Jack Higgins, author of ‘The Eagle Has Landed,’ dead at 92 I was sad to hear of Jack’s passing. His books were a big inspiration to me growing up, especially his Liam Devlin series. Tonight I will re-read The Eagle has Landed and watch the excellent movie with Michael Caine and Robert Duvall In…
Category: Literary Corner
Literary Corner: The Great American World War II Novelists
The Great American World War II Novelists I remember reading James Jones The Thin Red Line in High School and being blown away by the dense, layered prose. It took me somewhere around three weeks to get through it because I would re-read some chapters twice. Since then I read Jones’ WW2 trilogy to…
Flashback on Federal Tyranny: This Post-Apocalyptic Book Was Written By One Of The Oregon Militia Members
This Post-Apocalyptic Book Was Written By One Of The Oregon Militia Members Looking back now we can see Levoy was not only a writer but also a prophet in the sense he was sounding the ALARM of unbridled Government Tyranny and writing about his own death at the hands of Government Gangster Assassins with…
Vespasian and the Architect
Vespasian and the Architect Historical essay by Seax. A tale of tradition and progress. By: Seax In the scope of human understanding, mythology will never be replaced. So it goes in the vast annals of human achievement that we remember our figureheads first and foremost not merely by their dry statistics, their dates and…
Winter-Sun
Beautiful imagery.
Good Western Novels
A loyal reader of mine emailed me about some good Western novels to read. Although I am a fan of the Traditional Western and like a lot of writers, cut my teeth on the likes of Louis LaMour, Larry McMurtry and Glendon Swarthout just to name a few, my entire ideal of the Western…
Call From The Crags
Call From The Crags by Wisconsin Kraut Will the inheritance of our people be put to grinding mill? Where is my shining prince Steed tramping proud Voice carried firm Blood flowing pure? Where is my binded kilt Pleats swirling quick Tartan shining bright Belt pulled snug? Where is my faithful claymor Blade chopping…
The Farmer (Poem by Free Idealist)
The Farmer Walking down the bloodied street, I enjoy the dirt upon my feet, That feeling that feels so sweet, Of earthen dust so fine and neat. I’m stared at by the men of town, Their faces full of scowl and frown, Who look so often always down, So deep in debt they just…
Wayne Hansen
Really superb reference material here.
The Camp of the Saints
The Camp of the Saints I highly recommend all my readers download the free copy of this amazing novel and share it with people you care about. It’s eerie how accurate this novel (written in 1973) would be in predicting how neo-liberalism and the “western liberal conscience” would aid in the overt extermination of…