Forgot about most of those...but I did read Pegasus Bridge, it's about the Ox and Bucks in WWII...pretty damn good book... B. -----Original Message----- From: Carol S. [mailto:aceso225@flash.net] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 10:33 AM To: PA-PITTSBURGH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PITTSBURGH] Band of Brothers Other Ambrose books: Ike's Spies: Eisenhower & Espionage ... Eisenhower and Berlin TheSupreme Commander (Eisenhower) Eisenhower: The President Pegasus Bridge: (WW II - recommend) Eisenhower: (biography) Non WW II Upton and the Army Halleck: Lincoln's Chief of Staff Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy 1938-1992 Duty, Honor, Country (West Point) Crazy Horse and Custer:...Parallel Lives of ...(two) Warriors Nixon: (three books covering 1913-1990) Undaunted Courage (Lewis & Clark expedition). If you can find a collection of Ernie Pyle's daily newspaper columns from the battlefields in Europe they provide an unequaled, personal insight. Andy Rooney (yes, THAT Andy Rooney), a reporter for the Army newspaper wrote an excellent book including early battles in the hedgerows of Normandy. And maybe a new one I haven't yet heard of. I'm an avid (some say obsessive) reader, favorite subjects American History & Biography. C.S. From: "Szafranski, Bryan" <bszafranski1@pghboe.net> To: <PA-PITTSBURGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 6:17 AM Subject: RE: [PITTSBURGH] Band of Brothers > He has several out that I can think of: > > Band of Brothers > D-Day > Citizen Soldiers > The Victors > Americans at War > Eisenhower (or Ike, I can't remember) > plus a couple of other books, one about Lewis and Clark, and I can't > remember what the other one's about. > > I am reading Americans at War right now, it's a collection of essays that he > has written about the wars that the US has been involved in. Pretty good > stuff... > > Bryan. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sue M [mailto:starshine166@home.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 7:01 PM > To: PA-PITTSBURGH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PITTSBURGH] Band of Brothers > > > Bryan, > It's that the truth.....this past Sunday's episode is going to be hard to > beat. I loved Schindler's List too, but B of B was even more compelling. I > m an avid reader so I'll definately pick this book up. > Thanks, > Sue* > -------Original Message------- > Yes, it is....you can probably find it in any bookstore now.....this week's > episode was even more moving than Schindler's list, I thought, because it > caught the emotions of not only the prisoners, but of the soldiers > too....and let me say that I wouldn't wish Joe Liebgott's agony about > telling the prisoners that they had to return to the camp on anyone.... > B. > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== Check out these COMMUNITY LISTS: MyStErY, Horror, SAHM, M-W-C, Nost-TV, Palm-Gen, and Westie ============================== Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!

Yes, I think it's time to read it again. C.S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Szafranski, Bryan" <bszafranski1@pghboe.net> To: <PA-PITTSBURGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 1:19 PM Subject: RE: [PITTSBURGH] Band of Brothers > Forgot about most of those...but I did read Pegasus Bridge, it's about the > Ox and Bucks in WWII...pretty damn good book... > > B. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Carol S. [mailto:aceso225@flash.net] > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 10:33 AM > To: PA-PITTSBURGH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PITTSBURGH] Band of Brothers > > > Other Ambrose books: > > Ike's Spies: Eisenhower & Espionage ... > Eisenhower and Berlin > TheSupreme Commander (Eisenhower) > Eisenhower: The President > Pegasus Bridge: (WW II - recommend) > Eisenhower: (biography) > > Non WW II > > Upton and the Army > Halleck: Lincoln's Chief of Staff > Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy 1938-1992 > Duty, Honor, Country (West Point) > Crazy Horse and Custer:...Parallel Lives of ...(two) Warriors > Nixon: (three books covering 1913-1990) > Undaunted Courage (Lewis & Clark expedition). > > If you can find a collection of Ernie Pyle's daily newspaper columns from > the battlefields in Europe they provide an unequaled, personal insight. > Andy Rooney (yes, THAT Andy Rooney), a reporter for the Army newspaper wrote > an excellent book including early battles in the hedgerows of Normandy. > > And maybe a new one I haven't yet heard of. I'm an avid (some say obsessive) > reader, favorite subjects American History & Biography. C.S. > > > From: "Szafranski, Bryan" <bszafranski1@pghboe.net> > To: <PA-PITTSBURGH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 6:17 AM > Subject: RE: [PITTSBURGH] Band of Brothers > > > > He has several out that I can think of: > > > > Band of Brothers > > D-Day > > Citizen Soldiers > > The Victors > > Americans at War > > Eisenhower (or Ike, I can't remember) > > plus a couple of other books, one about Lewis and Clark, and I can't > > remember what the other one's about. > > > > I am reading Americans at War right now, it's a collection of essays that > he > > has written about the wars that the US has been involved in. Pretty good > > stuff... > > > > Bryan. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sue M [mailto:starshine166@home.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 7:01 PM > > To: PA-PITTSBURGH-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [PITTSBURGH] Band of Brothers > > > > > > Bryan, > > It's that the truth.....this past Sunday's episode is going to be hard to > > beat. I loved Schindler's List too, but B of B was even more compelling. > I > > m an avid reader so I'll definately pick this book up. > > Thanks, > > Sue* > > -------Original Message------- > > Yes, it is....you can probably find it in any bookstore now.....this > week's > > episode was even more moving than Schindler's list, I thought, because it > > caught the emotions of not only the prisoners, but of the soldiers > > too....and let me say that I wouldn't wish Joe Liebgott's agony about > > telling the prisoners that they had to return to the camp on anyone.... > > B. > > > > > > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > Check out these COMMUNITY LISTS: MyStErY, Horror, SAHM, M-W-C, Nost-TV, > Palm-Gen, and Westie > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > How to unsubscribe. Send a message to:PITTSBURGH-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com that contains ONLY the word, 'unsubscribe' in the text area. > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >