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Harold Titus
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Thank You for the Opportunity

Post by Harold Titus » Wed December 28th, 2011, 1:44 am

Thank you for providing a forum for people like me to be able to read what avid historical fiction readers appreciate and to be able to comment. I'm a retired 8th grade English and American history teacher and the author of "Crossing the River," a historical novel about the start of the American Revolution. What a pleasure it is to learn about what certain people caused that is now of the past, how other people coped, and how universal human nature is regardless of time and circumstance.

My wife and I have enjoyed 15 years of retired living on the central Oregon coast.

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donroc
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Post by donroc » Wed December 28th, 2011, 2:10 am

Welcome and enjoy.
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Bodo the Apostate, a novel set during the reign of Louis the Pious and end of the Carolingian Empire.

http://www.donaldmichaelplatt.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXZthhY6 ... annel_page

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MLE (Emily Cotton)
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Joined: August 2008
Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
Location: California Bay Area

Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Wed December 28th, 2011, 5:51 am

Hi Harold, and welcome. Where on the Oregon coast do you live? Back in the last century I used to run electronics from the Coast Guard station in Astoria as far as Coos Bay.

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boswellbaxter
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Post by boswellbaxter » Wed December 28th, 2011, 6:10 am

Welcome, Harold!
Susan Higginbotham
Coming in October: The Woodvilles


http://www.susanhigginbotham.com/
http://www.susanhigginbotham.com/blog/

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Vanessa
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Joined: August 2008
Currently reading: The Farm at the Edge of the World by Sarah Vaughan
Interest in HF: The first historical novel I read was Katherine by Anya Seton and this sparked off my interest in this genre.
Favourite HF book: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell!
Preferred HF: Any
Location: North Yorkshire, UK

Post by Vanessa » Wed December 28th, 2011, 11:22 am

Welcome, Harold. I hope you enjoy it here!
currently reading: My Books on Goodreads

Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind

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Madeleine
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Currently reading: "The Girl in the Painting" by Kirsty Ferry
Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
Location: Essex/London

Post by Madeleine » Wed December 28th, 2011, 11:36 am

Hi Harold and welcome.
Currently reading "The Girl in the Painting" by Kirsty Ferry

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Post by Carla » Wed December 28th, 2011, 3:28 pm

Hello and welcome!
PATHS OF EXILE - love, war, honour and betrayal in Anglo-Saxon Northumbria
Editor's Choice, Historical Novels Review, August 2009
Now available as e-book on Amazon Kindleand in Kindle, Epub (Nook, Sony Reader), Palm and other formats on Smashwords
Website: http://www.carlanayland.org
Blog: http://carlanayland.blogspot.com

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fljustice
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Post by fljustice » Wed December 28th, 2011, 4:12 pm

Welcome Harold! Looking forward to chatting with you on the threads.
Faith L. Justice, Author Website
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SarahWoodbury
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Post by SarahWoodbury » Thu December 29th, 2011, 5:04 am

Hi Harold! Welcome to the forum from the 'dry side' of Oregon (Pendleton)!

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sweetpotatoboy
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Location: London, UK

Post by sweetpotatoboy » Thu December 29th, 2011, 10:41 am

Welcome to the forum. Good to have you here.

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