and The Land That Time Forgot, he'll live forever.
TK
posted by TKKenyon at 4:58 pm (EST) on Mar 25, 2008
All the characters in my books are adults and, while some of them have some issues stemming from childhood abuse, all of them have survived and are making their way through life, coping and healing. I think it's a positive message, that even if something bad happens to you, you can survive and heal and connect with other people, even heal others.
Like I said, essentially positive. I read a lot of SF as a kid, including Edgar Rice Burroughs. I supposed I've been unduly influenced by John Carter of Mars: "I still live!"
Hope you'll try me, or chat with me around here,
TK Kenyon
posted by TKKenyon at 11:40 am (EST) on Mar 25, 2008
posted by JacInABook at 9:35 am (EST) on Mar 24, 2008
posted by JacInABook at 10:02 am (EST) on Mar 22, 2008