The Making of the Roman Army From Republic to Empire, Lawrence Keppie
I don’t recall ever reading the Keppie version.
Myles Keogh Biography by Charles L Convis
The Art of War, Sun Tzu, forward by Liddell Hart. My version’s paperback and doesn’t have the Hart forward, so I’m tickled pea green with this.
Frontier State at War – Kansas 1861-1865, Albert Castel
I’ve already got this, but it’s an old copy and doesn’t have the dust jacket.
Brown Water Black Berets – Lt. Commander Thomas J. Cutler
Never read this one.
I’d have been back sooner if it hadn’t been for this billy goat on the Ranch Road. Spent considerable while trying to find an unlocked gate to one or another ranch nearby. He was tame, really tame, and I could have lifted him over one of the fences, but didn’t know which side of the road to choose. Gale and Kay are calling around to try to find who owns him.
Lots of roadkill deer and exotics in the ditches between here and Kerrville. I’d hate to see this guy join them.
But the biggest, most exciting haul of the day: Someone dumped an intact Kenmore Water Softener in the grader ditch. The outer shell is rigid nylon, looks to hold 20 gallons, and inside’s a fiberglass cylinder might hold another 7, 8 gallons if I can think of something to use it for. And the pump appears to be undamaged, also. Something really heavy in there somewhere. The whole shebang must have weighed over 100 pounds.
The HEB grocery store parking lot was jam-packed and I REALLY didn’t want to go in there. But I said to myself, “If you’ll go in there and promise not to be forever whining and complaining about it I’ll give you a special treat.”
“Hmmm,” says I. “What do you have in mind?”
“How about a pie? Or some Elgin sausage?”
“If you don’t want me whining and complaining you ought to fork over Elgin sausage AND a pie. All or nothing.”
“Cripes! You’re driving a hard bargain, but time’s wasting. You got it.”
Old Jules
So Far From Heaven 
he Art of War… have a copy, paperback… had it for years, maybe I should re-read it (grin) have a great day, amigo
Zendictive: I think you’ll find it of interest. Jules
“If you don’t want me whining and complaining you ought to fork over Elgin sausage AND a pie. All or nothing.”
That’s the type of deal I would make, too. I hope the Billy goat made it home. He’s a pretty fellow. Hopefully, his family can find where he got out, and fix it.
oldwhitelady: I haven’t heard anything about the goat, but next time I go past that area I’ll be watching. Gracias, Jules
Books and pie and Elgin sausage are all rare and wonderful things, to be sure, but a handsome free-roaming tame billy goat is pretty hard to beat for sheer memorable entertainment value. What an outing!!
kathryngrid: Yeah, I think that old billygoat might be me in another lifetime. Gracias, J
Besides the public library, thrift stores are my favorite source for reading material.
Mine too, swabby. But libraries are changing a lot. Gracias, J