This week I have started reading Beau Geste, by P.C.Wren, to the pre-teen and teenaged boys, along with anyone who is in the kitchen while they are cleaning up after dinner. Reading the book also forces me to stay nearby, keeping the boys from wandering away before the work is done.I will never forget when my father read this book to us - back in 1972 - while we lived in Switzerland. This book remains one of my favorite adventure books, with mystery, romance(very little of the yucky details boys detest), robbery, brotherly love, cowboys, and the French Foreign Legion.
The final battle in the desert is just riveting.
As always, SKIP THE MOVIES! READ THE BOOK!
Ven. Charles de Foucauld lived in a fort similar to the one in the book:
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On the subject of reading, I tagged you for a book meme:
http://milehimama.blogspot.com/2008/02/book-meme.html
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