Tag Archives: memoir

Beyond Band of Brothers

Posted on January 27, 2011 by smellincoffee

Beyond Band of Brothers: the War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters© 2006 Dick Winters and Colonel Cole Kingseed303 pages When I landed, the only weapon I had was a trench knife that I had placed in my boot. I stuck … Continue reading →

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Chainbreaker’s War

Posted on June 29, 2010 by smellincoffee

Chainbreaker’s War: a Seneca Chief Remembers the American Revolution© 2002 ed. Jeanne Winston Adler224 pages On the eastern seaboard, young militia men marched around their town squares, tea-chests floated in Boston Harbor, and the bells of war tolled. Only a … Continue reading →

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The Other Side of Selma

Posted on June 14, 2010 by smellincoffee

The Other Side of Selma© 2001 R.B. “Dickie” Williams103 pages Years ago while roaming aimlessly in my home library, I spotted a little collection of stories about Selma during the fifties and sixties. I read and enjoyed it, as the … Continue reading →

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Memories of Old Cahaba

Posted on June 12, 2010 by smellincoffee

Memories of Old Cahaba © 1905 Anna M. Gayle Fry 122 pages I live perhaps fifteen miles from the conjunction of the Alabama and Cahaba Rivers, where once sat a booming and stately city — home to the Alabama legislature … Continue reading →

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Homage to Catalonia

Posted on May 26, 2010 by smellincoffee

Homage to Catalonia© 1952 George Orwell232 pages On 17 July 1936, conservative and reactionary forces inside Spain opted to seize power by force, rather than allow the Popular Front government — an increasingly liberal, democratic, and progressive entity that undermined … Continue reading →

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I Am Spock

Posted on February 18, 2010 by smellincoffee

I Am Spock© 1995 Leonard Nimoy356 pages Leonard Nimoy’s autobiographical I Am Spock has been one of my favorite books for years. I purchased it perhaps over a decade ago: it’s a very battered paperback now, well-thumbed. I revisted it … Continue reading →

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Storm of Steel

Posted on February 8, 2010 by smellincoffee

Storm of Steel © 1921 Ernst Jünger 319 pages Storm of Steel is the oddest war memoir I have ever read. I’ve read a few of them in hopes of understanding various motivations for young men marching off to war, … Continue reading →

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The Motorcycle Diaries

Posted on January 28, 2010 by smellincoffee

The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey© Ernesto Guevara (Ocean Press 2004)175 pages “Along the roads of our daydream we reached remote countries, navigated tropical seas and traveled all through Asia. And suddenly, slipping in as if part … Continue reading →

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Under and Alone

Posted on January 11, 2010 by smellincoffee

Under and Alone: the True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America’s Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang© 2005 William Queen288 pages This fall, I unexpectedly became a fan of  Sons of Anarchy, a criminal drama with a plot reminiscent … Continue reading →

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China Marine

Posted on December 29, 2009 by smellincoffee

China Marine: An Infantryman’s Life after World War 2© Eugene Sledge 2003192 pages Last week I read Eugene Sledge’s With the Old Breed, a memoir of his experiences in the Pacific War. The memoir ranks as one of the most … Continue reading →

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