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    • About the Geneology Site
      • Genealogy Site – Instructions
    • Pictures from 2013
      • 10/04/2013 – A Warrior’s Promotion Ceremony
      • Thanksgiving
    • Pictures from 2014
      • January
        • 01/02/2014 – Snowstorm
        • 01/18/2014 – A Hawk on the deck
        • 01/21/2014 – More snow and a Fox out back
      • February
        • 02/09/2014 – The Dino Exhibit
        • 02/13/2014 – And more Snow and Birds
        • 02/28/2014 – Jan’s Presentation
      • March
        • 03/03/2014 – Yet Another Global Warming Snowstorm
        • 03/17/2014 – One more storm
        • 03/28/2014 – Bonni Visits from Colorado
      • April
        • 04/12/2014 – Skyline Drive
        • 04/19/2014 – Easter with the Gormans at our house
        • 04/19/2014 – Photographing Doris Swann’s Family Tree
        • 04/27/2014 – Nora Frances is Baptized
      • May
        • 05/10/2014 – Oliver at Luray Cavern & Skyline Drive
        • 05/11/2014 – Mother’s Day Brunch
        • 05/22/2014 – A short vacation to the Outer Banks of North Carolina
      • June 2014
        • 06/07/2014 – Prince William Forest Park
        • 06/23/2014 – Parking Lot Repairs
        • 06/28/2014 – Visit Grandchildren in Maryland
      • July 2014
        • 07/04/2014 – Weekend on Skyline Drive & Fireworks over the Valley
        • 07/19/2014 – Visit to Connecticut
      • August 2014
        • 08/09/2014 – Oliver Spends the Weekend
        • 08/16/2014 – Visit to Texas
      • September 2014
      • October 2014
        • 10/12/2014 – The Outer Banks
        • 10/18/2014 – Birthday Number 1 for Nora Frances Gorman
      • December 2014
        • 12/06/2014 – Christmas Visit to Texas
        • 12/20/2014 – Christmas at Home with the Melanie, Matt, Oliver and Nora
    • Pictures from 2015
      • 12/20/2014 – Christmas at Home With the Family
      • 12/25/2014 – Christmas in New Mexico
        • Part1 – Santa Fe
        • Part 2 – Ghost Ranch
        • Part 3 – Albuquerque Christmas Eve
        • Part 4 – Basque del Apache
        • Part 5 – The River of Lights
        • Part 6 – A Hike Up Sandia Mountain
      • 03/10/2015 – Another Global Warming Blast
      • 03/15/2015 – Jan’s Birthday Trip to Sarasota
      • 04/04/2015 – Oliver Visit’s and Biking
      • 5/3/2015 – Day Trip to Skyline Drive
      • 05/14/2015 – A Trip to DC With Oliver’s Class
      • 05/24/2015 – Prince William Forest
      • 05/24/2015 – Joey & Pauline Visit
      • 06/14/2015 – A Day Trip to the Zoo
    • Pictures from 2016
      • 01/23/2016 – The Snow Storm of the Decade
      • 02/06/2016 – Grandson Oliver at Hockey Practice
      • 03/18/2016 – Sarasota Trip
      • 03/27/2016 – Easter Sunday
      • 04/15/2016 – Some older pictures from the deck
      • 04/23/2016 – The Yellow Finches Return
      • 05/01/2016 – Oliver’s First Holy Communion
      • 05/27/2016 – An all toooo short vacation in North Carolina
      • 07/09/2016 – Oliver Spends the Weekend and gets a new Bike
      • 07/16/2016 – Paul and Oscar Host a Great BBQ Evening
      • 11/24/2016 – Thanksgiving Dinner at the Gorman’s
      • 11/26/2016 – A Visit to Mount Vernon with Oliver
      • 12/2016 – Christmas at Home and in New Mexico
    • Pictures from 2017
      • 07/16/2017 – We make the annual trip to Connecticut to celebrate Joey’s birthday
      • 04/08/2017 – Antiquing with Pat and Theresa
      • 04/15/2017 – Easter with the Gormans
      • 05/25/2017 – Trip to the Outer Banks
      • 07/07/2017 – Alex and Grandchildren Visit
      • 08/05/2017 – Our Summer Vacation in New Mexico
    • Pictures from 2018
      • 04-20-2018 – Laura in Town for her 16th Birthday Celebration
      • 06/30/2018 – A Tour of the New Home Property
      • 07/08/2018 – Two Dead Trees are taken Down
    • Pictures from 2019
      • 04/19/2019 – A Zamboni Adventure
    • Pictures from 2020
      • 01-01-2020 – The First Snowfall
      • 01-01-2020 – A Bird Invasion
      • 01-29-2020 – The Local Fox
      • 02-28-2020 – Backyard Birds
      • 03-07-2020 – A Full Moon
      • 04-30-2020 – Critters Captured
