Ray E. Boomhower Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Ray 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

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“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

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"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

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“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

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Today 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

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My gift ideas for the writer on your gift list this year: John McPhee, "Draft No. 4" Gardner Botsford, "A Life of Privilege, Mostly" Scott Donaldson, "The Impossible Craft: Literary Biography" Barbara Tuchman, "Practicing History" Jill Lepore, "Joe Gould's Teeth" https://t.co/X92mEIFpAa

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"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

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"Before I began I said, I am going to write a book by which, at a pinch, I can stand or fall if I never touch ink again." William Faulkner on his book "As I Lay Dying," published on this day in 1930 https://t.co/e23EVjLdNK

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Hoshour 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."

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“He vaguely desired to walk around and around the body and stare; the impulse of the living to try to read in dead eyes the answer to the Question.” Stephen Crane, "The Red Badge of Courage," published on this day in 1895 https://t.co/UMu0HlCBft