Ray E. Boomhower Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Biographer. 2024 @UNMPress: “The Ultimate Protest: Malcolm W. Browne, Thich Quảng Đức, and the News Photograph That Stunned the World.” Rep: @philipsturner
A River Runs Through It
Norman MacLeanRay E. Boomhower“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. . . . I am haunted by waters.” Norman Maclean, born on this day in 1902 https://t.co/z4mA1jl1aq
Hardcover, 1989
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Bloods: Black Veterans of the Vietnam War: An Oral History
Wallace TerryRay E. Boomhower"They called for unity among black brothers on the battlefield to protest these indignities and provide mutual support. And they called themselves 'Bloods.'” Wallace Terry, author of the best-selling "Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans" https://t.co/zUEvZHltq0
Paperback, Mass Market, 2006
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Vietnam Diary
Richard TregaskisRay E. Boomhower“The lure of the front is like an opiate. After abstinence and the tedium of workday life, its attraction becomes more and more insistent.” Richard Tregaskis, author of “Guadalcanal Diary,” Invasion Diary,” and “Vietnam Diary,” born on this day in 1916 https://t.co/VOWLCTj6K2
Paperback, 2021
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Joyce JamesRay E. Boomhower“What was after the universe? Nothing. But was there anything round the universe to show where it stopped before the nothing place began?” James Joyce, "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," published on this day in 1916 https://t.co/6iTizZLCDt
Hardcover, 2018
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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott FitzgeraldRay E. Boomhower"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." F. Scott Fitzgerald. "The Great Gatsby" was published on this day in 1925. https://t.co/zQxGHk3KhL
Paperback, 2004
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Rudyard Kipling - In Black and White: "If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten"
Rudyard KiplingRay E. Boomhower“If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.” Rudyard Kipling, born on this day in 1865 https://t.co/WaT1k32ecL
Paperback, 2019
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Truman
David McCulloughRay E. BoomhowerToday is the birthday of historian and writer David McCullough, born on this day in 1933. I was lucky enough to shake McCullough's hand when he came to Indianapolis to give a talk on Harry Truman for the @IndianaHistory at Clowes Hall. https://t.co/PkpXQ50VMn
Paperback, 1993
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Release a Man for Combat: The Women's Army Corps During World War II
M. Michaela HampfRay E. Boomhower"Women who stepped up were measured as citizens of the nation, not as women. . . . This was a people's war, and everyone was in it." Oveta Culp Hobby, commander of the Women's Army Corps during World War II #InternationalWomansDay2023 https://t.co/vWQdtwkey4
Hardcover, 2010
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The artist is nothing without the gift but the gift is nothing without work
Houssam OuyoussefRay E. Boomhower“The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.”Emile Zola https://t.co/M9cNzu38mA
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Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Wallace LewisRay E. BoomhowerHoshour also became the first person "to observe a glimmer of writing capacity in me," recalled Wallace, the author of one of the best-selling books of all time, "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ."
Paperback, 2016
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