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While reading the long running Adventure Gear thread, it put me in mind to make a post regarding adventure reading.
I highly recommend 'Mad Mike' Hoare's works. He has lived as adventuresome a life as any man living: a soldier in the British army during the Second World War, a motorcyclist who rode from South Africa to Egypt in the 50s, a mercenary leader in the Congo in the 60s where he was given his nickname, a sailor on his own ship with his family as crew for three years.
His books chronicling those adventures are concise rather than bloated. His style informs the readers without drowning them in verbiage. His sense of humor tends to self-effacement, though the foibles of others are not ignored. While obviously a well educated man, his displays are for the purpose of enhancing the reader's enjoyment.
Like many of the residents of the Lounge, he too looked to the past as a nourishing wellspring. In his most recent book, "Mike Hoare's Adventures in Africa", his fascination with the great 19th century explorers is most obvious. Released only this year, the author is, I believe, 92 and his writing has more agility than author's a third of his age.
I highly recommend 'Mad Mike' Hoare's works. He has lived as adventuresome a life as any man living: a soldier in the British army during the Second World War, a motorcyclist who rode from South Africa to Egypt in the 50s, a mercenary leader in the Congo in the 60s where he was given his nickname, a sailor on his own ship with his family as crew for three years.
His books chronicling those adventures are concise rather than bloated. His style informs the readers without drowning them in verbiage. His sense of humor tends to self-effacement, though the foibles of others are not ignored. While obviously a well educated man, his displays are for the purpose of enhancing the reader's enjoyment.
Like many of the residents of the Lounge, he too looked to the past as a nourishing wellspring. In his most recent book, "Mike Hoare's Adventures in Africa", his fascination with the great 19th century explorers is most obvious. Released only this year, the author is, I believe, 92 and his writing has more agility than author's a third of his age.
