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[QUOTE=MajorHoy;6047587]Man, I read those like over forty years ago![SIZE=1]
Probably not too long after they were originally published.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
Ive only read one of them The Rebels. But my landlord had the whole set in a box of books he had and brought them over because he knows I like historical fiction. I also got the North and South Trilogy. So my reading for a long time is set :)
The Best part is you know old books have that kind of musty smell. I love that smell. reminds me of this old book store I used to go to as a kid :)
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[QUOTE=babyblob;6047565]Reading like crazy the last couple of days. I finished Trollslayer.
I am going to move on to The Bastards by John Jakes. The first in the Kent Family books.[/QUOTE]
I have never read any of Jakes' books, but I do remember watching the [I]The Bastard[/I] on TV. Unquestionably, that was the first time I ever recall hearing that word on the small screen, which was a rare thing up to that time.
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[QUOTE=The Darknight Detective;6047923]I have never read any of Jakes' books, but I do remember watching the [I]The Bastard[/I] on TV. Unquestionably, that was the first time I ever recall hearing that word on the small screen, which was a rare thing up to that time.[/QUOTE]
I didnt know they were turned into tv shows. I knew North and South was and I liked that better. I will have see if any of the Kent shows are floating around somewhere.
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[QUOTE=babyblob;6047926]I didnt know they were turned into tv shows. I knew North and South was and I liked that better. I will have see if any of the Kent shows are floating around somewhere.[/QUOTE]
[I]The Bastard[/I] was one of the first miniseries seen on independent stations. As for [I]North and South[/I], I also liked it better myself.
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[QUOTE=babyblob;6047926]I didnt know they were turned into tv shows. I knew North and South was and I liked that better. I will have see if any of the Kent shows are floating around somewhere.[/QUOTE][U]The Bastard[/U] came out in 1974, right around the U.S.'s bicentennial in 1976.[SIZE=1] (It was the first book in [I]The Kent Family Chronicles[/I], a.k.a. "[I]The American Bicentennial Series[/I]".)[/SIZE]
The TV movie, which was in two parts, came out in 1978.
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[QUOTE=MajorHoy;6048089][U]The Bastard[/U] came out in 1974, right around the U.S.'s bicentennial in 1976.[SIZE=1] (It was the first book in [I]The Kent Family Chronicles[/I], a.k.a. "[I]The American Bicentennial Series[/I]".)[/SIZE]
The TV movie, which was in two parts, came out in 1978.[/QUOTE]
I will for sure try and check it out. The North and South books are amazing to me. I love them. The mini series was not bad and I did enjoy it. So I will see if I can find the Kent one. Though when it comes to Civil War Mini series The Blue and The Grey cant be beat!
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Love is a Racket by John Ridley (I Am Batman). For Fans of Elmore Leonard
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[U]Curse of the Vampire[/U] by Geoffrey Caine
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Now reading
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[B][U]Black Harvest: The Complete [I]Black Mask[/I] Cases of Jules Tremaine[/U][/B] by Norvell W. Page[SIZE=1]
(© 2021 Steeger Properties, LLC)[/SIZE]
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I've been thinking about getting some of those [I]Complete Black Mask Cases of[/I]... books. The Rex Sackler collection sounds like a lot of fun. Do you have any favorites?
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[QUOTE=GemSaloon007;6052204]I've been thinking about getting some of those [I]Complete Black Mask Cases of[/I]... books. The Rex Sackler collection sounds like a lot of fun. Do you have any favorites?[/QUOTE]Not favorites, but so far I've read:[INDENT]* [B]Tough as Nails: The Complete Casebook of Donahue from the Pages of Black Mask[/B] by Frederick Nebel (Altus Press - 2012)
* [B]Dead Evidence: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Harrigan[/B] by Ed Lybeck (Steeger Properties - 2020)
* [B]Blood on the Curb: A BLACK MASK Mystery[/B] by Joseph T. Shaw (© 1936 / © 2020 Steeger Properties, LLC.)
* [B]Boomerang Dice: The Complete BLACK MASK Cases of Johnny Hi Gear[/B] by Stewart Sterling <Nathaniel Prentice Winchell> (Steeger Properties - 2020)
* [B]The Price of a Dime: The Complete BLACK MASK Cases of Ben Shaley[/B] by Norbert Davis (© 2021 Steeger Properties, LLC)
* [B]Street Wolf: The Black Mask Stories of Frederick Nebel[/B] by Frederick Nebel (Altus Press - 2014)[/INDENT]
I'll probably get the Rex Sackler one soon. By the way, Steeger usually has a 25% off sale around July 4th if you want to order directly from them.
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New Kindle novel I'm reading; [I]The Good Soldier[/I] (1915) by Ford Madox Ford.
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I finished [I]Cheddar Off Dead[/I]. It's the first book in The Cheese Shop Mysteries series by Korina Moss.
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[QUOTE=Deathstroke;6055628]I finished [I]Cheddar Off Dead[/I]. It's the first book in [B][COLOR="#0000CD"]The Cheese Shop Mysteries[/COLOR][/B] series by Korina Moss.[/QUOTE]Didn't Daryl Wood Gerber (writing under the pseudonym "Avery Aames") also have a series called "[B][I]A Cheese Shop Mystery[/I][/B]"?[INDENT][img]https://i67.servimg.com/u/f67/18/91/37/14/91amuk10.jpg[/img][/INDENT]
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[QUOTE=MajorHoy;6056182]Didn't Daryl Wood Gerber (writing under the pseudonym "Avery Aames") also have a series called "[B][I]A Cheese Shop Mystery[/I][/B]"?[INDENT][img]https://i67.servimg.com/u/f67/18/91/37/14/91amuk10.jpg[/img][/INDENT][/QUOTE]
I did not know that.