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André wrote: "Hi Lorna and Nuno,

I've read lots of books on Roman times but most more or less deal with what you don't want :-)

I suggest you try Manda Scott
Als..."

Andre, thank you for all of your book suggestions for Nuno. It was very nice to hear from you.

Lorna,
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Andre - great job and post. Thank you.

Only one nit: (There is no photo for Breem so just add the author's link and (no photo) at the end. No worries - some wonderful suggestions for Nuno!

by Wallace Breem (no photo)

Am looking for a biography of Annie Oakley, but seem to only find them written for children. If anyone can recommend a great narrative account of Annie Oakley's life written for adults, I'd appreciate it very much!

Hi I’m looking for a biography of Benedict Arnold. Most of what I’ve found doesn’t focus exclusively him. It’s okay if it hasn’t been published recently. Thanks very much

Jeff wrote: "Hi I’m looking for a biography of Benedict Arnold. Most of what I’ve found doesn’t focus exclusively him. It’s okay if it hasn’t been published recently. Thanks very much"

Hi, Jeff, I know of these works:

by Willard Sterne Randall (no photo)
by Joyce Lee Malcolm (no photo)

Ellen, I found a few articles for you:



by Courtney Riley Cooper (no photo)

by Stephen Krensky (no photo)

I have not read either of them but these may be more on the track of what you are looking for.

Ellen wrote: "Am looking for a biography of Annie Oakley, but seem to only find them written for children. If anyone can recommend a great narrative account of Annie Oakley's life written for adults, I'd appreci..."

Maybe the movie Annie Get Your Gun has credits?

Very good idea David

Ellen wrote: "Am looking for a biography of Annie Oakley, but seem to only find them written for children. If anyone can recommend a great narrative account of Annie Oakley's life written for adults, I'd appreci..."

Ellen, In addition to the books that Bentley mentioned is:
by Shirl Kasper (no photo)

I haven't read it, but it seems to be well researched and published by the University of Oklahoma Press

Thank you so much Elizabeth A.G. for helping Ellen. We appreciate it very much.

I just watched the bridge on the river Kwai for the second time last night. What would be the best book for me to read on the topic? I'm looking for a book that both accurately and truthfully as much possible covers the topic. I really can't ask anyone my age as it is rare for anyone my age to take interest in a movie that is more than 60 years old, despite the fact that it is such a classic film. Thank you.

Jeff wrote: "I just watched the bridge on the river Kwai for the second time last night. What would be the best book for me to read on the topic? I'm looking for a book that both accurately and truthfully as mu..."

Hello Jeff, You are on the brink of going into a deep hole and there are lots of books that will help make that a rewarding journey!
Here are some ideas and suggestions that I put together for you from my own library and the web:

First, The Bridge on the River Kwai Movie: (mostly from Wikipedia)
The incidents portrayed in the book (and movie) are mostly fictional, and though it depicts bad conditions and suffering caused by the building of the Burma Railway and its bridges, the reality was appalling. Historically the conditions were much worse. The real senior Allied officer at the bridge was British Lieutenant Colonel Philip Toosey. On a BBC Timewatch programme, a former prisoner at the camp states that it is unlikely that a man like the fictional Nicholson could have risen to the rank of lieutenant colonel; and if he had, he would have been quietly eliminated by the other prisoners. Julie Summers, in her book The Colonel of Tamarkan, writes that Pierre Boulle, who had been a prisoner of war in Thailand, created the fictional Nicholson character as an amalgam of his memories of collaborating French officers. Boulle outlined the psychological reasoning which led him to conceive the character of Nicholson in an interview which forms part of the 1969 BBC2 documentary Return to the River Kwai made by former POW John Coast. A transcript of the interview and the documentary as a whole can be found in the new edition of John Coast's book Railroad of Death.
Unlike the fictional Nicholson, Toosey was not a collaborator with the Japanese. Toosey, in fact, delayed building the bridge by obstruction. Whereas Nicholson disapproves of acts of sabotage and other deliberate attempts to delay progress, Toosey encouraged this: termites were collected in large numbers to eat the wooden structures, and the concrete was badly mixed.

Books to Consider:
�� The Colonel of Tamarkan. Simon & Schuster Ltd. ISBN 0-7432-6350-2

�� Coast, John (2014). Railroad of Death. Myrmidon. ISBN 9781905802937

�� Davies, Peter N. (1991). The Man Behind the Bridge. Continuum International Publishing Group ISBN 0-485-11402-X

�� Joyaux, Georges. The Bridge over the River Kwai: From the Novel to the Movie, Literature/Film Quarterly, published in the Spring of 1974. Retrieved 09-24-2015

�� Building the Death Railway: The Ordeal of American Pows in Burma, 1942-1945
Robert S. LaForte (Author), Ronald E. Marcello (Editor)

