![]() ![]() Hal Holbrook portrayed Abraham Lincoln in all three miniseries, along with Robert Guillaume as Frederick Douglass and Johnny Cash as John Brown. Most returned for the third installment, with the exception of Swayze. ![]() The large cast of North And South also featured Lesley-Anne Down, Wendy Kilbourne, Kirstie Alley and Genie Francis. The first two miniseries starred Patrick Swayze and James Read as best friends who found themselves fighting on opposite sides during the war. The trilogy was adapted into ABC’s successful trio of miniseries, beginning with North and South in 1985, followed by the renamed North And South Book II in ’86 and Heaven and Hell: North And South Book III in ’94. North And South, the first book in the series, was published in 1982, with Love And War arriving in ’84 and Heaven And Hell in ’87. The Bastard was adapted into a four-hour TV movie starring Andrew Stevens in 1978, airing as part of Operation Prime Time, a consortium of American independent television stations.Įven more popular was Jakes’ North And South trilogy set before, during and immediately after the Civil War. ![]() Andrew Stevens, Tom Bosley, ‘The Bastard’, 1978 (Credit: Everett Collection) ![]()
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![]() ![]() As he was spinning his yarn, it began to grow and grow and take on a life of its own. It seems that one night he was making up a bedtime story for his daughter, Heidi. But as Smith himself described it, his foray into writing books began entirely by accident, and he credits his daughter with getting him started. He embarked on his writing career in 1970 after leaving the advertising business. ![]() It would take 30 years for his dream to become a reality. Little did he know that he would grow up to become an award-winning author whose books have sold millions of copies and are making a difference to millions of children. ![]() It turned out to be a life-defining event, because after that experience he decided not only that he loved reading, but also, luckily for us and for his millions of fans, that he wanted to become a writer. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Robert Kimmel Smith was 8 years old when he read his first book-a book that moved him enough to make him cry. ![]() ![]() ![]() Our hero, Owen Pitt (brother of the heavy metal artist Mosh Pitt - not kidding about that one, either), gets involved in the monster hunting business when he defeats his evil-boss-turned-werewolf in single combat. These days, the only thing they fear is the EPA (and Fish and Wildlife, and OSHA, and…). ![]() In the years since, Monster Hunter has made its founder’s family rich by collecting government-sponsored bounties on supernatural creatures like werewolves, zombies, and vampires. The company called Monster Hunter International was founded when a group of good Southern boys got a lynch mob together in order to drive some unsavory elements (read: vampires) out of their town. The plot reads like something intended for a weekend of tabletop gaming, complete with prophetic visions from the storyteller to keep the protagonists on track. Because it was self-published and only later picked up by Baen, Monster Hunter International shows no sign of an editor’s pen. ![]() I don’t have space to cover all the flaws in this book, so I’ll just hit the highlights. This book was originally self-published, and owes its success to Mr. And we hate you.”) Unfortunately, I decided to read his novel, Monster Hunter International. I had a warm spot in my heart for Larry Correia after reading his HK rant. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ” Very much as Ernest Hemingway “warmed up ” by writing letters, Thompson has produced an astonishing amount over the years-some letters as long as thirty pages, many of an intensely personal nature regarding his wife, Sandy, and his son, Juan, many on financial matters, often with predictable bickereing with publishers, others on matters political, along with denunciations (Timothy Leary, Abbie Hoffman), feuds (Sidney Zion, Sally Quinn), and quite a few on experimentation and overindulgence in drugs. In his introduction to the second volume of Thompson’s letters (it covers the years 1968 to 1976) the editor, Douglas Brinkley, writes of Thompson as a “true pack rat, hell-bent on meticulously documenting every day of his life. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But reading about her uneasy relationship with this book – and her fondness for her others – piqued my curiosity, and so I thought I'd look at a few more things she's written. Heard of Westwood? I can't say I had either until this month.Ĭold Comfort Farm overshadows most other novels from the 20th century too, so it doesn't seem entirely unfair that it should have had a similar effect on the rest of Gibbons' oeuvre. ![]() Late in life she described it as "some unignorable old uncle, to whom you have to be grateful because he makes you a handsome allowance, but is often an embarrassment and a bore." She also lamented the fact that it had so eclipsed the 20-odd other novels, not to mention various collections of short stories and poetry, that she also published. Her dazzling first novel made her name, but it also became a millstone. Stella Gibbons might not thank us for focusing so completely on this novel, her most famous work. I'm glad it came out of the hat – and I'm grateful to the readers who nominated it.īut something has been nagging at me as I've come to know more about the book and its author. Less seriously, but probably more importantly, it's also been highly entertaining and extremely funny: just the book to see us through the darkest month. ![]() It's provided - forgive me - fertile ground for discussion about the art of parody, transcending parody and race and class in the 1930s. Cold Comfort Farm has been an excellent choice for this month's Reading Group. ![]() ![]() In a harsh and harrowing netherworld, with its own rules and moral codes, Thorne discovers the horrifying link between the homeless victims and the perpetrators of a fifteen-year-old atrocity. It helps that he's well acquainted with the streets, once as a policeman on the beat, but now as one of life's rejects. With nothing to lose, Thorne sets out to find the killer. Were these men just random alcoholics, junkies, and jetsam? Or were they targeted for a reason? ![]() Three men, sleeping rough on the streets, have been murdered, each victim kicked to death and found with a banknote pinned to his chest. For an ambitious detective-especially one without so much as a window box-it's a fairly dire situation.īut not as dire as the situation for London's homeless. 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Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China is a non-fiction book by Evan Osnos, a staff writer at The New Yorker. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kris will obviously be honest with us about how he feels, because he wants to be out there. We’ll go day to day, and hopefully there’s marked improvement as we go. “Hopefully through the next week to 10 days, he’ll be able to recover and feel great about getting back on the field again,” Black said. Of course, Bryant must be able to consistently get into the batter’s box before he can help remedy that longstanding home/road divide and help a franchise that has been stuck in neutral for four seasons. Colorado outfielder Kris Bryant, according to the Colorado Rockies Communications Department, is scheduled to join Triple-A Albuquerque to begin a Major. The Rockies believe Bryant can help level those splits to an extent, though in a very small sample size he is hitting. 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