Hobert Richardson

Why do you write?

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Any favorite authors? Books?

History
Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow
Theodore Rex Edmund Morris
That Dark and Bloody River Allan Eckert has several books, all good
A Sorrow in our Hearts Allan Eckert
The Frontiersman Allan Eckert
Citizen Soldiers Stephen Ambrose
The Power Broker Robert Caro Robert Moses bio
Means of Ascent Robert Caro Lyndon Johnson trilogy
The Path to Power Robert Caro
Master of the Senate Robert Caro
Flags of Our Fathers James Bradley
The Last Place on Earth Roland Huntford exploration
Enemy at the Gates William Craig Battle for Stalingrad
The First World War John Keegan
The Rape of Nanking Iris Chang
Bruce Catton’s Civil War Bruce Catton Trilogy
Charlie Wilson’s War George Crile
Fiasco Thomas Ricks

General
The Sorrow of Empire Chalmers Johnson
Blowback Chalmers Johnson
Freakonomics Steven D Levitt
The World is Flat Thomas Freidman
Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Jared Diamond
The Third Chimpanzee Jared Diamond
Why is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality Jared Diamond
A Civil Action Jonathan Harr
Annals of a Former World John McPhee Pulitzer- has tons of books, all good
Uncommon Carriers John McPhee
Coming into the Country John McPhee
Orange John McPhee
The Control of Nature John McPhee
The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight Thom Hartmann
House of Sand and Fog Andre Dubus
The Cost of Living Arundhati Roy
War Talk Arundhati Roy
Manufacturing Consent Noam Chomsky
Media Control Noam Chomsky
The Fatal Shore Robert Hughes
Body of Secrets James Bamford
Just Six Numbers Martin J Rees
The Hab Theory Allan Eckert
Cosmos Carl Sagan
Ava’s Man Rick Bragg
Arundel Kenneth Roberts
The Long Walk Slavomir Rawicz
The Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan
Plan B 2.0: Lester R. Brown
The River of Doubt Candice Millard

Fun Reading
Any book by James Michener, Larry McMurtry, Bernard Cornwell, Jon Krakauer, Allan Eckert, Jared Diamond