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EtiquetasVol II (122), notes not yet transcribed (70), unreviewed (67), Vol I (53), notes transcribed (24), notes partially transcribed (5) — ver todas as etiquetas

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Sobre mimMy father, John Whyte (1928-1990), kept records of every book he read; and up to the mid-1960s, wrote mini-reviews of them as well. This catalogue is my effort to preserve his notes, written at the time of reading (so several decades ago).

He was himself the author of Interpreting Northern Ireland (1991); Catholics in Western Democracies: A Study in Political Behaviour (1981); Church and State in Modern Ireland, 1923-1979 (1980); and The Independent Irish Party,1850-9 (1958), as well as numerous other papers on Irish history and politics.

Sobre a minha bibliotecaMy father noted at least the name of every book he read. If I have tagged the book "unreviewed", then that is all he did. If he did write notes, but I have have not yet begune to transcribe them, the book is tagged "notes not yet transcribed". Sometimes his notes were rather more extensive than my own interest in the book's subject matter, and there I have tended to transcribe only his concluding paragraph which gives his overall feeling about the book, with the tag "notes partially transcribed". If the book is tagged "notes fully transcribed" then I've put it all on-line.

My philosophy has been to transcribe only his notes on books which other Library Thing users have catalogues, unless I found them of particular interest (eg "The Next generation", by J.F. Maguire).

There are ten volumes of notebooks; I am currently finishing Volume II.

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I am so pleased to find your site, and hope you won't mind that I have added it to my "interesting libraries." I think your project is most worthwhile, and your father, born in the same year as I was, is a man after my own heart. I too have recorded the name and author of every book I have ever read, and since 1944 the date I have finished reading it and since 1969 a comment on what I thought after I finished reading it. Your father's notes are more erudite than are mine, and your putting them on this site is a work of great merit, I think.

The "members with" for your site shows me, but I was surprised to see that dbstgb, who has 8538 books listed is listed above me, though we have the same number of your books and my listings are almost only half of his. Why is he listed above me? Who knows.

Can I ask where you live? I live in Iowa.

Admiringly,
Schmerguls
Read his Church State. An excellent book and still the only thig worth reading on the topic
Thanks so much for sharing this!
What a great and valuable project! I look forward to reading more of your father’s reviews. Good luck on the remaining volumes!
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