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9. It has been so long ago that I can't remember. I do remember the British were pretty ruthless.

Reply to TexasProgresive (Reply #8)

Mon Oct 19, 2015, 08:20 AM

Oct 2015

Seems I would remember a detail like 26,000 Boer women and children deaths.

The Covenant is one of the Michener books that I have considered reading a second time.

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What are you reading this week of October 18, 2015? [View all] hermetic Oct 2015 OP

I'm reading an Ian Rankin -John Rebus mystery TexasProgresive Oct 2015 #1

I love the Rebus stories hermetic Oct 2015 #2

We read the first four Rebus books. I ordered the next two but they have yet to arrive. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #4

Hello, everyone! Thank you for the thread, hermetic. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #3

I would be interested in your take on TexasProgresive Oct 2015 #5

I will try to develop a take on post colonial Africa. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #7

Did Michener write about the British use of concentration camps TexasProgresive Oct 2015 #8

It has been so long ago that I can't remember. I do remember the British were pretty ruthless. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #9

I like books that include dinosaurs. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #6

Re-reading "Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Ray Bradbury Number9Dream Oct 2015 #10

I think that was the 1st Bradbury book I read TexasProgresive Oct 2015 #11

I *know* it was the first Bradbury book I ever read. scarletwoman Oct 2015 #12