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In my own words

I'm an avid and eclectic reader. I go through two major metropolitan newspapers every day, plus I have a half-dozen books or magazines open on my bedstand. Non-fiction ranges from US Revolutionary War to biographies of any era to perhaps 15 baseball books per year. Non-fiction is either classics or whatever contemporary thing my wife's book group recommends.

Interests

Reading, my family, distance running, baseball, and bluegrass music. I am chairman of a large annual folk music festival in my free time. Most of my reading is non-fiction, but I make sure to peruse a Dickens novel a year, too.

Illuminating and timely , May 27, 2008 It's remarkable that a book written about events that took place 100 years ago has direct relevance to today, but that's just one of the many strengths of "Desert Queen." When you read about Gertrude Bell's political savvy about Iraq and the stubborness of the male politicians who ignored her... Read More

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