Never read O'Hara, never read Drury. Tried to read Wolfe, but I was in my 30s and probably missed the golden age for his brand of uncontrolled romanticism by at least 10 years; he had a notable influence on Stephen King (and I don't mean in length of work, or at least not JUST that), particularly in the later DARK TOWER books. Loved Ruark, even POOR NO MORE, which was essentially a dress rehearsal for THE HONEY BADGER. Only read Uris's MILA 18 and QB7--by the time I found him I was growing out of the stage where I could forgive his crude style--but he was definitely effective. Ah, where are the books of yesteryear?
Sad to say, of those listed Ruark is the only only one I'd read. I still have his two "Old Man and the Boy" books. Thanks for the reminder, I may have to just re-read now.
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So does that mean some day we'll get a 600 page page-turning epic?
Jeff
I can't even read them now, much less write one.
Never read O'Hara, never read Drury. Tried to read Wolfe, but I was in my 30s and probably missed the golden age for his brand of uncontrolled romanticism by at least 10 years; he had a notable influence on Stephen King (and I don't mean in length of work, or at least not JUST that), particularly in the later DARK TOWER books. Loved Ruark, even POOR NO MORE, which was essentially a dress rehearsal for THE HONEY BADGER. Only read Uris's MILA 18 and QB7--by the time I found him I was growing out of the stage where I could forgive his crude style--but he was definitely effective. Ah, where are the books of yesteryear?
Obviously some of us still remember them, at least.
Sad to say, of those listed Ruark is the only only one I'd read. I still have his two "Old Man and the Boy" books. Thanks for the reminder, I may have to just re-read now.
I've read only the first of those two.
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