Tag: books
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“Captain Blood” – Rafael Sabatini (1922)
YES!!! I loved this book – it was so much fun to read! Buckles were being swashed left and right, booty was plundered, mizzen masts were hoisted, high seas were sailed, brigands were run through with rapiers, and love was in the air!! Captain Blood is pure, escapist, privateering fun on par with Robert Louis…
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“The Clansman,” by Thomas Dixon (1905)
Wow, this is far and away the most offensive book I’ve ever read – and that is really saying something, because I kind of read offensive literature for a hobby (i.e. this blog). The venomous and unrelenting racism is bad enough, but one of my privileges as a white person is being able to close…
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