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The Battle for America 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election by Haynes Johnson

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A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon by Neil Sheehan (read review)

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The White Tiger: A Novel (Man Booker Prize) by Aravind Adiga

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Discoverer by Jan Kjaerstad (read review)

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A Life of James Boswell by Peter Martin (read review)

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The Sweet Forever by George P. Pelecanos

BBRAD - I was in Scotland about 4 years ago (for about 4 hours, just across the border to visit Walter Scott's Abbotsford), and again about 2 years ago, when I spent a week on Iona, in the Hebrides. I ran across a copy of Boswell's Hebrides journal in the library of the "Bishop's House" (an 'adult hostel' with a chapel, operated by the Anglican church) where I was staying. I read the entries on Iona, Mull, and that area. Though I can't say Iona hasn't changed since then, I can say that, in the essentials of Boswell's observations, it remains remarkably current. That's what put me onto his 'travel writings'.

Thanks for reminding me of that.

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Os - Thanks for the editing tip on Boswell's London Journal. I'll make the change. By the way, I just returned from my first trip to Scotland, which caused me to pick up the unread Boswell's Tour to the Hebrides in my library. It seems a fresh as when it was written (in 1773)

posted by Osbaldistone at 11:12 am (EST) on Sep 2, 2008

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