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Originally Posted by phatdaddy
no problem, think the scallop thread is about dead anyway
i love to talk jd
are u still reading t mcgee in order
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A couple of years ago you mentioned John D. MacDonald in a post.
I have read all but one of James W. Hall's books and identify with his character Thorn quite a bit. In one of the later books in the series Hall gives MacDonald a mention that Thorn had the entire Travis McGee series.
Started off with Darker than Amber that I found at a garage sale. Was hooked on John D after reading the first page. Have accumulated probably 75% of the Travis McGee series through ebay, you, and hit the mother lode of 23 John D. books at Goodwill in St Augustine while on a 3 day vacation last year. It was cool to find them all, but kinda felt bad at the same time, because I'll bet some old dude who thinks and appreciates things like us here probably kicked the bucket and his family cleaned out the house and donated them. Have read Darker than Amber, The Last One Left (which features a 20' T-Craft prominantly, John D's personal boat in real life. Chapter 3 especially talks about the boat and mentions the hull's attributes and offshore racing lineage, much like a 20 footer we all appreciate), Condominium, A Man of Affairs, The Deep Blue Goodby, The Lonely Silver Rain, and currently Barrier Island. Gonna amass the entire McGee series completly before continuing it so I can go in order. Only need a few more.
A few years back I was surfing ebay and ran across a black and white photograph of MacDonald running his 20' T-Craft that was selling for cheap, something like 6 or 7 bucks. Didn't really know much about him at the time, but wished I had because it would be sweet to have that picture hanging in the office or garage.