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Old 09-14-2016, 12:27 PM
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If you like true crime ... anything by Ann Rule .
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Old 09-14-2016, 12:34 PM
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Some great reading suggested so far, but my picks would be:
Death in the long grass - Peter Hathaway Capstick, (really anything that he wrote about his experiences)
The Secret Commandos - John L. Plaster ( absolutely amazing read, have read it at least 8 times)
Lone Survivor - Marcus Lutrell
War as I knew it- George S. Patton memoirs
American Sniper - Chris Kyle
Rogue Warrior - Richard Marcinko
House to House - David Bellavia
Great list, Marcinko notwithstanding...
Have to add: The Road Past Mandalay - John Masters. IMHO the best book ever written on soldiering.
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Old 09-14-2016, 12:38 PM
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Jon Krakauer - "Into the thin air". About one of the deadliest Everest climbs, 1996. Read it non-stop while flying from Thailand back home, didn't even notice crappy food or tight seats.
There's a movie of the same name that kept it pretty close to the book. Another movie "Everest" came out last year, but it is "loosely based on real events" kinda deal.
Krakauer is an awesome writer but that book is crap. Boukreev's "The Climb" and Weathers' "Left for Dead" while not as well written, tell the story of the 1996 disaster far better imho, as does Nick Heil's "Dark Summit."

The recent movie turned out far better than I feared it would, esp in 3D.
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Old 09-14-2016, 12:39 PM
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If you're fond of the Canadian Rockies, anything by Andy Russell.
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Old 09-14-2016, 12:41 PM
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These books have all blown me away;
Breaking Away - Patrick O'Sullivan
Outlaw Platoon - Sean Parnell(Finished this one in one sitting)
Playing with Fire - Theo Fleury(hated the guy until I read this book, that all changed)
Heroin Diaries - Nikki Six
And if you have the mind of a teenage boy at times, anything by Tucker Max. Quite possibly the funniest, care free a** ever.
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Crusoe of lonesome lake
It's an older readers digest book bout a guy who carved out a (I believe 100 acre farm) through virgin forest in the BC interior. Lonesome lake is now a provincial park in BC
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Old 09-14-2016, 01:26 PM
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Papillon - The best true story of prison escape written by the prisoner
Blood Meridian - I actually haven't read this but have been told by like 20 different people to read it so there must be something to it

Timeline - Not non-fiction but it easily could be. Awesome story by Michael Crichton that was absolutely butchered when it was made into a movie. Most easily believable time travel story I've ever come across.
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Old 09-14-2016, 02:19 PM
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Fair Game ... Bernard DuClos ... Story of Robert Hanson ... Big game hunter turned into killer in Alaska .
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Old 09-14-2016, 02:51 PM
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Krakauer is an awesome writer but that book is crap. Boukreev's "The Climb" and Weathers' "Left for Dead" while not as well written, tell the story of the 1996 disaster far better imho, as does Nick Heil's "Dark Summit."

The recent movie turned out far better than I feared it would, esp in 3D.

Everything I've read by Krakauer was great. Here are another 2 that are great.

Into the Wild- great read better than the movie

Under the Banner of Heaven- Looks at the History and current state of the Mormon religion. Very interesting book and will change your view on religion in general.
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Old 09-14-2016, 03:42 PM
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Ghost Rider by Neil Peart
I will have to find this one!

ChickenHawk is a great read. I spent 4 or 5 years flopping around in a Huey, Land anywhere and Vietnam Vets were drawn to it like a magnet.
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Old 09-14-2016, 05:08 PM
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Everything I've read by Krakauer was great. Here are another 2 that are great.

Into the Wild- great read better than the movie

Under the Banner of Heaven- Looks at the History and current state of the Mormon religion. Very interesting book and will change your view on religion in general.
Not criticizing Krakauer as a writer; criticizing that particular tome. If you'd been at Banff after his book came out, you'd understand why. Anatoly died on Annapurna the following year and as such was no longer around to defend himself against Krakauer's accusations.

But that's not the gist of this thread.

If you're going to read "Into Thin Air," which I submit is a great read, please educate yourself about the actual event by reading some of the other available books.
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Old 09-14-2016, 06:19 PM
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
by Joan Druett (Author)
Defy the Darkness: A Tale of Courage in the Shadow of Mengele
Amazing books, Hard to even imagine what they went through
I also read one on RF Scotts last expedition. Another good read, cant remember the name though
I can vouch for Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage... an amazing book.
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Old 09-14-2016, 07:20 PM
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Thanks everyone, Mr. Bezos and the shareholders will love me tonight...

Some of the suggestions I have already read.
Below are some titles I have found worthwhile.

American Desperado
Damn Few
Mossad
Killing Patton
The Night Stalkers
The Red Circle
Gray Work
Gulag
Frozen in Time
The Lost City of Z
The Way of the Knife
The Sinatra Club
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31 Years on the Plains and in the Mountains. By Cap't. William Drannan. (1832-1913)

"An authentic record of a life time of hunting, trapping, scouting and FN fighting in the far West." First person accounts.

