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Stealing Indian Women: Native Slavery in the Illinois Country by Carl J. Ekberg
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will you be my itouch buddy too?
i just ordered mine.. it is was due here today..
much excitement! until i found out that fedex shipped it to NH.
I am in Pa.
gak! and GRRRRRRRRRR
any tips and info would be greatly appreciated, tho.
:)
thank you for the link, too :)
posted by mckait at 8:15 am (EST) on Oct 23, 2009
can you link me to that info?
I am looking to put something on my itouch...
:)
Thanks Pam !
k
posted by mckait at 6:49 am (EST) on Oct 23, 2009
posted by Garp83 at 9:27 am (EST) on Oct 18, 2009
posted by Garp83 at 6:55 pm (EST) on Oct 17, 2009
posted by stellarexplorer at 9:59 pm (EST) on Oct 1, 2009
posted by sgtbigg at 7:53 pm (EST) on Aug 28, 2009
I recently completed:
The Orchard Keeper – Cormac McCarthy(first novel, not his best book!)
Dead Until Dark – Charlaine Harris (guilty pleasure, Sookie Stackhouse, True Blood!)
Too Loud a Solitude – Bohumil Hrabal(incredibly great! Read it!)
Acharnians – Aristophanes (my clasical Greek education continues)
I need a new fiction book.
As of August 25th, 2009 -- I am currently at various stages of reading:
1. Now the Drum of war -- Roper
2. Helen of Troy -- Hughes
3. The Beautiful Cigar Girl -- Stashower
4. Europe Between the Oceans - Cunliffe
5. Wildebeest in a Rainstorm -- Bowermaster
6. Pride and Prejudice -- Jane Austin
7. The Long Fuse -- Don Cook
8. The Ancestor's Tale -- Richard Dawkins
9. The Link -- Colin Tudge
posted by Garp83 at 8:21 pm (EST) on Aug 25, 2009
posted by Garp83 at 8:39 pm (EST) on Aug 22, 2009
And a belated happy birthday.
Mike
posted by sgtbigg at 5:02 pm (EST) on Aug 18, 2009
Hope you had a wonderful day Yesterday!
posted by EmmaLadyHamilton at 7:32 am (EST) on Aug 15, 2009
posted by EmmaLadyHamilton at 6:01 pm (EST) on Aug 14, 2009
posted by historianwannabe at 8:55 am (EST) on Aug 14, 2009
I haven't started "Artist" yet. I'm having a hard time maintaining interest in "Half Moon", I've only read about 100 pages over the last three weeks or so. Maybe I'll put it down for a while and start "Artist". I'll let you know what I think once I do.
Mike
posted by sgtbigg at 4:15 pm (EST) on Aug 13, 2009
posted by suslyn at 8:28 pm (EST) on Jul 31, 2009
posted by sgtbigg at 8:18 pm (EST) on Jul 31, 2009
rick
posted by owlmoon at 10:07 am (EST) on Jul 29, 2009
You might also like "Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier" by Joanna L. Stratton.
Another interesting book, that reveals somewhat later US Western history, 1880s to 1950s, "The Harvey Girls: Women Who Opened the West" by Lesley Poling-Kempes. It's a different look at the expansion of the Santa Fe Railroad along the Old Sana Fe Trail.
posted by Catgwinn at 6:34 pm (EST) on Jul 26, 2009
The guy in "Child of God" reminded me so much of a Snopes character from a Faulkner novel. What do you think?
posted by Garp83 at 7:56 am (EST) on Jul 18, 2009
posted by Garp83 at 7:51 pm (EST) on Jul 16, 2009
posted by historianwannabe at 5:57 am (EST) on Jun 19, 2009
Now I have to find a space for them. Might be time to get rid of some more fiction though eventually I'll get down to the stuff like Tolkien and Forsyth I won't part with.
posted by cemanuel at 5:10 pm (EST) on Jun 9, 2009
posted by Garp83 at 5:26 pm (EST) on Jun 5, 2009
Thanks!
Of course now I'll have to buy the other 5 ... :)
posted by cemanuel at 11:33 am (EST) on Jun 4, 2009
posted by historianwannabe at 1:51 pm (EST) on Jun 3, 2009
posted by historianwannabe at 1:21 pm (EST) on Jun 3, 2009
As long as you're sure you want to part with them ...
posted by cemanuel at 12:38 pm (EST) on May 31, 2009
posted by KeithFowler at 8:17 am (EST) on May 31, 2009
posted by cemanuel at 4:52 pm (EST) on May 30, 2009
I haven't written up anything yet about my Greek Loebs as to the state they are in, but here's a list of who I have: (volume #'s subject to error)
Thudydides - Vol. 1-4
Marcus Aurelius
Greek Anthologies - Vol. 2-5
Julian - Vol. 1, 3
Lucian - Vol. 3
Dio - Volumes 1, 2, 8, 9
Appian - Vol. 1, 3
Pausanias - Vol. 1-5
Greek Bucolic poets
posted by ThePam at 11:49 am (EST) on May 30, 2009
Thanks again!
posted by stellarexplorer at 11:02 pm (EST) on May 29, 2009
In the paypal method, you give me your paypal email address, and I send money to your account. However, it then becomes a surplus in the account, and you can turn it into whatever money source you have on the account: credit card, bank account, etc., or just use it to spend with your paypal account.
