Podcast: The Daily Stoic
Episode: Paul Kix On The Civil Rights Movement And What It Means To Be Courageous
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Buy on Amazon"Have you read that Emerson biography yet? I'm like halfway through it."
Emerson
Buy on Amazon"But I had the experience of that and with the Emerson book, 'Mind on Fire,' that you recommended where I can only make it like three or four pages, and I have to stop."
Freak Kingdom
Buy on Amazon"I also just read this book like, um, I read this book 'Freak Kingdom' or 'Kingdom of Freaks' that it's about by this creative writing professor, but it's about the political activism and writings of Hunter S. Thompson. Oh."
Reclaim Your Nest Egg
Buy on Amazon"But you had recommended that Kamen's book. Oh yeah, that's another one that writing is incredible."
Gone to Texas: A History of the Lone Star State
Buy on Amazon"Um, yeah, he wrote this book 'Lone Star,' which is a history of Texas, which is incredible."
This Kind of War
Buy on Amazon"And then he also wrote this book about the Korean War which he fought in called 'This Kind of War.' That's also incredible."
Empire of the Summer Moon
Buy on Amazon"Well see, so his book 'Empire of the Summer Moon' was the one I was like, oh, I love this book."
The Immense Journey
Buy on Amazon"Okay, Lauren Eiseley's 'The Immense Journey.' It's a history of nothing less than the entire Earth's evolution."
United States Code, 1976 Ed., Supplement 1-
Buy on Amazon"So in a lot of ways like this title itself, I wasn't writing toward this title, but when my editor was like this is a quote from the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, she's like what do you think of this as a book?"
The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
Buy on Amazon"Yeah, 'The New New Thing,' I love that book."
First Principles
Buy on Amazon"No, he wrote about the generals in Iraq and then wrote this great book on the founding fathers called 'First Principles', but he also wrote a history of the Civil Rights Movement from the perspective of a military historian."
Waging a Good War
Buy on Amazon"Did you read Tom Ricks' book, 'A Good War'? Was that the one on the generals?"