Good Books.... Well, there are a few.

[Jstpssng]

They say mimicry is the most sincere form of flattery. I hope that OP doesn't mind this take off from his very popular thread.

Twenty years ago while working out of Hamm's Inn in the Adirondacks I read a book titled "Three Against the Wilderness", a true story in the first half of the 20th century,

of a man and woman who raised a son in the wildlands of BC while homesteading and running a trapline.[FONT=Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif]https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3084797-three-against-the-wilderness Somehow google came up with the book when I did a very vague search a couple of years ago and I finally ordered it. It was well worth it. The book came yesterday and I was up well past my bedtime reading it... luckily I didn't have anything major planned today. I will finish it tonight[/FONT]​

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There are many...most of the best movies (and TV shows which should be another similar thread) are derived from written works of both fiction and nonfiction...

One work of historical non fiction is 'Escape from Davao'...it was the story that actually let the rest of the world know about the atrocities by the Japanese against captured Philippine, American and Allied soldiers...including the Bataan Death March...

It is much less widely known that some of the atrocities carried out by the Japanese make what the Nazis did look like a garden party...!!!

Escape from Davao - Wikipedia

 

[airbiscuit]

More Stories of the Old Duck Hunter - Gordon MacQuarrie - Better than virtual reality goggles. Will make you laugh and cry.
More Stories Of The Old Duck Hunters: Gordon / Taylor, Zack (Edt) MacQuarrie: 978?932558183: Amazon.com: Books


The Greatest Hunting Stories ever Told - Vin T. Spirano .... The best anthology of hunting stories I have ever read.
The Greatest Hunting Stories Ever Told: Classic Tales of Hunting Grizzly, Moose, Cape Buffalo, and Much More: Sparano, Vin T.: 97816345?2849: Amazon.com: Books

Classic Hunting Stories - Vin T Spirano
Classic Hunting Tales: Timeless Stories about the Great Outdoors: Sparano, Vin T.: 97816345?2993: Amazon.com: Books

 

[Oaktree]

Even though it was published 40+ years ago, this has long been a favorite of mine: Truck: On Rebuilding a Worn-Out Pickup and Other Post-Technological Adventures by John Jerome

It was set in a fictitious town in northern N.H., but I believe the author modeled it after Franconia, where he was living at the time he wrote it.
Lots of philosophizing while he rebuilds an old truck he paid $200 for.

I like a lot of Clive Cussler's novels as well as the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child.

 

[Jstpssng]

I believe that I've read every Jack Reacher novel which has been written. I also read a lot of Cussler's but he got too corny for me. His best IMHO were his "SeaHunter" books... true accounts of his real life organization (NUMA, as can be expected.) which went around locating old ship wrecks. It was his group which found the "Huntley", and they also spent some time up here looking for the "White Bird", a plane flown by two Frenchman who tried to fly across the Atlantic a couple of weeks before Lindberg's successful trip. Some still claim that they made it, and the plane is lost in the Maine Woods someplace. They also spent time down on the border waters between NH and Vermont, trying to locate the remains of a steamboat which supposedly was used there before Fulton's invention.

 

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FWIW...the latest Reacher book is currently on the best sellers list 'THE SENTINEL' was released the end of Oct...it is good...

Cussler's early (Dirk Pitt) books were very entertaining...after a while the action sequences just got over the top and before I quit reading them I was just skipping over all the corny action bs...

I do still read the 'Oregon Files' series of which the latest ('MARAUDER') is currently # 4 on the best sellers list...

Anyone else read David Baldacci's "The Memory Man' series ?

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I think the last book I read all the way through, and that I really enjoyed was "My Life With Bonnie & Clyde" by Blanche Barrow. The life of a criminal on the run in those days was anything but glamorous.

 

[Oaktree]

Cussler's early (Dirk Pitt) books were very entertaining...after a while the action sequences just got over the top and before I quit reading them I was just skipping over all the corny action bs...

Yeah, it was the Dirk Pitt novels I was referring to. Haven't read many of his later ones, though I'll occasionally pick one up at a flea market.

 

[bunyip]

I have read most of Alistair McCleans novels and enjoyed (guns of navarone, breakheart pass etcetc) but cannot read Wilbur Smith, almost copies of the former with addition of elephants and lions.

