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I think dad was a closet reader.

Sld1959

Sld1959

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Since dad passed a year ago in December we have been going through his stuff, at moms pace. This past weekend we were going through some boxes and came across a box of books.

Now this was odd as dad almost never read books, perhaps 2 Chicken Soup for the Soul books per year my wife would buy him and a technical manual for something he was fixing was about it. Maybe one of my bowhinter magazines up at the cabin.

Apparently he read more than I knew, and was a fan of Jerry Ahern, the old time gun writer and novelist. The box had what looked to be his entire Survivalist series, 80s trendy popular post apocalyptic fiction. I read through a couple and really cannot speak for dad's tastes lol. They were, interesting... the main character was a combination of James Bond, Mcgiver, and the Punisher. He did put in his love of Detonics pistols big time in it as it was John Rourkes favorite pistol. I remember Ahearn loved them so much he actually bought the company at one point. Overall I think his gun reviews were superior. There was a pretty decent Survival manual he wrote in there however. I gave the box to my nephews.

I was pleasantly surprised that my dad enjoyed reading, a passtime that has been a favorite of mine all my life.
 
As a younger kid, I used to love reading the ‘80 post apocalyptic war series. There was a series that prob had 20 short novels. Man I wish I could remember what they were named. All i know is they drove around in an Air Force Base Security Cadillac Gage Commando armored car to secure various places they had to go across the U.S.
 
KillerFord1977 said:
As a younger kid, I used to love reading the ‘80 post apocalyptic war series. There was a series that prob had 20 short novels. Man I wish I could remember what they were named. All i know is they drove around in an Air Force Base Security Cadillac Gage Commando armored car to secure various places they had to go across the U.S.
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I happen to own that entire series The Guardians by Richard Austin.
 
Sld1959 said:
I happen to own that entire series The Guardians by Richard Austin.
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Thats the Series !!!!

Man o man .. thanks for letting me know.
Damn that brings back memories as a kid just reading non stop. Couldnt get enough of that type of stuff

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KillerFord1977 said:
Thats the Series !!!!

Man o man .. thanks for letting me know.
Damn that brings back memories as a kid just reading non stop. Couldnt get enough of that type of stuff

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You are welcome. It's funny I had the entire series and it got sold off at some yard sale. Then about 5 years ago while I was off on recovery for about 4 months total from back to back hip replacements I was looking for sonething to read, a series. So I looked them up on antiquarian books sites and got them all.
 
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