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Sailor Steve · 01-31-12, 08:45 PM

Oh great. Only ten? I don't even know where to start. I assume we're not including reference works.

1. Jefferson the Virginian, by Dumas Malone - 6 volumes, 3500 pages. If I could only have one of the six Jefferson biographies I read in 2006-7 that would be it.

2. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, by Walter Isaacson. The best single-volume biography on Franklin, and possible the best of any.

3. Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention May - September 1787, by Catherine Drinker Bowen.

4. William Marshal, the Flower of Chivalry, by Georges Duby

5. A very nice history of the British monarchy from the 400s, which is in my storage so I can't remember the exact name or author.

6. Robin Hood, by J.C. Holt. A concise exploration of all the ballads and examination of the possible truths behind them.

7. Guns At Sea, by Peter Padfield. The history of naval gunnery from the middle ages to World War 2, including the development of modern fire control.

8. The Naval War of 1812, by Theodore Roosevelt.

9. The Civil War At Sea, by Virgil Carrington Jones (3 volumes). Of all the books on the subject (and I own several) this is at the top of my list.

10. Annals, by Tacitus.

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Oh great. Only ten? I don't even know where to start. I assume we're not including reference works. 1. Jefferson the Virginian, by Dumas Malone - 6 volumes, 3500 pages. If I could only have one of the six Jefferson biographies I read in 2006-7 that would be it. 2. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, by Walter Isaacson. The best single-volume biography on Franklin, and possible the best of any. 3. Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention May - September 1787, by Catherine Drinker Bowen. 4. William Marshal, the Flower of Chivalry, by Georges Duby 5. A very nice history of the British monarchy from the 400s, which is in my storage so I can't remember the exact name or author. 6. Robin Hood, by J.C. Holt. A concise exploration of all the ballads and examination of the possible truths behind them. 7. Guns At Sea, by Peter Padfield. The history of naval gunnery from the middle ages to World War 2, including the development of modern fire control. 8. The Naval War of 1812, by Theodore Roosevelt. 9. The Civil War At Sea, by Virgil Carrington Jones (3 volumes). Of all the books on the subject (and I own several) this is at the top of my list. 10. Annals, by Tacitus. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 02-01-12 at 12:00 AM.