(To tell you the honest truth, I've only paid that way when people more tech savvy than me have had the method all set up! :) )
posted by stellarexplorer at 11:38 am (EST) on May 28, 2009
True! Kind of symptomatic of him exempting humans from basic biological reality throughout the book, huh?
In any case, thanks for the kind words... and my review will be up on my blog (complete with pictures and more snarky commentary) tomorrow - I'm a day ahead! :)
Cheers!
--Nicki
posted by fyrefly98 at 7:14 pm (EST) on May 27, 2009
I noticed your review for An Edible History of Humanity as I was posting my own (which is filled with my own over-analysis of certain other of his blanket statements and nowhere near as concise as yours). I wanted to clarify the 4-year-old thing (hooray for getting to actually use those anthropology classes from college!)...
Across surviving hunter-gatherer people, there have been studies done that have shown that the average inter-birth-interval is 4 years, which drops dramatically once people become more settled and less nomadic. The thought is that in most pre-industrial societies, regular breast-feeding continues until a child is three or four, and breast feeding puts an energetic constraint on the mother that suppresses ovulation - an energetic constraint that might not be there if the mother is sedentary in a population that's producing a surplus of food.
I think Standage is confusing cause and effect - mothers don't decide to have another kid because their first is up and running around and eating more solid foods, but rather the fact that her four year old is up and running around enables her body to have another kid. Certainly there have been hunter-gatherer moms who have had babies closer together... but the likelihood is that the kids didn't survive as well, so natural selection has favored mechanisms that led to more widely spaced births.
Okay, I'll get off my know-it-all soapbox now. :)
Cheers!
--Nicki
posted by fyrefly98 at 5:15 pm (EST) on May 27, 2009
posted by ThePam at 6:13 am (EST) on May 27, 2009
I'd be happy to take some Loebs off your hands though as others have said, I wouldn't be in too big of a hurry to move them if I were you.
Anyway, I have 25 I'm looking to pick up - if HUP had shown up at K'zoo like they were supposed to I'd have a bunch of them. They are:
Appian - 4 Volumes
Ausonius - 2 Volumes
Dio - 9 Volumes
Cato and Varro - On Agriculture
Herodian - 2 Volumes
Historia Augusta - 3 Volumes
Libanius - 4 Volumes
If you really want to get rid of them and have any of these, let me know.
posted by cemanuel at 11:15 pm (EST) on May 26, 2009
posted by stellarexplorer at 9:48 pm (EST) on May 26, 2009
So you don't have to flip back to the Ancient History thread... here's my post.
============================
I've got Aristotle I and II, The Physics that I am willing to part with.
They are Green, of course. Volume I was printed in Britain in 1929 by Heinemann, while the second volume was printed by Harvard in 1934. (I'm curious as to why they are from different publishers. Was it just a purchasing anomolie, or was the second volume not printed in Britain for some reason.)
Given how old they are, I should comment a bit about them. There are no dust jackets (lol) and some wear and tear although the binding seems tight to me and there is still gold on the page edges.
On the downside:
I am going to sell these for less than I talked about because unfortunately they were previously owned by some knucklehead from The Gliff (?) School of Theology in Denver, CO who received them 4/29/38. And the darn fool actually underlined text on the English side in Volume I. Apparently he didn't get far into Volume II as it is basically it came off with only a mark or two.
The pages as you would expect are fairly yellow, but they smell heavenly... at least to me.
Practical Stuff:
Anyway, I'm thinking $7.00 each. The postage helper I used said it would cost a little under $4 bucks to mail. This means two ancient Loebs for $14 bucks plus $4 dollars postage/packaging.
posted by ThePam at 7:02 pm (EST) on May 26, 2009
posted by Garp83 at 10:58 am (EST) on May 24, 2009
posted by Garp83 at 8:31 am (EST) on May 24, 2009
Pam -- don't do it!!! Think about it carefully first. You could box the books up until the time came to re-shelve them. If you sell them you'll never have them again. Think about it.
posted by Garp83 at 6:59 am (EST) on May 24, 2009
I thought I would pop in here to comment on Angel's Game.
I am only about halfway through, but I am liking it.
I also have to admit that I have no idea where its going,
or what might happen next. It is very convoluted, rather dark,
sometimes slightly confusing... but despite all of this I like it.
