Paper (paused)

Paging Through History

by Mark Kurlansky                   

‎W.W. Norton & Company 2016

416 pages

A slew of library books came in, so I'll have to read those first.

The Sphinx

The Defector

The Apollo Murders

The Golden Thread

How Fabric Changed History

Kassia St. Clair                                 

Liveright, 2019

363 pages

Library ebook loan

The Unvanquished

The Untold Story of Lincoln's Special
Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby's
Rangers, and the Shadow War that,
Forged America's Special Operations

Patrick K. O’Donnell            

‎ Atlantic Monthly Press, 2024

416 pages

Library loan

5/16

The Age of Wood

Our Most Useful Material and
the Construction of Civilization

by Roland Ennos                   

‎Scribner 2021

Paperback version

336 pages

5/3

Every Tool's a Hammer

Life Is What You Make It

by Adam Savage                  

Atria Books 2019

Library loan ebook

321 pages

4/26

The cover of this paperback/ebook version immediately brought to mind the cover of The Pencil:

A History of Design
   and Circumstance

by Henry Petroski          

Knopf 1989

354 pages

Ali's Well That Ends Well

Tales of Desperation and
   a Little Inspiration

by Ali Wentworth                       

Harper 2022

Library loan ebook

208 pages

4/23

Go Ask Ali

Half-Baked Advice
(And Free Lemonade)

by Ali Wentworth                       

Harper 2018

Library loan ebook

224 pages

4/21

Happily Ali After

And Other Fairly True Tales

by Ali Wentworth                       

Harper 2015

Library loan ebook

240 pages

4/19

Ali in Wonderland

And Other Tall Tales

by Ali Wentworth                            

Harper 2012

Library loan ebook

272 pages

4/17

Barbarella #5

The Center Cannot Hold

by Sarah Hoyt
Art by Riccardo Bogani

Dynamite Entertainment 2023
Graphic novel ebook

28 pages

4/14

Ho hum. Yet again making sure the series remains mildly kidlette appropriate. Which it did. Now it's done.

Barbarella #4

The Center Cannot Hold

by Sarah Hoyt
Art by Riccardo Bogani

Dynamite Entertainment 2023
Graphic novel ebook

29 pages

4/14

Again, making sure the series remains mildly kidlette appropriate.

Barbarella #3

The Center Cannot Hold

by Sarah Hoyt
Art by Riccardo Bogani

Dynamite Entertainment 2023
Graphic novel ebook

29 pages

4/14

Making sure the series remains mildly kidlette appropriate.

Letters of Pontius Pilate

Written during His Governorship
of Judea to His Friend Seneca
in Rome

Edited by W.P. Crozier

Fredonia Books, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands 2002

176 pages

4/14

Nothing in this 2002 paperback version of the 1928 original indicates that it is a work of fiction. If fact, there is a carefully worded blurb on the copyright page that, in my opinion, deliberately obfuscates the genres that reads:

In order to make original editions of historical works available to scholars at an economical price this facsimile of the original edition is reproduced from the best available copy and has been digitally enhanced to improve legibility, but the text remains unaltered to retain historical authenticity.

To me, the inclusion of “historical works,” “scholars,” and “historical authenticity” serve to give the impression that this is a non-fiction work.

On March 30, 1928 The Manchester Guardian (now just The Guardian) printed a review of the British edition which was released that day by Jonathan Cape Ltd. It turned out that William Percival Crozier (a reporter and later editor for that same newspaper) was well versed in the Latin and Greek classics, as well as the Bible, all of which inspired his writing his first novel. And the paper identified it as such — a novel.

Seriously, who's going to believe Pontius Pilate ever said "Tell it to the Marines?" [Although Imperial Rome did have the equivilent of shipboard marines, the phrase did not appear until circa 1804 A.D.]

The American edition was published shortly thereafter, but printed without noting that it was a novel. As an afterthought the publisher, J.H. Sears & Company in New York, glued a tipped-in notice on the flap that said “these letters are purely fictitious and composed by Crozier for the purpose of presenting a picture of what might reasonably be supposed to have happened in the time of Pontius Pilate.” Both publishers listed Crozier as the “editor” in order to enhance the image of these being real letters.

I suspect that Crozier was influenced by Gesta Pilati: The Reports, Letters and Acts of Pontius Pilate. Being the Official Records of Pilate as made to Tiberius Caesar Emperor of Rome, Concerning the Apprehension, Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth written by William Overton Clough and published in 1880 by Robert Douglass. I’ll read that one soon and let you know. The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data lists Ann Wroe’s Pontius Pilate (Random House 2000) as biography despites its, um, enhancements, whereas Paul L. Maier’s Pontius Pilate (Kregel Publications 1968) proudly states on the cover “A Novel.”