(From Amazon) The Oscar-winning movie 'Bridge Over the River Kwai' dramatized to millions the building of the infamous Japanese 'Death Railway' - the supply line for Japan's planned invasion of India during World War II. But the movie told only part of the story, giving the impression that all men working on the line were British. In fact, 668 Americans - serving on the USS Houston and with the Texas National Guard's Second Battalion - worked alongside the other Allied troops in the jungle camps. In 'Building the Death Railway', their story is told for the first time. In 22 interviews with American survivors, we learn the details of their lengthy ordeal. Disease, punishment, camaraderie, work conditions and attempts to escape are described by the men who were there. The story begins with their capture and ends with their liberation 42 months later. The Burma-Thailand 'Death Railway' was one of the most horrible sentences a prisoner of war could endure. Thousands died in the jungles of Burma. More than 130 Americans - one man in five - never returned home, victims of neglect, abuse, starvation and disease. 'Building the Death Railway' gives the American perspective on events that shocked the world.

The Oscar-winning movie 'Bridge Over the River Kwai' dramatized to millions the building of the infamous Japanese 'Death Railway' - the supply line for Japan's planned invasion of India during World War II. But the movie told only part of the story, giving the impression that all men working on the line were British. In fact, 668 Americans - serving on the USS Houston and with the Texas National Guard's Second Battalion - worked alongside the other Allied troops in the jungle camps. In 'Building the Death Railway', their story is told for the first time. In 22 interviews with American survivors, we learn the details of their lengthy ordeal. Disease, punishment, camaraderie, work conditions and attempts to escape are described by the men who were there. The story begins with their capture and ends with their liberation 42 months later. The Burma-Thailand 'Death Railway' was one of the most horrible sentences a prisoner of war could endure. Thousands died in the jungles of Burma. More than 130 Americans - one man in five - never returned home, victims of neglect, abuse, starvation and disease. 'Building the Death Railway' gives the American perspective on events that shocked the world.

�� The Burma Road: The Epic Story of the China-Burma-India Theater in World War II
Donovan Webster

�� The Burma Campaign: Disaster into Triumph, 1942-45 (Yale Library of Military History)
Frank McLynn

�� BURMA '44 Paperback �� April 20, 2017
by James Holland (Author)

One of my favourites!
�� Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944 - 45
Max Hastings

Another favourite!
�� Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
Herbert P. Bix

�� The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
John Toland

Hope this is useful!
Patrick

Wow, Jeff and Patrick!!! My Father was a P. O. W. during World War II and his favorite books on that War were: A Man Called INTREPID, and Is Paris Burning?
Regards,
Andrea
P.S. You really have opened up a can of worms here!

by William Stevenson
by Larry Collins

Thanks so much this is a black hole of epic proportions

Looking for a book on the U.S. Army Green Berets. It doesn't have to be comprehensive or exclusive. Just looking for something interesting. My band just played for a bunch of these guys at a dedication of a new monument for a Beret who died in Afghanistan. I will now walk by this monument every day, so I want to hear more of the Berets' stories.

Which brings me to my question: any recommendations besides Tuchman on the first Black Death Circa 1346? I can’t force myself to re-read that doorstop. :)

Thanks in advance and thanks for having me!
Matthew
Key West, Fl

The above post has been moved from the Introduction thread. If there are any members who have a suggestion for Matthew regarding the first Black Death Circa 1346, please leave your suggestion here.

Thank you.
Lorna,
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Lorna wrote: "Which brings me to my question: any recommendations besides Tuchman on the first Black Death Circa 1346? I can’t force myself to re-read that doorstop. :)

Thanks in advance and thanks for having m..."

I believe Matthew is asking for recommendations regarding the plague in the Middle Ages. I did a search in goodreads and there are a few resources listed but I am unfamiliar with any of them. Matthew, you may want to just browse those a bit.

Please see the attached message sent by Lawrence seeking a book recommendation for the Pre-Norman Conquest.

Hi, I'm new to the group, so I'm sorry if this query is off base.
I'm looking for a book/books that cover the complicated time period after Alfred and before William: 900-1060.
I appreciate your recommendations!
Extra points if the titles are available as audio books.

Thank you,
Lorna,
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Lawrence- I highly recommend "Anglo-Saxons" by Marc Morris. It covers that period well, is excellently written and researched.

Thank you for your book recommendation to Lawrence, John. However, to be consistent with our guidelines your book citations should look like so:

by Marc Morris (no photo)

Thank you again, John It looks like a very interesting selection.

Lawrence, I found these as well:


by Don Hollway (no photo)
by Paul Hill (no photo)
by Michael John Key (no photo)
by Benjamin R. Merkle

Sorry Lorna. I haven't commented here for long time so I had forgotten. Thanks for the reminder.

Thank you, John.

John. Thanks for posting that recommendation. After sampling a short read online, I’m adding that book to my TBR list. Looks like a good one!