 

[Jstpssng]

FWIW...the latest Reacher book is currently on the best sellers list 'THE SENTINEL' was released the end of Oct...it is good...

Cussler's early (Dirk Pitt) books were very entertaining...after a while the action sequences just got over the top and before I quit reading them I was just skipping over all the corny action bs...

I do still read the 'Oregon Files' series of which the latest ('MARAUDER') is currently # 4 on the best sellers list...

Anyone else read David Baldacci's "The Memory Man' series ?

That's the same way that I felt. Crossing from Cuba to the Mainland in an outboard powered bathtub?!?!? Pitt sure was good at scoring with the ladies though...

 

[wheelbuilder]

It was a dry read, but I enjoyed 'Countdown to Zero Day' it is about the stuxnet virus that was aimed at damaging nuclear centrifuges in Iran. Amazing amount of work and trickery went into that bug.
Another one is 'The Happiness of Pursuit'. The author is a cyclist who was a top level cyclist in the 80's (I saw him at the Coors light classic when it came thru town). He's now fighting Parkinson's. This book covers that and some of his treatment, some of his racing (and wrecks), and his son, who is also a racer. He's able to ride again, thanks to some clever electro/neurological implant.

 

[Big Barn]

I like a lot of Clive Cussler's novels as well as the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child.

Another vote here for the Jack Reacher series

 

[JethroB]

I too enjoyed the early Clive Cussler/Dirt Pitt books.

Some of John Grishams were quite good, particularly the first few. Some were very humorous such as The Summons. A Time to Kill was his first book that was a sleeper early on. His book of short stories Ford County is quite good IMO.

 

[om21braz]

This is one of my favorites - as many, the movie does not do the book justice.

The Perfect Storm — Sebastian Junger

 

[wheelbuilder]

The same can be said of the book 'Forrest Gump' by Winston Groom, better than the movie.

This is one of my favorites - as many, the movie does not do the book justice.

The Perfect Storm — Sebastian Junger

 

[Jstpssng]

The same can be said of the book 'Forrest Gump' by Winston Groom, better than the movie.

The same can probably be said about nearly any movie made from a book. A few people have mentioned the "Bosch" series on one of the movie sites. I have read every one of the books so signed up just to watch them. I made it through about 2 shows, and never went back. Then again I can't watch TV unless I have a good book in my hand.

 

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The same can probably be said about nearly any movie made from a book. A few people have mentioned the "Bosch" series on one of the movie sites. I have read every one of the books so signed up just to watch them. I made it through about 2 shows, and never went back. Then again I can't watch TV unless I have a good book in my hand.

What separates most good reads from film adaptations is the writing of the screenplay...in the case of Bosch Michael Connelly has given hands on participation in the writing of the TV show scripts...

The main reason there has not been more Clive Cussler novels turned into movies is his displeasure with the couple of movies made from his books that were out of his control...

The hands on approach has proven itself successful with with some other writers that choose to be at least part of the production of TV shows or movies...as is the case with shows like 'Justified' where Elmore Leonard (RIP) participated...(the 6 seasons of shows were derived from a 50 page short story of his 'Fire in the Hole')...Also Ethan and Joel Coen have contributed to the production of the Fargo TV series (which IMO TV shows do not get any better)...

The word on the street is that Lee Child has decided to take a similar approach in the future production of adaptations of his Jack Reacher character series...(word is Tom Cruise will no longer play the character)...!

 

[mrmikey]

I made it through about 2 shows, and never went back

Really....., I liked the Bosch book series and also liked the tv series. I think they picked a good guy to play Bosch. Just goes to show you, to each his own LOL.............MIke

 

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Really....., I liked the Bosch book series and also liked the tv series. I think they picked a good guy to play Bosch. Just goes to show you, to each his own LOL.............MIke

I've also read all the books in the series and also thought they did a very good job with the TV adaptation...they did change a few things about the character's military history which did not really change the story lines per se....

FWIW...there is a new Michael Connelly novel 'The Law of Innocence' which is a Mickey Haller story (who is Bosch's half brother) AKA 'The Lincoln Lawyer'...it is currently #4 on the best seller's list...

 

[Jstpssng]

I didn't bother to watch the Reacher movie because I just couldn't picture Cruise in that role. It would be about like me playing the part in a John Wayne biography... not going to work.