Now let’s talk copyrights…

Snowpiercer 3: Terminus

by Oliver Bocquet
Art by Jean-Marc Rochette

Titan Comics 2020

Library loan graphic novel

231 pages

4/13

Snowpiercer 2: The Explorers

by Benjamin Legrand
Art by Jean-Marc Rochette

English version Titan Comics 2014

Library loan graphic novel

140 pages

4/13

Snowpiercer 1: The Escape

by Jacques Lob
Art by Jean-Marc Rochette

English version Titan Comics 2014

Library loan graphic novel

110 pages

4/13

The Logbook

1924 - 1944
One man’s aviation journey from
drying grapes with airplane engines
to flying the mail, bush flying in
Alaska and on to flying B-25s in WWII

by Joy Guyer

Unpublished/uncorrected draft copy 2024

Approximately 280 pages

4/13

Working title proposal for publishing. So far very good - an offer will be made!

Offer made and accepted! Now the fun begins!

Becoming Trader Joe

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How I Did Business My Way
And Still Beat the Big Guys

by Joe Coulombe with Patty Civalleri
‎
‎HarperCollins Leadership 2021

288 pages

4/7

Holmes, Marple & Poe

The Greatest Crime-Solving Team
of the Twenty-First Century

by James Patterson and Brian Sitts

Little, Brown and Company 2024
Library ebook loan

352 pages

4/4

The It Girls

a novel

by Karen Harper
‎
William Morrow 2017
Library ebook loan

384 pages

4/2

The Last Week

A Day-by-Day Account of
Jesus’ Final Week in
Jerusalem

by Marcus J. Borg &
      John Dominic Crossan
‎
HarperSanFrancisco 2006

216 pages

3/31

Lexington

The Extraordinary Life and
Turbulent Times of America’s
Legendary Racehorse

by Kim Wickens

‎Ballantine Books 2023
Library ebook loan

416 pages

3/24

Random In Death

An Eve Dallas Novel

by J. D. Robb

‎ St. Martin's Press 2024
Library loan

362 pages

3/20

The Secret Life of Groceries

The Dark Miracle of the
American Supermarket

by Benjamin Lorr

Avery 2020
ebook version

336 pages

3/17

Blizzard

A Story of Dakota Territory
(The Ramsdell Family)

by Cindy Rinaman Marsch

Moraine's Edge Books 2016
Short story ebook

30 pages

3/14

The Survival of the Bark Canoe

The Survival of the Bark Canoe

by John McPhee

‎Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1975
      Paperback edition 1995

147 pages

3/14

Runways In The Sand

The History of Blythe Army Air Base
in WWII

by Art Wilson

Independently published 2008

128 pages

3/12

My Brother's Voice

How a Young Hungarian Boy Survived
the Holocaust
      A True Story

by Stephen Nasser
      with Sherry Rosenthal

Stephens Press 2013
ebook version

260 pages

3/10

21 Months A Captive

Rachel Plummer and the          
Fort Parker Massacre
     (Annotated)

by James W. Parker
      and Rachel Plummer

Big Byte Books 2016
     Revised 2020
ebook version

90 pages

3/9

2020 edition contains newly unearthed information about the participants.

Run! Run! Hitler'd Coming!

How a Young German Girl Escaped
The Holocaust
      A True Story

by Irene Gordon Rosenthal
      with Sherry Rosenthal

Independently published 2013

136 pages

3/8

The History of Diners in New Jersey

by Michael C. Gabriele

American Palate Division of
      The History Press 2013

142 pages

3/7

Charles Montier and His French Racing Fords

by Chris Martin

Independently published 2022

Print-on-demand fulfilled
      April 15, 2023

132 pages

3/4

Resurrection Walk

A Lincoln Lawyer Novel

by Michael Connelly                                    

‎Little, Brown and Company 2023

403 pages

3/4

The Blizzard of '88

by Irving Werstein                                         

Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1960

157 pages

3/3

Narratives of North American Indian Captives, Volume 63

Barker, Solomon. Interesting Narrative
Of The Sufferings of Joseph Barker and his
Wife. 1848.

An Indian Tradition. (Escape of William
Wallace). 1848.

Adam, George. The Dreadful Sufferings
of Emigrants to California. 1850.

Brice, James. History of the Revolutionary
War. (Captivity of John and Robert Brice).
1851.

Butterfield, David C. Life and Adventures.
1851.