      • 05-26-2020 – Skyline Drive
      • 06-18-2020 – Outer Banks Trip
      • 07-04-2020 – Celebrate the 4th
      • 06-06-2020 – A Hawk Recap
      • 07-31-2020 – Our Neighbors
      • 08-22-2020 – Weekend with Oliver and Nora
      • 08-25-2020 – A Half-Moon
      • 08-28-2020 – Nags Head
      • 09-04-2020 – Daytrip to Skyline Drive
      • 11-06-2020 – Fall on the Drive
      • 10-22-2020 – Critters on the property
      • 11-26-2020 – Thanksgiving Dinner
      • 11-28-2020 – The Bird Feeder Visitors
      • 12-20-2020 – Christmas at Home
  • In Memory of Dad
    • Documents and Books
      • An Inventory of Documents
      • Mom’s Family, some notes found
      • Steven Swann in Korea
      • The Swann Family Tree
        • Some notes on the Norse connection
    • Overview & Notes
      • Comments and Copies
      • Site Structure
    • Swann Family Photographs
      • Parts 01 – 05
        • The PowerPoint Slide Show
        • Update # 01
        • Update # 02
        • Update # 03
        • Update # 04 – Vacation 07/1986
      • Parts 06 – 10
        • Update # 05 – Vacation 10/1987 in 3 Parts
          • Update #5 – Vacation 10/1987, Part 1
          • Update #5 – Vacation 10/1987, Part 2
          • Update #5 – Vacation 10/1987, Part 3
        • Update # 06 – A Travel Album and More, in 2 parts
          • Mom – 50th High-School Reunion Trip, part 1
          • Reunion Album, the Balance
        • Update # 07 – A trip to Cape Cod
        • Update # 08 – An assorted pile of pictures
        • Update # 09 – The Family in Bethany
          • Day 1 – Cookout & Beach
          • Day 2 – Beach & Crab Feast
          • Day 3 – Beach, Dolphin, Put-Put, Night Fishing
          • Day 4 – Beach, Boardwalk, Rides
          • Day 5 – Chilling in the Condo
          • Day 6 – Beach and Around the Condo
          • Day 7 – Big Dinner & Group Pictures
          • Day 8 – Cleaning Up to Leave
      • Parts 11 – 15
        • Update 11 – A Photo Album in 2 parts
          • Update 11 – Part 1
          • Update 11 – Part 2
        • Update 12 – 1984 Trip to Ireland
        • Update 13 – The 50th Wedding Anniversary
        • Update 14 – Some Random Pictures
        • Update 15 – A Box of Older Pictures
      • Parts 16 – 20
        • Update 16, The Church Service
        • Update 16 – Pictures Part 1
        • Update 16 – Pictures Part 2
        • Update 16 – Pictures Part 3
        • Update 17, Some Random Pictures
    • World War 2, the 101st Airborne Division And Dad
  • Personal Musings
    • Book Reviews
      • Books – Archeology
        • A Tale of Two Caves, Francois Bordes
        • Atlantis the Antediluvian World, Ignatius Donnelly
        • Before Before Writing, From Counting to Cuniform, Schmandt-Besserat
        • Between The Lines, Anthony Aveni
        • Pompeii – L. Richardson
        • Richard Rudgley, “Lost Civilizations of the Stone Age”
        • Royal Tombs of Sipan, Walter Alva
        • Schliemann’s Discoveries of the Ancient World: Carl Schuchhardt
        • The Arts and Crafts of Travancore, Kramrisch, Poduval and Cousins
        • The Coming of Rome – John Wacher
        • The Keys of Egypt, Lesley and Roy Adkins
        • The Maya Cosmos, Friedel, Schele and Parker
        • The Pyramid Of Unas, Alexandre Piankoff
        • The Roots of Civilization, Alexander Marshack
        • The Rosetta Stone
        • The Sumerians, Samuel Noah Kramer
      • Books – Dwight D. Eisenhower
        • A Matter of Justice, David Nichols
        • Eisenhower and Latin America
        • Eisenhower, Man and Soldier, Ann Woodward Miller
        • Ike’s Final Battle, Kasey S. Pipes
        • Merlo J. Pusey, “Eisenhower The President”
      • Books – Historical
        • A Bold Fresh Piece Of Humanity – Bill O’Reilly
        • Alger Hiss – Why He Chose Treason, Christina Shelton
        • Arthur Of Britain
          • An Excerpt from the Gothic History, 6th Century
          • Letter to Riothamus, King of the Britons
          • Two Accounts of the Exhumation of Arthur’s Body
          • Welsh Battle Poem
