My Life On The Plains (Annotated)
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In maths, those who get firsts are called Wranglers, seconds are senior optimes, and thirds are junior optimes. A few correspondents thought that the Bursar's particular choice of vegetable might have been motivated by an old episode of the BBC Goon Show radio comedy programme, where a sketch goes in part:. Tie him to a stake? Connects a reference to the Nightmare on Elm Street series of horror movies with the tentative title for a Good Omens sequel: The circumstances may become less mysterious once you realise that charcoal, sulphur and saltpetre are the basic ingredients of gunpowder.
Also, there actually exists a condiment called Wow-Wow Sauce, which was popular during the s. More information can be found in the Discworld Companion , and an actual recipe is given in Nanny Ogg's Cookbook. So good they named it Ankh-Morpork!
My Life on the Plains
Or, as Terry explains more poignantly in a Sourcery footnote on p. A few people thought these might have been references to a scene in one of the Asterix comics, but this is another case of two authors both using the same, older source. Treacle is another word for molasses, and most people will be familiar with the concept of "a hole in the ground from which you get molasses" through Alice in Wonderland 's Mad Tea Party.
There used to be treacle mines in Bisham near Marlow, on the Thames and in several northern towns, I believe. But the natural treacle was too sharp and coarse for modern tastes and the industry was finally killed off by the bulk import of cheap white sugar in the last century. Shops used to smash the slabs up and sell the solid treacle as sweets. It's quite a different stuff to the crude 'golden syrup' treacle still occasionally sold. Messing around with golden apples or something? In Greek mythology it was a golden apple that indirectly led to the Trojan war and to the accompanying complete division of the divine pantheon into two opposing camps.
Pun on the Vestal virgins priestesses of the goddess Vesta in ancient Rome. We're the wizards around here. I like sherry,' said the Bursar. I used to think and annotated this in previous versions of the APF that was Bursar misremembering the acronym 'VSOP', which indicates a type of brandy, not sherry.
RSVP, of course, stands for "Respondez s'il vous plait" -- please reply [to this invitation]. I have since learned that there actually existed a cheap British-made sherry from grapes grown elsewhere that was called R. Don't block up the hall. In the late 80s, 'Glad To Be Grey' badges were actually commercially available. Finally, there exists a mineral called ixiolite. Note, by the way, that banshees are traditionally supposed to be female creatures. When someone on a. As with other 'real world' Discworld names, like Susan, Victor, Albert, etc, I picked the name because of Albert is an 'old' name.
Reg is a good working class name and has a post-war feel to it. It's hard to explain it further, but all popular names carry a burden of associations. The best examples in the last decade have been Sharon and Tracy; whatever the truth , the perception is that these are working-class, Essex bimbo names, although twenty or thirty years ago they'd have been considered glamorous which is why, the myth runs, the kids got given them.
Reg is a good name for a dependable guy, the sort who runs the skittles league I know this, 'cos my Uncle Reg did The rest of the time I'm just a This interesting twist on the age-old werewolf idea has been thought of and used by others a few times before. I realise that merely by mentioning it here I may have spoilt it for you, but I think the story is still very enjoyable, regardless.
The fires of the forge were barely alive now, but the blade glowed with razor light. The continent referred to in this quote is Australia which means that we are talking here about the Wizards of Oz, right? The actual origin of the name 'XXXX' lies in the number of marks used by Castlemaine to indicate alcoholic strength. Most European beers today are of 4X strength, with some being 3X or even 5X. The corks around the pointy hats refer to the supposedly traditional headwear of Australian Swagmen: Akubra hats with pieces of cork dangling on strings around the wide rim in order to keep the flies off the wearer's face.
Needless to say, you can live a lifetime in Australia and never get to actually see somebody who looks like this. Monty Python's 'Philosophers' sketch is a good send-up of the stereotype. Since then, the stereotype has been reinforced by a series of Australian Tourism Commission ads promoting Australia in the US and Britain on s television, which featured Paul 'Crocodile Dundee' Hogan saying something along the lines of: At the risk of boring you all to death with this, I must admit that I am curious as to the exact wording of that Hogan ad.
I have received extraordinary amounts of mail about this annotation, and so far there have been seven different phrases mentioned, namely:. So, can anybody tell me a whether the ad said 'shrimp' or 'prawn', b whether the "for you" was actually part of the sentence or not, and c whether these poor animals were in fact tossed, thrown, chucked, slapped, shoved, popped, or simply put on the barbie?
Finally, an Australian correspondent tells me that "Don't come the raw prawn with me, sport" is a local saying having a meaning somewhere in between "Pull the other one, it's got bells on" and "Don't give me that crap". Use this information at your own peril.
