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Number9Dream

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7. "The Hornet's Nest" by Jimmy Carter

Tue Nov 29, 2016, 01:27 PM

Nov 2016

I'm finally back after the hack, and have some catching up to do. It's nice to be back. I thought I'd enjoy a book about the Revolutionary War in the South. After reading it for ~3 weeks, I got about 250 pages in and finally reached 1776. It's slow paced, with numerous paragraphs devoted to mundane colonial activities such as fabric making and dying, shingle splitting, and militia training. President Carter clearly put a lot of research and knowledge into this book, but I returned it to the library unfinished.

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Glad you had fun with "The Princess Bride". TexasProgresive Nov 2016 #1

Yeah, I like him hermetic Nov 2016 #2

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Sounds like another hermetic Nov 2016 #5

Hi everyone. Thanks for the thread, hermetic. japple Nov 2016 #4

You're welcome. hermetic Nov 2016 #6

We got rain! Real, wet, rain. 4.5 on Monday night and 1.5 late yesterday and last night. japple Dec 2016 #9

"The Hornet's Nest" by Jimmy Carter Number9Dream Nov 2016 #7

Hey! hermetic Nov 2016 #8

Dear # 9Dream: don't feel bad about giving up on a cumbersome book. japple Dec 2016 #10

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Have you read all this series? hermetic Dec 2016 #12

I think I have read them all. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #13