Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
I bet the autobiography of Ben Franklin would be a great read....I was very interested when Mark Twain's autobiography came out but it's 2 or 3 volumes and just looooong as hell so I'm kind of intimidated by even buying it as it's a big investment of not just money but time and I do like finishing the books I start.


Right now I'm reading 'Charlatan' by Pope Brock...it's an extremely interesting yet very grotesque book. I think both miles and Bilbo would enjoy reading it but for different reasons of course. Miles because of the liberals involved and the regulations that came from what happens in the book (which is a very real, very true story) and Bilbo out of a morbid curiosity...the plot is grotesque as I said before but it's also very intriguing it's like a train wreck or something you just can't turn away from once you start looking at it.

I've got to figure out what I'm reading next...between books I'm reading parts of Dasheil Hammet's short stories classic stuff there.
Ben Franklin's autobiography is the roots of the American dream, starting with nothing and then making it big. If you're interested I can mail it to you when I'm done.