Neb’s Comments (group member since Aug 02, 2015)

Neb’s comments from the The History Files group.

The Atomic Times: My H-Bomb Year at the Pacific Proving Ground

This is a very interesting read, but not what I expected. It's more about the personal journey of one young man stationed on Eniwetok during a year of the bomb tests there, and less about the project itself. I was surprised by the really juvenile, nihilistic behavior of the enlisted men described, as well as really off-put by some of the creepy officers. This is definitely not your typical military history, but interesting in a kind of "train wreck I can't look away from" way. I'm about halfway through.

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Commerce of the Prairies: Life on the Great Plains in the 1830's and 1840's

Flashman and the Redskins

The Armada

Medicine on the Santa Fe Trail, by Lewis J. Moorman http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic...

Broadcloth and Britches: The Santa Fe Trade

Hello to all you history enthusiasts and podcast listeners and others! I'm Nancy Frye, producer (and occasional noise maker) of the History Files podcast. Feel free to introduce yourselves in this thread, but know that it's not required for group participation. I know some of you already, but it's always fun to see where people hail from, your interests, and how you found us.

Lost Foundation: A Conversation with 18th Century Economist Richard Cantillon, by Rand MacGreal
Rule of Money, by Rand MacGreal
300 Helpful Suggestions for your Victory Lunchbox (1943)

The Battles that Changed History

Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916