I was very drawn into the story after the first couple of chapters.
Most books have a direction, an end that the reader can sense from the beginning.
This one, not so much.I am very drawn in though, but for the life of me I couldn't tell you why.
Not much help eh?
I will have finished it by tomorrow ...and I will come back then :)
kath
posted by mckait at 6:19 am (EST) on May 22, 2009
I'll go check out that library! (You know that at least half of what I own is fluff; I love it, but it's fluff.)
Did we discuss Latin? I see that you just added Satyricon. I'll tell you the long, boring story of my Latin prowess (?) someday if you're interested. Suffice it to say that a person doesn't need to know a lot of Latin to teach in our school system.
Off to the family!
Peggy
posted by LizzieD at 8:58 pm (EST) on May 16, 2009
At one point in my career (also a random thing) I wanted to be a medievalist. That was part of the reason for picking up and expanding high school Latin. I soon loved the classical texts, so that's where I concentrated. I appreciate your extensive tags - a good grace that you share with our friend stellarexplorer. I might otherwise have been tempted by the Medieval Women.
I look forward to seeing you around!
Peggy
posted by LizzieD at 10:12 am (EST) on May 13, 2009
posted by Garp83 at 10:16 pm (EST) on May 7, 2009
Will be checking out the groups soon, just looking around at the moment seeing what's, what getting use to it all. Hopefully run into you on a flowing thread.
Speak soon Andrea : )
posted by EmmaLadyHamilton at 3:41 pm (EST) on May 5, 2009
Mark
posted by msf59 at 9:36 pm (EST) on Apr 27, 2009
"Battle Cry of Freedom" by James McPherson. An absolute must!
"The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara. Stunning!
"The March" by E.L. Doctorow
To name just a few- I also have "The Lost City of Z" in my tbr, I hope to get to it soon. You can reach me here on LT, at any time. Thanks!
Mark
posted by msf59 at 8:37 pm (EST) on Apr 27, 2009
The mountain with its singular bright shade
Like the blue shine on freshly frozen snow,
The after-light upon ice-burdened pines;
Odor of basswood upon a mountain slope,
A scene beloved of bees;
Silence of water above a sunken tree:
The pure serene of memory of one man,--
A ripple widening from a single stone
Winding around the waters of the world.
- Theodore Roethke
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Hey stupid question: is that all one does on Twitter, just read what others are doing or describe what I'm doing?
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posted by MrCanoe at 10:12 pm (EST) on Feb 27, 2009
Also, I see we share "1491" by Charles Mann. Did you read it? I thought it was outstanding & I just reviewed it for LibraryThing ...
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posted by Garp83 at 8:10 pm (EST) on Feb 8, 2009
Yeah, I think Cormac is the greatest living American writer; I would compare him to Faulkner & Styron & (non-American) Garcia Marquez, -- with a dose of Jack London and Hemingway in there somewhere. (I say Hemingway for the way he gets you to look out into the book's landscape from your own eyes. You refer to this in your review as lacking character development, but I think it is a deliberate effort to put "You" inside the character's head to the point where you are innately disturbed by what you see. Did you read the Border Trilogy? "The Crossing" is one of the finest novels of American literature of all time IMHO. I recently read "The Road" -- that is something!! Blood Meridian will also cling to my literary consciousness for its creation of the most evil character in American literature, The Judge! To me, McCarthy's point in all of his novels is that the world is populated by a greater prevalemce of evil, and evil usually triumphs, yet there is goodness still and it thrives in this poison environment. I am taking my time reading the remaining novels because I don't want to hurry through the experience.
posted by Garp83 at 2:01 pm (EST) on Feb 8, 2009
posted by suslyn at 7:24 pm (EST) on Feb 7, 2009
add books and 'put on the shelves' (reading now, plan to read...)
on the left of your shelf at the bottom click "share with blog" or something like this.
when you get to the next page, don't input your web address if you're posting to LT. Instead click continue. Then choose the flash version on the second row of choices (the simplified version).
Hope that helps.
re: bujold... did you mean Jones? I don't think I've read Bujold this year, but my shelf could be wrong... I may have one wishlisted if you were looking at it there...
THx for dropping by my page :)
posted by suslyn at 5:11 pm (EST) on Feb 7, 2009
posted by suslyn at 11:46 am (EST) on Jan 29, 2009
Interesting stuff! Thanks for including the link here on your profile.:)
posted by suslyn at 8:12 am (EST) on Jan 29, 2009
Steven
http://steventill.com
posted by StevenTill at 12:01 pm (EST) on Jan 14, 2009
I see you also have The Killer Angels in your library. That was probably the first novel that got me into reading historical fiction ... many, many years ago.
