Member: brendanphughes

Over from jlshall's page -- oh man, early Bellow is hilarious, esp Dangling Man. Well, I think it is, anyway....

posted by the_red_shoes at 10:42 pm (EST) on Nov 28, 2008

I appreciate your “friend” invitation. I took the opportunity to visit your website. I look forward to reading Lincoln: President Elect, Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861 . One of my favorite historians when I started reading American history seriously was David Potter. In view of your recent immersion in the topic I was curious if you had read Lincoln and his Party in the Succession Crisis and if you did, how you felt it held up.

posted by pitjrw at 10:59 am (EST) on Oct 26, 2008

Hi, Brendan. Thanks for the friend invite. We seem to share a liking for Joan Didion, among others. I'm still in the process of adding all my books - time consuming but fun, too!

posted by jlshall at 8:15 pm (EST) on Oct 13, 2008

Hello Brendan,
I am flattered by being put on your interesting libraries list and also being added to your friends. I notice we do share some literary tastes. I have been a fan of Edmund Wilson for a while. The first book I read was "From the Finland Station". I buy a lot of used books and many of his that I have are used. A couple of weeks ago I got the three volume set that has "Classics and Commercials" in it. Then I came home and found out that the Library of America editions I have of his have two out of the three books in them. Ah well, just more ways to read them. I glanced over your web page and will come back when I have time to read. I hope your writing goes well. I always thought I wanted to write but I got sick and I have to make a living, I'm married. I don't have the time and to be honest the things I have written weren't real good. If I win the lottery, though I never play, I'll take the time to give it a real try. When you have the time drop me a line.
Bill

posted by wildbill at 5:05 pm (EST) on Oct 8, 2008