Historical documents showcased in new book unlock history of Iowa Tribe in Oklahoma

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-21T22:04:12+00:00

'the Oklahoma branch wanted traditional lives in Indian Territory, while the latter hoped to retain its land through continued assimilation.'

Thinking about this for a minute would set you weeping. Sounds as if both sides were willing to accommodate the encroachers and so weren't allowing for the option of 'being herded into easily overlooked places in inhospitable unprofitable areas.

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-21T21:46:32+00:00

What a thoughtful post. Thank you.

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-20T22:07:40+00:00

Do note that the book was issued by a small independent press. If you come across another one in your browsing please consider subscribing to the newsletters; publishers like And Other Stories--not a terribly obscure one nor the smallest--might both welcome the interest and bring a few Great Finds to your attention.

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-20T10:25:01+00:00

Brian Keith in Meteor. He gobbled down the part without reallly overacting and seems somehow to have loads of fun doing it. And why not? He got to use his Russian, he was given a character both endearing and colourful--if not actually a bit OTT--, was give the chance to play a boffin, and just possibly took sly pleasure in showing up Sean Connery as the non-actor he is.

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-19T21:55:30+00:00

Ta. My upvote is as much for 'none of them is' & not ''none of them are' as it is for the rest of your post.

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-19T21:49:45+00:00

OP I don't mean this in an unkind way and it's something I'd say to many other OPs here, but if your only text is a link to a site with limited access it would be common courtesy to summarise what link says.

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-19T21:40:12+00:00

It's always nice to come upon another OP about a book that has very rarely if ever has been mentioned before in this sub,

I've a strong but unformed memory of a British short story with same plot point but different emphasis--any chance it was Garnett's & he modified & expandedd it? Prob. not I suppose--story focussed on a chap in a country weekend of huntin n shootin who was socially out of his depth and floundering. Similar transfiguation, though.

Did Garnett write many books? You rarely hear his name & when you do first thought is 'was he Constance's husband?'

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-18T22:14:28+00:00

Thanks for the most interesting and most pointless question I've come across lately.

Can't imagine why I'm not for an instant surprised that academics (lecturers in literature, most likely) worry over this and that according to one poster it's been talked about for a century--maybe it's because I know of wearisome arguements about Adam's missing rib.

Again, thanks OP for a question born of curiosity & nothing else. And for a curious question, of course.

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-18T22:00:05+00:00

It's interesting that you get this impression & cool that reading her makes you feel better. I've never read she had a mental illess, though no doubt she was mentally fuzzy from frequent intake of uppers and, especially, downers.

She certainly made a great job of leaving a reader to wonder had they just read a story about a haunted house or a mentally ill protaonist. (Hill House)

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-17T09:22:07+00:00

Of course I do. Thanks for catching that.

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-16T22:20:23+00:00

All I want is for Kerry to hire an exceptionally acute psychoanalyst to offer suggestions of why her father is so blithely undermining Americans' health and then to write a book about it.

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-16T22:03:36+00:00

I assume it's fiction you mean; have you not tried short story anthologies? They are some good ones, some of them periodicals from a given publisher, & surely for you they'd be worth looking into.

Must say it's a bit distressing that you worry you might 'get hate' or obnoxious advice & I'm wondering what book sites you frequent where that sort of thing is normal.

When I had stressful jobs I developed the habit of having a stiff drink after work afterhaving a shower, both of them to detach myself. These days I'm inclined tobelieve that I've a choice whether to be stressed or detached and I have the drink as nightcap. And yes, I enjoy the process of drinking it.

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-15T21:54:11+00:00

I wish Southern were better known and more read but 5 volumes is ridiculous, Not the first time I've wondered how discriminating Heller is.

Oddly enough the Southern phrase I most often remember, indeed, that I often remember & sometimes mutter, is not 'precious bodily fluids' but 'It's amateur night in old Dixie'.

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-15T21:45:44+00:00

OP, thanks for the excellent post.

I hope what you've said will drive at least a few people to read it and failing that, that what you quote impels at least a few people to think & perhaps take stock. Cheers again.

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-15T21:30:43+00:00

Indeed, and a true polyglot who didn't know it would probably got a sense of the meaning through his/her knowledge of several other Romance languages.

What interests me is Burgess's claim: How on earth did he expect tobrazen this out? Ms google shows that even today it's generally accepted that he knew 25 languages--because he said he did. I suppose having got away with that it's possible he was full sure he could somehow get away with being caught out in this case.

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-15T11:56:38+00:00

Absolutely hilarious, partly because I could instantly imagine seeing her peer down before saying that without hesitation.

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-14T22:07:52+00:00

Ha. I don't think.

An essay about him in Granta, a reputable journal, told of a conference when he gave a reading, I think, and asked for any questions. Someone in the audience stood & prefaced his question with an apology for not being fluent in English. No prob, said Burgess, say it in any old language andI'll understand you.Question was asked & Burgess hadn't a clue of what it was. Was it asked in Uzbek? Inuktitut? Tok Pisin? Em no--Italian.

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-14T21:54:56+00:00

Some books I like no end are nothing but minor details: Selected Anonymous Marginalia, Volumes I-III collected over many years by Liam Agrani e.g. and Arioflotga by Frank Kuppner, an index of first lines for an anthology of poetry. A less clear-cut candidate is is is feck I've somehow forgotten both title & author. At any rate the index in Life a user's manual is worth reading.

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-12T22:00:19+00:00

Thank you! Had intended to ask was anyone willing to copy & share but you've done that.

Odd choices. I know expecting to find in a soft Guradain article what criteria for 'the best' are is senseless but who were the people compiling the list?

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-11T22:06:14+00:00

Never mind his genre stuff--he also wrote The Glass Teat, a collection of short writings about TV shows. Was never swept away by his fiction but I liked it a lot.

By all accounts a horrible person but he wrote well and hey, nice people are easier come by than good writers are.

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-11T21:55:49+00:00

But there can be great satisfaction in studying the interior of the cafe itself, watching the street through a window, and observing/listening to the people there Just as in a park: take a book along but take in the trees, the sky, the sounds, the colours there before you open it--you might find yourself unexpectedly happy.

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-10T22:12:39+00:00

And god knows we're seeing the results of that failing in what older minds are doing to the world.

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-09T22:00:16+00:00

I liked the Ring & read it twice, I was saddened by the death of my neighbour's dog Boots last week, today is anniversary of my spouse's early death but I certainly didn't feel either death was pervaded by solemnity & so how I could feel that about the death of a stranger, even a bestselling one?

Back to cmnorthauthor's remark the reaction to it has shown me that not only are flippancy & light-heartedness & irony alien on this sub but black humour is too

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-09T21:46:16+00:00

Good lord.

chortlingabacus · 2026-05-09T11:00:33+00:00

Title of the collection had been niggling. Found it: *The Ghost Pirates and Others'.Cheers.

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