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Reading a little tome on lighthouses actually, and there is a wargaming tie in. Did you know that the British burnt the first lighthouse to be built in both the USA (Boston Harbor) & in Canada? Although to be fair the latter was built by the French......

Did you know that the British burnt the first lighthouse to be built in both the USA (Boston Harbor) & in Canada? Although to be fair the latter was built by the French...... Well obviously a lighthouse does need a light - must have been an emergency, all out of candles!! ;)

Just about to start Saratoga by John Luzader. Hopefully it'll be a good read but not quite inspiring enough to make me want to shift my AWI attention from the South to the North! Andy

'Queen's Rangers' by John Simcoe.

'Cottage modelling for Pendon' and some books on anatomy.

Downstairs: The Covenant, by James Mitchener Upstairs: A Clockwork Orange In the car: North & South.

This month I have mostly been reading... Tigris Gunboats - by Wilfred Nunn. Memoires of the Naval commander during the Mesopotamian campaign in WW1. Virtually a general history of the campaign by virtue of Nunn always being in the thick of it. Illuminating, with more than a little of the 'Boys Own..' atmosphere about it. Mad About the Mekong - by John Keay. Travelogue following the exploits of the Lagree/Garnier Mekong Expedition in the 1860's. Not strictly military history, but still of interst to students of Imperial shennanigans in SE Asia. The Last Gentleman of War - by R.K. Lochner. About the exploits of SMS Emden in WW1. Based mostly on the diaries and from the perspective of the Emden crew. Difficult to put down all the same. The White War - by Mark Thompson. History of Italy's part in WW1. Admirably broad in scope, but lacking military detail. Good intoductory piece nonthe less. The Mounted Riflemen in Palestine & Sinai - by A. Briscoe Moore. About the NZ Mounted Rifles in WW1. Far too brief for my liking. Gallipoli - by Alan Moorehead. Over 50 years old, but still one of the classics.

Sniper One - Dan Mills, One of the best personal accounts of a conflict I've ever read.

HAY you lot, you all got some answering to do to my Misses. She found my "book wish list" last night, and the prices. 90% of them are from what I have read of here.

This is a rather extensive list, but mostly because I am a slow reader. The following represents a backlog exacerbated by 2-3 years of sporadic procrastination. Currently reading: The Minutemen and Their World, on RtL's recommendation Naval Documents of the American Revolution, Vol. 10, for a project Already purchased and in queue: Treatise on Partisan Warfare by Johann Ewald The Minute Men: The First Fight, on RtL's recommendation Captain Dauntless: The story of Nicholas Biddle of the Continental Navy by William Bell Clark Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, Osprey Wish list: Naval Documents of the American Revolution, Vol. 9, for a project An Original and Authentic Journal of Occurrences During the Late American War by Roger Lamb John Peebles' American War: The Diary of a Scottish Grenadier The Services Of Lieut.-Colonel Francis Downman In France, North America And The West Indies Encyclopedia of the American Revolution (2006 edition) by Mark Boatner Fusiliers by Mark Urban, on Gile's recommendation Encyclopedia of Continental Army units, on RtL's recommendation

"On "xyz" reccomendation" is whats done for me!!!

Yes, this lot at WD3 (and GdeB:BG!) is quite a menace to my wallet. The wife loves books, but is still wary. My birthday is coming up, however an original issue of Lamb's Journal is probably not in the offing ... maybe I'll buy it for her for her birthday in June! :devil:

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