Posted by admin on May 4, 2012 in
Books,
Musings I recently finished reading Gregg Jones’ new book, Honor in the Dust, Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines and the Rise and Fall of America’s Imperial Dream (New American Library, 427 pages). Amply footnoted and bibliographied, this book is a great read if you are interested in the history of American involvement in the Spanish-American [...]
Tags: Afghanistan War, American history, books, Emilio Aguinaldo, Gregg Jones, Iraq War, Philipines, Smedley Butler, Theodore Roosevelt, Vietnam War
Posted by admin on March 30, 2012 in
Books,
Movies Last week Betty and I watched the 1992 rendition of Of Mice and Men starring Gary Sinise and John Malkovich. This particular adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel of the same name was predated by a 1939 version starring Burgess Meredith, Lon Chaney, Jr. and Bob Steele. Sometime around 1952 or 1953, at 111 Beech Street [...]
Tags: Arizona, Bob Steele, books, Burgess Meredith, Casa Grande, chocolate chip cookies, Gary Sinise, John Malkovich, John Steinbeck, Lon Chaney Jr, movies, Of Mice and Men
Posted by admin on March 16, 2012 in
Books,
Musings This morning Betty and I are in Sun Valley, Hollywood in Idaho, at the Sun Valley Film Festival. Our film wasn’t chosen to be screened but our friend and mentor, Christopher Beaver has a film—Tulare-The Phantom Lake—entered and he invited us to represent him since he would be busy filming elsewhere. Besides representing Chris, we [...]
Tags: Boulder-White Cloud Mountains, Christopher Beaver, elk, Ernest Hemingway, Idaho, John Rember, MFA in a Box, moose, salmon, Salmon River, Sawtooth Mountains, Stanley Basin, Sun Valley, Traplines, Tulare--The Phantom Lake
Posted by admin on August 26, 2011 in
Books I cleaned my office this last weekend and as I straightened the bookshelves, J Edward Chamberlain’s, Horse (Blue Ridge, New York, NY), fell on the floor. Horse is a narrative that laymen can read about how mankind and the horse have developed a somewhat unique, symbiotic relationship. As I hefted the book, an image of [...]
Tags: Arizona, betting, Casa Grande, Cloudcroft, cowboys, gambling, horse races, horses, hostler, jockeys, Los Conquistadores, New Mexico, pin ball machines, Prescott, quarter horses, Ruidoso, Sierra Blanca, Vietnam
