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Number9Dream

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6. "The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara & "A Thief of Time" by Tony Hillerman

Mon Mar 21, 2016, 01:29 PM

Mar 2016

More than half way through "The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara. It's a fictional, but accurate, account of the Battle of Gettysburg. It's probably the best historical novel I've read. He makes Lee and Longstreet and Chamberlain and Buford, etc. come alive. Not at all dry.

Watched a DVD of "A Thief of Time" by Tony Hillerman. Adam Beach was good as Jim Chee. Though I wouldn't have pictured Wes Studi as Joe Leaphorn, his acting was good. Very good supporting cast. The scenery was gorgeous. On the negative, it left several unanswered questions.

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What are you reading this week of March 20, 2016? [View all] hermetic Mar 2016 OP

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Hello, everyone! Thank you for the thread, hermetic. Enthusiast Mar 2016 #3

We will look into the Tony Hillerman episodes on PBS, hermetic. Thanks for telling us. Enthusiast Mar 2016 #4

I can only imagine "listening" to Relic! Enthusiast Mar 2016 #5

"The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara & "A Thief of Time" by Tony Hillerman Number9Dream Mar 2016 #6

I love Wes as Leaphorn hermetic Mar 2016 #7

Hermetic, thanks for fleshing things out a bit more (spoiler alert) Number9Dream Mar 2016 #8

That was Peter Fonda hermetic Mar 2016 #9

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