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287	I have purchased almost all of the hardbacks through Amazon.com Last time I checked, they also offered a gift setting including all of the books in the...	BigBenn_16	May 9, 2001 3:39 pm
288	They are also available from<br><br><a href=http://www.sea-room.com target=new>http://www.sea-room.com</a><br><br>I have bought stuff from searoom in the past,...	susanwenger	May 9, 2001 3:47 pm
289	I found a gem and wanted to share it with you. Three gems actually. I stopped into a used bookstore and was discussing the books I like with the owner. She...	cavalrysword	May 19, 2001 2:42 am
290	I've read 'Midshipman Easy' and enjoyed it very much. Very light though . . . more like Forester than O'Brian. But it is the obvious inspiration for O'Brian's ...	gearheadrandy	May 19, 2001 5:16 am
291	>>>Kids were smarter back then. . . <br><br>Yes, we were. 8)<br><br>(Do I give great humble, or what?)...	cavalrysword	May 19, 2001 8:32 pm
292	Um . . . or what. 8b<br><br>As long as we're discussing 'other books,' I'd like to recommend to O'Brian fans one of the most amazing novels I've read: 'The ...	gearheadrandy	May 20, 2001 9:27 am
293	As the present subject is 'sea adventure primarily written for children', I wonder has anybody else come across the stories of Andrew Wood? The title I came...	silas1774	May 21, 2001 10:12 pm
294	>>>in the same vein as Captain Marryat, but less 'preachy'<br><br>I just finished the first Marryat book, and I see what you mean about preachy. "Mr. ...	cavalrysword	May 30, 2001 1:19 am
295	The gunroom (subscribe (free) by writing<br><br>subscribe gunroom<br><br>to<br><br>listserv@...<br><br>)<br><br>is going to undertake a "group...	susanwenger	Jun 4, 2001 11:48 am
296	Have just joined club although have been an avid reader for years. Haven't had time to research the messages yet but have to tell someone that I have today ...	daveharrowvilla	Jun 11, 2001 9:25 pm
297	The gunroom has launched today a group read-through of the O'Brian works, starting with "The Golden Ocean," which we will discuss through the month of ...	susanwenger	Jul 1, 2001 9:15 pm
298	Oo, oo!! Thanks! Done!<br>Mark<br><a href=http://sites.netscape.net/mkreuzwieser/norfolksquadron...	mkreuzwieser	Jul 1, 2001 11:31 pm
299	P.S. If you think you missed any of the posts, you can check the gunroom archive at:<br><br><a href=http://mat.gsia.cmu.edu/POB...	susanwenger	Jul 2, 2001 4:28 pm
300	The gunroom will begin discussion "The Unknown Shore" on August 1. Come join us!<br> - Susan...	susanwenger	Jul 28, 2001 2:05 pm
301	I found a three-book series also set in the Napoleanic wars. Author is Tom Connery, titles are A Shred of Honour, Honour Redeemed, and Honour Be ...	cavalrysword	Aug 23, 2001 6:42 am
302	Thanks! This looks good....	susanwenger	Aug 23, 2001 8:13 pm
303	This is a fun series! He meets a French artillery Captain named Bonaparte during the siege of Toulon. Yep, the short guy. Excellent description of Napolean's ...	cavalrysword	Aug 28, 2001 8:09 am
304	I've added a new section to our Photos area dedicated to the Master and Commander movie. As of now there are two photos: one of Heath Ledger, whose name has...	jferer	Aug 28, 2001 12:01 pm
305	Very nice! <br><br>I have a nice photo of Patrick O'Brian. It is a jpeg. How do I put it on the club page?...	susanwenger	Aug 28, 2001 4:25 pm
306	I've put up three pictures I took of O'Brian at the New York Public Library in October, 1999, three months before he died.<br> - Susan...	susanwenger	Aug 29, 2001 12:50 pm
307	Just found you guys, am on my 4th trip through the series, savoring "Mauritius" drop by drop :-)...	seijaro	Sep 2, 2001 3:40 pm
308	wow! 4th trip thru? I am on my third run, currently reading 'The Surgeon's Mate'...I find that each read thru I understand a bit more, characters who pop up...	kevtoomey	Sep 2, 2001 4:39 pm
309	I've just signed on too. Have finished my second reading straight through. I was reaching for Master and Commander yet again but the pile of science fiction...	electrickook	Sep 2, 2001 5:12 pm
310	I'm glad to greet the squeakers, rate them able, assign them watches . . . <br>and I commend to everyone's attention the fact that the gunroom is now ...	susanwenger	Sep 2, 2001 9:52 pm
311	Squeekers is it? Well, the longest journey begins with a single acorn, eh? No, that ain't quite it, but no doubt you get the sense of my meaning....	seijaro	Sep 3, 2001 3:48 am
312	I thought it was something about mighty oaks from single steps grow?...	kevtoomey	Sep 3, 2001 4:19 am
313	No, that ain't it, neither, and now you have put it right out of my mind....	seijaro	Sep 4, 2001 3:18 am
314	Did anyone ever compile a list of Jack's mangled quotes, keeping in mind that a quote in hand would be worth two prime millers on the table? No, that ain't it...	electrickook	Sep 4, 2001 7:58 pm
315	Do you mean that a bird in the hand is worth any amount of beating about the bush?...	seijaro	Sep 4, 2001 9:00 pm
316	John Clifford Vickerman compiled a list once, and posted it on-line, but it's not there now. <br><br>He gave me permission to reprint it in my Mensa Patrick ...	susanwenger	Sep 4, 2001 9:39 pm

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