You can even read it for free online. Archive.org is the best resource for free books online.
https://archive.org/details/thirtyoneyearson00drann
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Old 09-14-2016, 08:04 PM
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If you are interested in books written by Park Rangers, Park Wardens, or Game Wardens there is Park Ranger and Park Ranger Sequel written by Nancy Eileen Muleady-Mecham, Ranger Confidential written by Andrea Lankford, and Men for the Mountains written by Sid Marty.

If you are interested in the history of Search and Rescue in the national parks there is "Guardians of the Peaks" written by Kathy Calvert & Dale Portman.

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Unflinching:The Making of a Canadian Sniper. Story of Jody Mitic, a Canadian sniper who was injured in Afganistan,

The Long Walk Home. Story of Paul Franklin, a Canadian medic injured in Afganistan.

Anything by Pierre Burton. I especially liked Klondike.

The Things They Cannot Say by Kevin Sites

The Monuments Men

Flyboys.

Glock: The Rise of America's Gun

No Easy Day. Written by one of the Navy Seals on Team 6.
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Old 09-14-2016, 09:06 PM
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Another excellent book is "A Hunt For Justice" written by Lucinda Delaney Schroeder. She is a retired US Fish and Wildlife Service Agent. The story is about her successful infiltration and prosecution of an illegal hunting operation in Alaska.

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Wolf Willow: A History, a Story, and a Memory of the Last Plains Frontier
by Wallace Stegner


For those that are interested in early Alberta pioneer days. Reads as a cowboy would tell the tale, a bit slower than our contemporary pace.
Includes a Great description of the Blue Winter....
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Old 09-14-2016, 09:23 PM
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American Spartan. (About special forces Major Jim Gant in Afghanistan)
13 hrs in Benghazi. (Where Hillary hung them out to dry)
The Emerald Mile . (Fastest ride through the Grand Canyon in a dory at epic flood stage)
The boys in the boat. (About the PNW boys who won the Berlin Olympic rowing 8's)
Anything of Mark Twain's
The long walk : by Slavomir Rawicz. (Escape from Siberian POW camp and walking to India)
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Old 09-14-2016, 09:26 PM
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Stories of my great grandfathers life as told to a writer in his later years as he could not read or write (even spell his own name right).

Wow. Your ancestor sounds like he would have been a great guy to have around in a pinch. Where can I get this book?
google it. It has been printed by different book companies. It is a tough read, the writer gets bored with the old mans story and goes off on her own tangent. She also does not like Mormons so she jabs at them every chance she gets.
I down loaded and read it again a few months ago. It is for sale but I read it free. I just looked and did not find the site I used. I am sure its there but I have a time limit to add to this post. My sister has my hard copy and says she will give it back some day.

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Old 09-14-2016, 09:38 PM
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STOP...I'm up to about $500 worth of stuff I now want from Amazon...just when I was getting a handle on my 'habit'!
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"A man called Intrepid". About a Canadian businessman, Sir William Stephenson from Manitoba, operating in Europe during WW2. Acting as intel liaison between Churchill, King George, Roosevelt, working with Bletchley Park etc. Fascinating. Written by William Stevenson.
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Old 09-15-2016, 12:22 AM
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Krakauer is an awesome writer but that book is crap. Boukreev's "The Climb" and Weathers' "Left for Dead" while not as well written, tell the story of the 1996 disaster far better imho, as does Nick Heil's "Dark Summit."

The recent movie turned out far better than I feared it would, esp in 3D.
Wow, if you are certain I'm for the treat. Gonna find more Krakauer's books (thanks for listing them few posts below). Gonna try to find Bukreev's and Weather's books as well.

I don't do "thumb-up" or "like", but you, sir, deserve one. As well as the topic starter.
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Old 09-15-2016, 05:34 AM
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The Last Buffalo Hunter by Mary Weekes. One of the best I've read about the old Canadian west.
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Old 09-15-2016, 11:57 AM
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I just got a first edition of H.G. Wells "A Brief History of the World" Written in 1921. Pretty good stuff.
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Canadians with Custer by Mary Thomas.

There were 17 Canadians involved when LCol Custer made his last stand at the Little Big Horn River in 1876.
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Old 09-15-2016, 12:09 PM
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Canadians with Custer by Mary Thomas.

There were seventeen Canadians involved when LCol Custer (Bvt Major General) made his last stand at the Little Big Horn River in 1876.
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Tragedy and Hope, Carrol Quigly. contemporary history.
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Old 09-16-2016, 12:55 AM
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Tragedy and Hope, Carrol Quigly. contemporary history.
That's actually a really good book... Although a somewhat dry read...

One might also consider 48 Laws of Power and The Art of Seduction...
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Old 09-16-2016, 07:02 AM
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I Heard You Paint Houses- Charles Brandt

Its about the Mobs involvement in the Teamster Organization following stories told by Frank Sheeran who was also linked to the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. Good read if you're into stuff like that and rumor has it Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas Director) is working on making this a movie.
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