Another good read that I am just getting into, and an authority on the clipper ship era is Grey Hounds of the Sea, The Story of the American Clipper Ship by Carl C. Cutler. In this third addition has been added a significant amount of contemporary data pertaining to ship sailing records. All that data aside, the book is a good read with the author moving the narrative along nicely. It is well researched, and equally well written.
MarineGen3, thanks for the two book recommendations! I’m definitely going to look for those two titles. Were you aware the Lindberg made a 1/96 kit of the Sea Witch?
I’ve been reading “Two Years Before the Mast” on my Kindle and “War Beneath the Waves” in paperback.
Just finished Jack Carr’s latest book.
There was many references to the COVEY FAC group in Vietnam. That’s the group my dad was in when he flew the OV-10A.
Just listened to the audio book, Richard Bong: America’s #1 Ace Fighter Pilot of World War II.
It’s a grade A telling of Bong’s exploits.
Mr. Tom, appreciate the comment above. Yes to your question regarding the Lindberg model. There is also an Aurora model in a smaller scale, I think 1:120 compared to 1:96 for the Lindberg model. I have picked up both from eBay over the past couple months at very reasonable prices. My one complaint with the Aurora model is that the yards and sails were molded together offering no option to go without sails when building from the kit. When I get to it, I’ll scratch build the yards, as well as some of the mast sections too as the upper masts seem a bit thin.
There was a partially constructed Lindberg model - hull was finished, masts remained to be assembled and the ship rigged - recently for sale on eBay for only $30 (screen shot below). And it looked very well done! I was tempted to take the short cut to a finished model but it was sold while I debated the purchase in my mind.
Reading Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver for school, and it is a great book!
A bit depressing in content, but beautifully written. I also discovered I have a spy book written in 1940 (A Journey into Fear), which may be a fun read!
Just finished Michael Connelly’s latest
Currently reading this that I checked out from my local library.
I think Tucker got a bum rap from the SEC, the courts, and the big 3 auto makers. 
It’s a shame that only fifty Tucker 48 automobiles were ever made.
It’s even more of a shame that no plastic model kit of the car exists.
Great story about a very creative individual and I agree with you that this “milestone automobile” needs to be produced in kit form by one of the major model manufacturers.
Paperback - “The U-Boat Peril: A Fight For Survival” by Bob Whinney (Beginning is long and too drawn out) and on my Kindle I’m still reading “Two Years Before The Mast”
In advance of a visit to Juno Beach in October, I finished re-reading Mark Zuelke’s trilogy of the Canadian campaign in Normandy - Juno Beach, Holding Juno and Breakout From Juno. I am now reading Paul Carrell’s Hitler Moves East.
I couldn’t agree more.
Bridge of Spies by Giles Whittell-great background of the U-2 project & Cold War politics along with the Gary Powers story
Midnight Flyboys by Bruce Henderson-story of Operation Carpetbagger, the secret US operation to supply the French Resistance via B-24 airdrops during WWII prior to and shortly after D-Day.
Just finished listening to The Gales of November about the Edmund Fitzgerald…now on to Mike Rinaldi’s new book on chipping.
Jeeves, that “Gales of November” is on my “Must Read List”!
I’m rereading Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor, his extraordinary novel about the notorious Civil War camp.
The 1997 Movie was a pretty good depiction if you haven’t seen it.
I read Andersonville early this year. Great book, sad sidebar to history.
Bob
After my first read of the book some years ago, I drove to Andersonville and walked around where the camp had been. The National POW Museum is also there. It was a very moving and heartrending experience.