Steven
http://steventill.com
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Steven
http://steventill.com
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RE My Life with the Army in the West: Memoirs of James E. Farmer
I see multiple copies on Bookfinder.com. It's a great tiny book; author meets Lincoln, other notables. Reminds me of Litle Big Man. Cheers A
posted by Ammianus at 2:48 pm (EST) on Oct 22, 2008
looking forward to any stuff u might come across on the asia and middle east trade...
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posted by historianwannabe at 3:04 pm (EST) on Oct 10, 2008
I wanted to compliment you on your various postings on different history subjects. They are very informative and always bring something new and different to the discussion. I also find your approach to reading history very interesting. From what I have seen you read a lot of primary or close to primary sources. I am sure this is an excellent way to gather information that has not been filtered through the viewpoint of another writer. From what I have seen you are doing a lot of reading about Native Americans. They possessed very interesting cultures that were destroyed by the spread of manifest destiny. I would be interested to know, at your convenience, your thoughts on reading history and what draws your attention to particular topics. Also how you locate your readings.
Bill
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posted by jenlaw77 at 1:17 pm (EST) on Sep 7, 2008
HA! I felt like we were going to wash away! We didn't lose power, thankfully!
I'm on shelfari...same username, jenlaw77
posted by jenlaw77 at 8:11 pm (EST) on Sep 6, 2008
Though you may be surprised, it was your history blog that I was reading through. I am a strange one I guess haha because I find a lot of "peculiar" topics quite interesting and I love learning about our history, always have.
It’s nice to find a blog that stays steadfastly dedicated to an era or topic. I approve!! :-)
Thanks for the compliments on my blog’s colour combinations. It took a while to get it there and hopefully it’s pleasing to most. I like looking at those colours and they don't make my eyes bug out lol.
Whatever you prefer to do with the colours on your blog is super. If you feel like changing them everyday, the more power to ya! ;) I like your colours right now, they are very unique just like your wonderful blog!
ttys,
Bobbie
posted by ablaze232323 at 4:20 pm (EST) on Aug 7, 2008
posted by jrfleming at 12:44 pm (EST) on Aug 4, 2008
You told me about this on the Amazon forum. Very cool. This should be interesting. Thanks for the info.
jr fleming
posted by jrfleming at 4:04 am (EST) on Aug 4, 2008
Here’s what Amazon’s review said about this book – and I highly endorse this author’s paean to the book:
“Wring that cow's tail and shove her this way! Or you could just say 'Pass the grease!' After all, you might need some butter for your steaming 'stack of hots' or 'string of flats.' Filling your belly in the frontier West was more diverse and entertaining than you might ever imagine. Federal Writers' Project field workers, under the direction of the Works Projects Administration (WPA), collected anecdotes and history surrounding the food customs and concoctions of Americans. Written in the late 1930s, the manuscript for the western section of the country abounds with tales of miners, lumberjacks, ranch housewives, range dwellers, and stories of whole communities eating, drinking, and wisecracking. Present, of course, are the old standbys of sourdough and son-of-a-gun stew, but you will also discover the open-range staple of Dutch oven-cooked whistleberries--salty cowboy slang for beans; the Irish miners' sweet, warming, filling stirabout served in boardinghouses and lunch pails throughtout mining districts; and depression cake--an unidentified eggless, butterless, milkless, bubbling, frothing, volcanic mass turned delicious cake out of Depression-era necessity. Equally mysterious are fun-loving chicherees, thirst-quenching Sean O'Farrels, satisfying and tempting boxty, oaten cakes, saffron buns, 'a letter from 'ome, ' and much more. This book tells the story of food and eating in the frontier west. Includes a contemporary forward by food writer and cookbook author Greg Patent and a selection of favorite specialty recipes from each state.”
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posted by RachelfromSarasota at 11:26 pm (EST) on Jul 24, 2008
I agree with you about Simplexity. At some point I got kind of bored. The idea is neat...it just took too long to make his point.
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posted by Trismegistus at 3:26 pm (EST) on Jun 27, 2008
On a totally unrelated note, if you're interested in Cahokia and pre-modern Native American history more generally, you might want to have a look at Thomas Lewis's Tribes That Slumber. The most recent edition dates to about twenty years ago, but it's still a great volume regardless.
posted by Trismegistus at 2:56 am (EST) on Jun 25, 2008
posted by Garp83 at 9:14 pm (EST) on Apr 15, 2008
Glad to know I'm not the only one who shudders when someone wants to borrow a book ...
posted by Garp83 at 6:18 am (EST) on Apr 11, 2008
[http://www.amazon.com/Freethinkers-Ameri...]
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posted by Marshdrifter at 1:02 pm (EST) on Nov 18, 2007
You also might want to try Cahokia, the Great Native American Metropolis by Bioloine Whiting Young and Melvin Fowler. This is more about the excavation of Cahokia than the city itself, but it's very enjoyable and you still learn some things about it.
posted by Marshdrifter at 10:46 pm (EST) on Nov 17, 2007
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