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Number9Dream

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17. Finished "The Last Full Measure" by Jeff Shaara

Sun Aug 2, 2020, 03:56 PM

Aug 2020

Fiction regarding the Civil War from after Gettysburg to Appomattox. Shaara's dialog and the way he writes, makes history less dry, while maintaining accuracy. I enjoy his books.

Starting "Poseidon's Arrow" by Clive Cussler.

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