        • Arthurian Chronicles, Wace & Layamon
        • Austria-Hungary
        • B. Hurmence, “Before Freedom”
        • B. Hurmence, “My Folks Don’t Want Me to Talk About Slavery”
        • Collier’s New Photographic History Of The World’s War
        • Collier’s Photographic History Of The European War
        • Cologne No. 10 For Men, Richard Morris
        • Death, Dismemberment and Memory, Lyman Johnson
        • Divine Dyads, Ancient Civilization in Tibet
        • Empires of Time, Anthony Aveni
        • Engineering the Pyramids, Dick Parry
        • Erra And Ishtum, Kabti-ilani-Marduk
        • Frederick Katz, “The Life & Times of Pancho Villa”
        • Gisli Sursson’s Sage & The Saga of the People of Eyri, Anonymous
        • Haiti, History and the Gods, Joan Dayan
        • Hiroshima, John Hersey
        • In Alfred’s Days, Paul Creswick
        • In Quest of the Great White Gods, Robert F. Marx
        • In Search of The Hobo
        • Indian Women of Early Mexico
        • Into the Valley, John Hersey
        • John Paul the Great, Peggy Noonan
        • Kenji Kawano, “Warriors, Navajo Code Talkers”
        • Known and Unknown, Donald Rumsfeld
        • Mediterranean World in Ancient Times
        • Memoirs of a Slave Trader, Theodore Canot
        • Navajo, “Our Fathers, Our Grandfathers, Our Heroes”
        • Nelson Reed, “The Caste War of Yucatan”
        • Richard Berber, “The Devil’s Crown”
        • Rituals of War, Zainab Bahrani
        • Scott Shay, “The History of English”
        • Sexuality & Marriage in Colonial Latin America
        • Steel Drivin’ Man – Scott Reynolds Nelson
        • The Bells of Nagasaki
        • The Black Military Experience in the American West
        • The Broken Spears
        • The Day The World Came To Town, 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland, Jim Defede
        • The Face of Pancho Villa, Frederich Katz
        • The Folk Culture of Yucatan, Robert Redfield
        • The Holy Crown of Hungary, Anthony Endrey
        • The Homeless Transient in the Great Depression
        • The Mapmakers Wife, Robert Whitaker
        • The Shaman’s Coat – Anna Reid
        • Tony Horwitz, “A Voyage Long And Strange”
        • Uttermost Part of the Earth, E Lucas Bridges
        • Waiting For Nothing, Tom Kromer
        • When Books Went To Ear, Molly Guptill Manning
        • Wolfram Von Eschenbach, “Parzival”
        • Works of Art – The Unites States Capitol, Government Printing Office
        • 1491, Charles C. Mann
      • Books – Political
        • A Lie And A Libel – Binjamin W. Segal
        • Adios America!, Ann Coulter
        • America by Heart, Sarah Palin
        • An Appraisal of the Protocols of Zion, John Curtiss
        • Come on People, Bill Cosby
        • Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less, Newt Gingrich
        • Fixing Failed States – Ashraf Ghani & Clare Lockhart
        • Getting Off Track
        • Going Rogue, Sarah Palin
        • How to be Right by Greg Gutfeld
        • In The Presence Of My Enemies, Tsipon Shuguba
        • Mugged, Ann Coulter
        • My Grandfather’s Son, Clarence Thomas
        • National Suicide, Martin L. Gross
        • Out Of Kishineff, W C Stiles
        • Plunder and Deceit, Mark Levin
        • Rebel In Chief, Fred Barnes
        • Slander, Ann Coulter
        • The Art of War, Sun Tzu
        • The Case Against Hillery Clinton, Peggy Noonan
        • The CIA Memos
        • The Silencing, Kirsten Powers
        • Things That Matter, Charles Krauthammer
        • Tibetan Journey, Alexandra David-Neel
        • To Set The Record Straight – Scott Swett and Tim Ziegler
        • Triumph Forsaken, Mark Moyar
        • W – The Legacy of President George Bush, The Washington Times
      • Books – Spiritual
        • Gilgamesh, Stephen Mitchell
        • Not Cool, Greg Gutfield
        • The Alaskan Eskimos, Report of the Fifth Thule Expedition 1921-24
        • Warhammer 40,000
        • A Brief Illustrated Guide to Islam
        • A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night, The Dalai Lama
        • Adam’s Rib, Robert Graves
