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My dad is a compulsive reader, always flipping through a book, most likely war related. He’s lent me a few in the past that he liked in particular and when I was home over race weekend he loaned me another novel, or dare I say, epic, called Once An Eagle, by Anton Myrer. This 1291 page mammoth of a book followed the protagonist from an 18 year old in Walt Whitman, Nebraska through World Wars I and II, past Korea, and into the start of another conflict.

The book, authored by the same man who did The Last Convertible, was well written and did an admirable job of capturing what I’d imagine it would feel like to be on the battlefield. Don’t take my word for it, a retired General wrote the foreword and said nearly the same thing. I enjoyed reading it, but it did take me a week and a half or two weeks to get through. It was long. But good. I’m loaning it to my father-in-law, Scar, the next time I see him as a result, since I think he’ll enjoy it.

Now I’m on to The French Quarter: An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld, written by the same guy that did Gangs of New York.  Its starting out interesting, lot of new info I didn’t know.  I was also surprised to learn the guy wrote his books back in the 30s, and that gives some interesting historical perspective.

28 down, 22 to go.