What I am Reading

I often see the above item listed in the newspaper in bios of people that other people like to read about. Seldom if ever do I find that anyone is reading a book that I have ever read, or have any interest in reading. These are two books I read this week and one I am reading. You will never find any of them listed in any reading list of people that other people read about.

Shaking the Nickel Bush by Ralph Moody: I thought I had read all of Mr. Moody's books, but found this one at the Berryville library last week and decided I had not read it. It is about a cowboy (real cow cowboy) at the turn of the century. I really enjoyed the book. In the list of Moody's other books I see The Dry Divide that I don't think I have read either. Maybe I can find it somewhere, or talk Betty into buying it online. I could trade a couple of baby turkeys for the book.

The Captured by Scott Aesch: A book about white children abducted by Indian's on the Texas frontier. It was a really, really good book full of things I did not know about. The man who wrote it actually started the research for the book as a way of finding out about one of his ancestor's that was abducted by Indians.

Bushworld by Maureen Dowd. I bought this book for $6 at Wmart. Ms. Dowd is a newspaper columnist and not a fan of GW. I have read about 1/4 of the book and I am really enjoying it.

Few people anywhere would even bother looking at these books. You will never see even one of them on any list other than this one.