        • Crows and Ravens, Marzluff & Angell
        • Forest of Visions – Alex Polari de Alverga
        • Goddess Meditations
        • John Paul The Great, Peggy Noonan
        • Patterns in Comparative Religion , Mircea Eliade
        • Patterns In Comparative Religion, Mircae Eliade
        • Sacred and Profane Beauty: the Holy in Art, van der Leeun
        • Shamanism, Archaic Techniques Of Ecstacy, Mircae Eliade
        • Shambhala – The Sacred Path of the Warrior
        • St Joseph of Arimathea at Glastonbury, Lionel Lewis
        • The Diamond – Thich Nhat Hahn
        • The Lost Books of the Bible, Bell Publishing
        • The Myth of the Great Secret, Toby Johnson
        • The Myths of the North American Indians, Lewis Spence
        • The Other Bible, Willis Barnstone
        • The Sacred Fire, B. Z. Goldberg
        • The Secret Doctrine, Blavatsky
        • The Serpent and the Goddess, Mary Condren
        • Woman Defamed and Woman Defended
        • Crow Planet, Lyanda Lynn Haupt
        • The Book of Job, The Anchor Bible
      • Books – Technology
        • Michael Cohen, “A Garden of Bristlecones”
        • Programming in Python
        • Scanning Negatives and Slides, Sascha Steinhoff
        • The Golden Ratio – Mario Livio
        • Windows Command-Line Administration
      • Philatily
        • Methuen Handbook of Color
    • Climate Change
      • A Conversation
      • Myths And Facts
      • The Coming Ice Age
    • Some Thoughts on Things Political
      • Trump and Putin Meeting 7/2018
      • The Housing Boom And Bust – Thomas Sowell
    • America and the Middle East
    • Timeline – The Origin of Israel
    • A Journey To Jerusalem
    • My Earliest Memories
    • The Shining City Upon A Hill, Ronald Reagan
    • Computing a Lifetime
    • The pussyfication of America
    • Stamp Sheet Inventory – Germany
  • St. Leo Class of 63
    • 1960 Year Book
    • 1961 Year Book
    • 1962 Year Book
    • 1963 Year Book
    • 50th Reunion
  • The Tao of La Due
    • Born to be Wild – Steppenwolf
    • Daughter of Mine – John McDermott
    • Hard Working Man – Brooks and Dunn
    • I Won’t Back Down – Johnny Cash
    • Jesus Take The Wheel – Carrie Underwood
    • Positively 4th Street – Bob Dylan
    • Small Town Southern Man – Alan Jackson
    • Still in Saigon – Charlie Daniels Band
    • The Boxer – Simon & Garfunkle
    • The Hard Way Every Time – Jim Croce
    • Where The Stars And Stripes And The Eagle Fly – Arron Tippin
  • Vietnam Memories
    • A General Chronology in Pictures
      • Nam – Page 2
      • Nam – Page 3
      • Nam – Page 4
      • Nam – Page 5, Gallery
    • How We Got There
    • U.S. Army Publications
      • U.S. Army
        • Tour 365 – My Copy
      • U.S. Army Vietnam
        • Uptight – 1969 Winter
        • Uptight – 1970 Fall
      • 1st Logistical Command
        • 1st Log – 1968 April
        • 1st Log – Early Undated
      • Saigon Support Command
        • Saigon Support Command – Autumn 1968
  • Decline & Fall

Books – Political

Here one will find the books I have read that are associated with politics, usually but not exclusively American politics. The titles and authors alone will give you some idea of my leanings. If anything offends…get over it.

A Lie And A Libel

Adios America!, Ann Coulter

America by Heart by Sarah Palin

An Appraisal of the Protocols of Zion

Come on People by Bill Cosby

Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less

Fixing Failed States

Getting Off Track

Going Rogue by Sarah Palin

How to be Right by Greg Gutfeld

In The Presence Of My Enemies

Mugged by Ann Coulter

My Grandfather’s Son, Clarence Thomas

National Suicide

Out Of Kishineff

Plunder and Deceit, Mark Levin

Rebel In Chief

Slander by Ann Coulter

The Art of War

The Case Against Hillery Clinton

The CIA Memos

The Housing Boom And Bust

The Silencing, Kirsten Powers

Things That Matter, Charles Krauthammer

Tibetan Journey

To Set The Record Straight

Triumph Forsaken

W – The Legacy of President George Bush

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