Arcticvet- you are most welcome!

This is a copy of the request for a book by Timothy that has been moved from another site. Thank you.

Im searching for book where I will learn history without realizing Im learning it, by simple following of storyline... example below...

"Đavolja noć" by author Adam Medvidović learns you a lot about the history of the church and EX-Yugoslavia... specifically Croatia...

This is a copy of the request for a book by Matt that has been moved from another site. Thank you.

Hey folks, this is very specific, but I thought I'd give it a shot!!!

Does anyone know of a book that talks about people dealing with heavy storms (not limited to, but including hurricanes) in early or Colonial America? Specifically, I'm looking for how people ON LAND (not out to sea) prepared for and dealt with heavy rain/thunderstorms/flooding/etc.

Does anyone know of anything like this?

Thanks in advance!

Timothy,if you’re looking for a book that serves up history as an unintended by-product, may I recommend “Sweet Taste of Liberty�� by W. Caleb McDaniel? It won a Pulitzer Prize, and is eminently readable.
Regards,
Andrea
by W. Caleb McDaniel

Americans and Their Weather

A history of America and how it dealt with weather from colonial times to climate change. Might have some sources for further research in bibliography.

Thank you, Andrea and Kathy, for your book suggestions.

The following is a request for book suggestions by Jeff. Thank you for your responses.


I'm looking for a good informative book about the 1973 Yom Kippur war. Any suggestions?

Hey, Jeff! I did read this book a couple years ago and liked it, I'd probably start with this:

by Abraham Rabinovich

I also know of these, but I haven't read them:

by Howard Blum
by Uri Kaufman (no photo)
by Walter J. Boyne (no photo)
by David Rodman (no photo)

Thank you for the great adds, Jerome.

Hello, I love history stories. I have little interest no academic history books but lighthearted historical stories, I'm looking for some books on British Plantagenet Dynasty and the history of founding of Canada.Any suggestions?

if you love reading about the Plantagenets try Shakespeare’s “Richard II�� �� there are tons of stagings of this magnificent play. Another excellent play about the Plantagenets is “The Lion in Winter�� �� about the four sons of Eleanor of Acquitaine and Henry III �� The film with Katheryn Hepburn as Eleanor is superb. Ask a Canadian for recommendations on their history.
Regards,
Andrea

pardxa wrote: "Hello, I love history stories. I have little interest no academic history books but lighthearted historical stories, I'm looking for some books on British Plantagenet Dynasty and the history of fou..."

I enjoyed this book, for sure:

by Dan Jones

Pardxa, Sharon Penman has written many books about the Plantagenet era beginning in A.D. 1135 with the death of England's King Henry I. The beginning of the series is as follows:

by Sharon Kay Penman
by Sharon Kay Penman
by Sharon Kay Penman

Lorna wrote: "Pardxa, Sharon Penman has written many books about the Plantagenet era beginning in A.D. 1135 with the death of England's King Henry I. The beginning of the series is as follows:

[bookcover:When C..."
Thanks, I bought the first one and began to read.

That’s great, Pardxa. I hope you enjoy it!

I am looking for a biography about Augustin de Iturbide of Mexico.

Hi, my name is Esther and I live in North Carolina in the United States.
At the moment, I'm looking for academic historians of the post WWII / Cold War period who write for the general reader -recommendations would be appreciated.

The above request from Esther has been moved here from another thread. Thank you.

And here is a response from Richard.

Ester, you have probably already read this, but John Lewis Gaddis's book The Cold War is a good overview. Also, any book by George F. Kennan.

Richard to be consistent wth our guidelines, your book recommedations should like this:

by John Lewis Gaddis

Thank you.

Hi,

I am looking for great books on the Red Scare, HUAC, and Joe McCarthy. Any Suggestions?

Papaphilly wrote: "Hi,

I am looking for great books on the Red Scare, HUAC, and Joe McCarthy. Any Suggestions?"

I have one on my shelf that may be of interest. It is by Matthew Dallek

Any decent biography of “Ike�� Eisenhower should cover those topics. From my withering-on- the-vine TBR List, among my shelf for this year are:
by Susan Eisenhower
by William I. Hitchcock (no photo)
That should get you started.
Regards,
Andrea

Oh, Lorna, I am almost computer illiterate�� How do I transfer all those elaborate recommendations (with which I struggled manfully to get correct) to this thread �� I think that’s beyond my pay grade �� but I’ll try, if you give me explicit instructions .. as one of my little friends says: “Explain it to me like I’m five ��
Regards,
Andrea

No need, Andrea. Just make sure your book recommendations in the future are on this thread and not on the thread for introductions. It was getting a little unwieldy. Thank you.

My apologies, Lorna, I rarely pause to take a deep breath or think rationally when I get excited about a book or books. Thank you for your forbearance!
Regards,
Andrea

Thank you, Andrea. And I appreciate your excitement about books.