I have personal knowledge of at least half a dozen men whom he has at various times killed, one of these being at the time a member of my command. A few correspondents thought that the Bursar's particular choice of vegetable might have been motivated by an old episode of the BBC Goon Show radio comedy programme, where a sketch goes in part:. Reg Shoe spun around. In Greek mythology it was a golden apple that indirectly led to the Trojan war and to the accompanying complete division of the divine pantheon into two opposing camps. For those needing a refresher course in Jewish magic, a golem is indeed a clay automaton. I crouched in silence for a few moments, hoping the doctor would return with the lighted fire. For more information on steam engines, see also the annotation for p.
Some time after the above annotation appeared in APF 7. Among those was, indeed, one he did for the internationally targeted campaign, at the end of which he clinches his spiel by saying:. I find it highly ironic that the actual mystery verb turns out to be one that was not mentioned by any of my previous correspondents Thanks to the magic of YouTube, it has now finally become possible for anyone to view the original commercial. An Ouija board is a well-known means of communicating with the dead.
It is a board with letters and symbols on it, and the spirits supposedly move a glass over it and spell out messages. The name 'Ouija' derives from 'oui' and 'ja', two words meaning 'yes', one of the symbols on the board. As Benjamin Franklin once wrote: In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
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This is a reference to the fact that the first nuclear reactor, built by Enrico Fermi, was indeed erected under a squash court. Irrelevant, but interesting, is that for a long time Russian physicists, misled by a poor translation, believed that Fermi's work was done in a 'pumpkin field'.
See the annotation for p. Simnel fought his way through the steam. The joke here is that Ned Simnel is trying to think of a new, better way to power his Combination Harvester, when he is interrupted by the "pointless distraction" of his kettle boiling over. This refers to our world's anecdote about James Watt, who supposedly got his idea for improving the steam engine when he watched the condensing steam from a kettle on the boil. Note that contrary to popular belief, Watt didn't invent the steam engine itself: For more information on steam engines, see also the annotation for p.
He licked his finger and gingerly touched the top of his staff. Gary Cooper does this a few times in the movie Sergeant York. The collection was a document of its time and an important primary source for anyone interested in U. In , just two years before his death, a collection of his magazine articles was published as My Life on the Plains. George Armstrong Custer, in this intensely personal account, made a major contribution to American history.
He eventually met his fate in the battle of Little Big Horn in one of the most notable defeats of American armed forces. Read more Read less.
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He gives a detailed account as well as the story of his boyhood and becoming a warrior. The dramatic true story of a forgotten moment in American History. Readers call it gripping, like they were sitting on the train themselves.
Editorial Reviews. From the Back Cover. This is the personal narrative of the most famous My Life On The Plains (Annotated) - Kindle edition by Gen'l George Armstrong Custer, Galen C Dukes. Download it once and read it on your Kindle. to-read ( people), currently-reading (58 people), history (18 people), biography (10 people), westerns (4 people), memoirs (3 people), own (2 people), .
My Friend the Indian Expanded, Annotated. He knew Custer, Sitting Bull, and Crazy horse. As Indian Agent in Dakota, he witnessed some of America's most dramatic changes and wrote of them here. Independently published July 21, Language: Related Video Shorts 0 Upload your video. Try the Kindle edition and experience these great reading features: Share your thoughts with other customers.
Write a customer review. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. I love the story, the first hand accounts written by Genl G. But, I hate this edition. This Lakeside Classic edition, the special guest commentator M M Quaife, has such an agenda going on. What they have done in this book, he and the editor, have taken it upon themselves to edit Custer. If Custer goes on too long with letters and official notices, inter office information from General to General, they have left it out, omitted it as if it never happened.
If they feel something is not pertinent to the story they leave it out. Right now I am in a place where Custer was court marshalled. Custer didn't stop writing, he kept writing for the Galaxy Magazine, but these " editors " have decided what Custer was writing about wasn't relevant, so they left it out. This My Life on the Plains is Custer!
It is history, it is his writing as he wrote it. But these know it all editors have taken it upon themselves to edit Custer. This isn't the real book at all. You get pieces of Custer. I went and bought the real deal, an hardcover, because I couldn't stand what they have done to his book. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. Great book on the early Western Plains. If you like this book you will also want to read the following similar 99 cent books: Baughman, the Oklahoma Scout: Personal Reminiscences 2.
Wild Bill, the Scout of the Plains 4. Reminiscences of Indian Scouting 5. Dragoon Campaigns to the Rocky Mountains: Custer, as Told by Elizabeth B. Custer was writing a book which became a best-seller. This is history told first-hand. What were you doing at age 28? He was a fearless soldier who had his horse shot out from underneath him a known eleven times during the Civil War, and in the end he was the youngest general this country has ever had at age He was a man who was destined to die young.
He probably knew this, and this could be the reason he decided to put it all down in a book. Hollywood raided his first hand account countless times.