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Posted: 12/4/2020 12:08:54 PM EDT
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Tunnel in the Sky - Robert Heinlein
Red Planet - Robert Heinlein |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 12:11:06 PM EDT
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Flight of the old dog - really awesome fictional story about a highly modified b52 and a devastating secret Russian weapon.
Baa baa black sheep - pappy boyington -marine and flying tigers pilot/ jap POW. God is my copilot -Robert L. Scott (flying tigers ww2) |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 12:12:46 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/4/2020 12:13:22 PM EDT
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Enders Game
The Hobbit followed by the LOTR series. I read them when I was 7 |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 12:21:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Anything by Gary Paulsen Glad I’m not the only one with this thought. Still have the books in a box somewhere - should give them to my nephew. |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 12:26:22 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/4/2020 12:32:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Flight of the old dog - really awesome fictional story about a highly modified b52 and a devastating secret Russian weapon. Baa baa black sheep - pappy boyington -marine and flying tigers pilot/ jap POW. God is my copilot -Robert L. Scott (flying tigers ww2) I got to meet Pappy Boyington and got an autographed copy of Baa Baa Blacksheep. I also met Masajiro Kawato and got his autograph stuffed inside the cover the Pappy’s book. I remember doing a book report on God Is My Copilot. I think I still have my copy. |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 1:31:44 PM EDT
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Based on the other books you mentioned, I would recommend Rifles for Watie
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Posted: 12/4/2020 1:45:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Well, Grandpa Joe was a playa in his younger years so I'll allow it! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted:  did you just say Charlie and the Chocolate Factory wasn't historical? Shut your whore mouth, I saw the documentary with Gene Wilder!Well, Grandpa Joe was a playa in his younger years so I'll allow it! he was also the epitome of retirees: the only thing that got his ass outta bed was free chocolate. |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 1:49:39 PM EDT
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the Hobbit and the Tale of Despereaux
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Posted: 12/4/2020 1:50:59 PM EDT
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At that age I'd read all the Hatchet books, all the Natty Bumpo books, and was working my way through the old Star Trek and Star Wars books just because they were age appropriate and there were a lot of them.
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Posted: 12/4/2020 2:09:16 PM EDT
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Harry Turtledove has some good "alt history".
Guns of the South and the Worldwar series were both good reads that led me to read more non-fiction to compare the "alt history" to the real history. |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 2:10:50 PM EDT
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Not historical, but the Henry Huggins books were good. Homer Price.
The Matchlock Gun, Mr Lincoln's Drummer, Ben and Me and Guns for General Washington are historical. |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 2:12:53 PM EDT
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Not historical, but I recommend The Tripods Trilogy
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Posted: 12/4/2020 2:14:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/4/2020 2:17:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I hear you on the Calvin and Hobbes. I gave him some Pat McManus books to read, too. Those stories might come back to bite me one day. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: My son (will be 9 in February) has been enjoying Red Wall series My side of the Mountain Little Britches Wing Feather saga And absolutely The Dangerous Book for Boys I read the Chronicles of Narnia, The Hobbit, and Swiss Family Robinson out loud to my kids and all those were a big hit. He's strictly forbidden to read Calvin and Hobbes anymore. Took too much inspiration from the antics.  I hear you on the Calvin and Hobbes. I gave him some Pat McManus books to read, too. Those stories might come back to bite me one day.  OP, I really enjoyed the redwall abbey series. Medieval style warfare but the main characters are countryside animals... hard to explain. Badass squirrels. |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 2:18:03 PM EDT
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Sterling's desert raiders was my favorite as a kid.
Wore that book out reading it multiple times. |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 2:24:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My parents hid the Calvin & Hobbes collection too OP, I really enjoyed the redwall abbey series. Medieval style warfare but the main characters are countryside animals... hard to explain. Badass squirrels. My son is a fan of the Mouse Guard books. Red wall Abbey sounds good. A lot of great books here. Quite a few I forgot all about. Thank you! |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 2:32:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Hatchet. Came to post this. |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 2:37:02 PM EDT
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 He's 9 did you say? The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw Other Patrick F McManus books, all Patriick F. McManus books. |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 2:41:46 PM EDT
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Snow Treasure.