Edited by Wilcomb E Washburn

Garland Publishing 1978
Digitized by Internet Archive 2017

Online library loan from Internet Archive

256 pages

3/2

A Story of a Charter Pilot

by Garth Greenlee                                            

AMA Publishing 2023
ebook version

160 pages

3/1

Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indidans

by Fanny Kelly                                            

Mutal Publishing 1872

Ebook edition Laramie Press 2019

170 pages

2/28

History of the Captivity and Providential Release Therefrom of Mrs. Caroline Harris

Wife of the late Mr. Richard Harris, of
Franklin Co., State of N. York; who, with
Mrs.Clarissa Plummer, wife of Mr. James
Plummer, were, in the Spring of 1835,
(with their unfortunate husbands,) taken
prisoner by the Camanche tribe of Indians,
while emigrating from said Franklin Co.
(N. Y.) to Texas; and after having been
made to witness the tragical deaths of
their husbands, and held for nearly two
years in bondage, were providentially
redeemed therefrom by two of their
countrymen attached to a company
of Santa Fe Fur Traders.

by Caroline Harris

G. Cunningham 1838
pdf download from Internet Archive

24 page pamplet

2/24

Narritive of the Captively and Extreme Sufferings of Mrs. Clarissa Plummer

Wife of the late Mr. James Plummer, of
Franklin County, State of New York; who,
with Mrs. Caroline Harris, wife of the late
Mr. Richard Harris, were, in the Spring of
1835, with their unfortunate families,
surprised and taken prisoners by a party
of the Camanche tribe of Indians, while
emigrating from said Franklin Co. (N. Y.) to
Texas; and after having been held nearly
two years in captivity, and witnessed the
deaths of their husbands, were fortunately
redeemed from the hands of the savages
by an American Fur Trader, a native of Georgia.

by Clarissa Plummer

Perry and Cooke 1838
pdf download from Internet Archive

24 page pamplet

2/24

The Rachel Plumer Narrative

A stirring narrative of
adventure, hardship and
privation in the early
days of Texas, depicting
struggles with the Indians
and other adventures.

by Rachel Lofton,
  Susie Hendrix
  and Jane Kennedy                                

Privately published 1926
pdf download from Internet Archive

118 pages

2/23

Narrative of the Capture and Subsequent Sufferings of Mrs. Rachel Plummer During a Captivity of Twenty-one Months Among the Comanche Indians

by Rachel Plummer
(originally published 1839)                       

Lulu.com 2022
Print-on-demand fulfilled
     Febuary 14, 2024

49 pages

2/21

Boy, will I have a lot to say about this edition.

Empire of the Summer Moon

Quanah Parker and
the Rise and Fall
of the Comanches,
the Most Powerful
Indian Tribe in
American History

by S. C. Gwynne                                            

Scribner 2010

319 pages

Library loan*

2/21

*Library loan because I forgot that I had purchased the paperback version at a library sale some time ago for 50 cents. It's sitting on a bookshelf less than three feet from my left arm as I sit at the computer. In my defense it is on a higher shelf out of my direct line of sight, and therefore out of mind.

Devil's Battle

Artillerymen Book 3

by Taylor Anderson                                   

‎ Ace 2023

479 pages

Library ebook loan

2/13

The Attack

by Kurt Schlichter                                             

Kurt Schlichter 2024

353 pages

ebook version

2/7

Gulliver of Mars

(Original Title: Lieut. Gulliver Jones)
A long-lost classic of Martian adventure

by Edwin L. Arnold

‎ Ace Books 1964

224 pages

2/4
Originally published in London in 1905 as Lieutenant Gulliver Jones by Brown, Langham and Co., Ltd, the title is sometimes refered to as "Lieut. Gulliver Jones: His Vacation." It is claimed that this story was a source for Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom, and while Arnold’s protagonist Gulliver Jones is nothing like Burroughs's John Carter, Carter is very much like “Phra the Phoenician” – another Arnold book. As for Arnold, he was probably influenced by “A Journey in Other Worlds” by John Jacob Astor (1894), and by “The Time Machine” by H. G. Wells (1895).

This copy is a part of Gary G. Johnson’s Classic Science Fiction Collection gifted in 2019.

Bibliophile

An Illustrated Miscellany

by Jane Mount                                        

‎ Chronicle Books 2018
6th Printing

224 pages

2/1
Christmas gift from justacarguy. Thanks Jesse!

Desert Law

Stories of a Deputy Sheriff in
1970s Southern California

by Barry L. Pennings

Independently published via Ingram
Content Group 2023

129 pages

1/31

Where Water Is King

The Colorado Desert Becomes
the Imperial Valley
An Improvisational History

by Kevin Eugene Kelley

Sunbelt Publications, Inc. 2022

127 pages

Cover and chapter illustrations by Pat Waters