tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-547276048038789798.post5789304342650660592..comments2024-02-26T10:14:10.039-08:00Comments on Deflation Land: A book thread for JHKchristiangustafsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07216348353801614419noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-547276048038789798.post-54321108773478230542016-03-31T06:11:40.646-07:002016-03-31T06:11:40.646-07:00I usually skip over these book posts, but I notice...I usually skip over these book posts, but I noticed you had Across the Wide Missouri in this one. My wife and I stayed in a cabin in the Rocky Mountains several years ago, for a few weeks. I read this book while we were there. It was great to imagine this guy riding around the area in the 1800's hunting and trapping. It does get a little hit and miss at times, being the nature of a journal. There are a lot of great gems though, about running into all different types of Native Americans, most good, some not so good. Some of my favorite entries involve hunting/killing bears, then roasting the meat over a fire. We will never know the intense pleasure these guys had, eating this meat after going so long without real food. What was likely a pretty awful meal, tasted better to them at that time than anything we will ever taste. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-547276048038789798.post-48988811765588035572016-03-30T19:48:05.606-07:002016-03-30T19:48:05.606-07:00No, but it looks terrific, and is almost free in p...No, but <a href="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=Russell&bi=0&bx=off&ds=20&recentlyadded=all&sortby=17&sts=t&tn=Journal+of+a+Trapper" rel="nofollow">it looks terrific, and is almost free in paperback.</a><br /><br />I loved DeVoto's historical narrative of the French loose in the American wilds.<br /><br />I'll look that up, thanks!christiangustafsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07216348353801614419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-547276048038789798.post-29263634795494632212016-03-30T19:17:55.465-07:002016-03-30T19:17:55.465-07:00Hey CG, have you ever read Osbourne Russell's ...Hey CG, have you ever read Osbourne Russell's Journal of a Trapper? <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-547276048038789798.post-80643148407372325892016-03-29T09:40:46.610-07:002016-03-29T09:40:46.610-07:00Oh well, gave it a shot.Oh well, gave it a shot.christiangustafsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07216348353801614419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-547276048038789798.post-31746838663878384642016-03-29T08:16:11.968-07:002016-03-29T08:16:11.968-07:00Scott, I really don't want to go back to moder...Scott, I really don't want to go back to moderating comments again. It's a real PITA. Behave, please, and spare me the bother.<br /><br />Look at the 2008 tape, if you're looking for red doom candles in the markets again, then the May-July window is promising.<br /><br />Until then, there is nothing at all bearish here, and the vols and vol ETFs are making new lows.<br /><br />The good news is, I found a nice copy of DeVoto's edited journals of Lewis and Clark at Magus Books in Seattle yesterday. That and the Ron Coase econ book.christiangustafsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07216348353801614419noreply@blogger.com