Based upon a true story of children in Norway smuggling gold past the Nazis during WWII. |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 2:42:57 PM EDT
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carry on mr bowditch
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Posted: 12/4/2020 2:44:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: he was also the epitome of retirees: the only thing that got his ass outta bed was free chocolate. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: did you just say Charlie and the Chocolate Factory wasn't historical? Shut your whore mouth, I saw the documentary with Gene Wilder!Well, Grandpa Joe was a playa in his younger years so I'll allow it! he was also the epitome of retirees: the only thing that got his ass outta bed was free chocolate. Oh shit! Lol. El gorila está en llamas!!!! |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 2:46:28 PM EDT
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History?
We thought We Heard the Angels Sing by James C. Whittaker Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum. Return of the Enola Gay by Col. Paul Tibbets. |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 2:47:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: on a humorous note: I don’t remember these paperback titles back during my book fair days (28 Photos)  
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Posted: 12/4/2020 2:49:49 PM EDT
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The Rush Revere books. I think there are six.
The Hardy Boys books, loved them as a kid. Old fashioned maybe, but not full of the crap that permeates our society. 
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Posted: 12/4/2020 2:53:17 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/4/2020 2:54:24 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/4/2020 3:05:34 PM EDT
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Heinlein and the Hardy Boys series are both on point.
Paul Revere's Ride is excellent. It may be a bit advanced for him, but sometimes kids will surprise you. |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 3:15:43 PM EDT
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This is a good one that helps spark their curiosity.
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Posted: 12/4/2020 3:21:31 PM EDT
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Bantam War books - these were my favorite books growing up
Shiloh by Shelby Foote - a stand-alone Civil War novel. His trilogy might be a little too much Bruce Catton Civil War books The Dangerous Book for Boys Alvin Fernald book series I'm not sure how well this has aged, but this was another series I enjoyed |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 3:23:44 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/4/2020 3:27:37 PM EDT
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Jocko’s got the “Way of the Warrior Kid” books as well, which I have to assume is “Extreme Ownership” directed to kids.
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Posted: 12/4/2020 3:31:01 PM EDT
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The Bears of Blue River
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Posted: 12/4/2020 3:32:49 PM EDT
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The Count of Monte Cristo
The Three Musketeers Anything Patrick O’Brian |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 3:34:11 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/4/2020 3:36:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A little off the historical trail, but "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean George is an incredible book. My favorites growing up were biographies about men like Daniel Boone, Kit Carson, and of course the Lewis & Clark expedition kept me happy for ever. There is lots in his books not suitable for a 9yo. Lol |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 3:36:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The Hardy Boys series. Not exactly historical, but if you can find earlier editions the language as written will take you back to the 50s. This. |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 3:38:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Granted, I'm in my early 60's, but there was nothing more engaging for this age as the Hardy Boys. You can still purchase the whole "set" (books 1-66). I've been reading these with my son. Started when he was 9 (he's 10 now). We just started book #26. He loves them. |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 3:45:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The Sackett Series by Louis L'amour I loved these growing up |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 3:49:42 PM EDT
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My Side of The Mountain - Jean George
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Posted: 12/4/2020 3:51:30 PM EDT
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Dean Ing - It's up to Charlie Hardin
I sure wish Dean was still around, this was his only YA book. Deals with a boy in WWII Texas, great book from an excellent writer. |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 4:31:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Have Space Suit—Will Travel by Heinlein Any of the Heinlein juveniles and maybe Starship Troopers as well. When I was 9 or 10 years old, I was reading books like Guadalcanal Diary, 30 Seconds Over Tokyo and Reach for the Sky. +1 on The Hobbit. Unlike the recent movie trilogy, the book is very well written and fairly fast paced. |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 4:51:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Feels Quote History@Brawnydog Those are the original texts (1920s - 1940s), not the 1960s+ rewrites  I try to find the old ones in antique malls and used book stores. |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 4:54:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Hatchet. This. And Stones in Water. Those two shaped my childhood |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 4:58:19 PM EDT
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn!
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Posted: 12/4/2020 5:37:39 PM EDT
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Nothing Like It In The World by S.E. Ambrose
The Horatio Hornblower series by C.S. Forester |
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