The Books of The Walking Drum, a List.
Woogeroo
In the book by Louis L'Amour "The Walking Drum",
the hero Kerbouchard reads many books, and below is the listing of
those he read.
Along the way he also mentions certain people, that may have material
available about them.
The author also mentions two other books in an Author's Note.
The books of The Walking Drum:
Vegetius On the Tactics of the Roman Legion
Illustrious Lives, by Plutarch
Chronology of ancient Nations, by al-Biruni
Almagest of Ptolemy / Ptolemy's Almagest (available on bn.com)
- One of the most influential scientific works in history and the
basic textbook of astronomy for over 1,000 years.
writings of al-Farabi on Aristotle
Averroes - qadi of Cordoba / given name: ibn-Rushd
Maimonides - Jewish Scholar also of Cordoba
Pericles of Athens
Canon of Avicenna - more than a million words on the practice of
medicine <- available on bn.com
- Ibn S. Avicenna
The Book of the Balance of Wisdom, by al-Khazani - account of the
hydrostatics & mechanics of the time
Essays of the dream pool, by Shen Kua
Plautas <- writer ?
Rhazes <- writer
Alhazen <- writer ?
al-biruni <- mentioned above
Geography of al-Idrisi
Erastosthenes - scholar of 194 B.C. in Alexandria / devised a method
for calculating the diameter of the earth
al-Mamun - in 829, figured the diameter of the earth to be 7,850 miles
translations of Hippocrates & Galen by Hunayn ibn-Ishaq (translations
to what langauge, I have no idea)
work on surgery, by Albucasis
Index of Sciences compiled by al-Nadim in 988 (is this just a listing
of sciences?)
Writings of:
Heraclitus
Socrates
Plato
Empedocles
Pythagoras
Galen
The Qabus Nama by Kai Ka'us ibn-Iskander the Prince of Gurgan
[written in 1082, a book of advice to his son]
Writings of al-Bakri
The Periplus to the Erythean Sea
Hudad al-Alam - geography and guide, written in 982
China, The Turk and India by Sharaf al-Zaman Tahir Marvazion
alchemy, The Writings of Jabir ibn-Hayyan (Geber)
The Writings of al-Rhazi - chemical science
Commentaries - Julius Caesar
From the Chinese of: Tseng kung-liang[title] Wu Ching Tsung
Yao(original title)
- translated means: Compendium of Military Art, written in 1044
Writings of:
- Virgil
- Theophrastus
- Dioscorides
mentioned a poultice of agrimony, leaves of dittany, daisy & wild
delphinium(for healing wounds)
Chronogrophia by Michael Psellus
Alexiad - account of Emperor Alexius I (1069-1118) written by his
daughter Anna Comnena
The writings of:
- Procopius
- Menander
History of Sallami - describes the building of the castle of Alamut
Ayennamagh - translated into Arabic by ibn-al-Muqaffa
- compiled during the years of the Sassanian Empire of
Persia
- a compilation of history, court annals, government
regulations, and laws,
containing discussions in war as well as politics,
archery and divination.
Below are mentions of people:
Belisarius - Justinian's Great General
Strabo - a geographer of ancient times.
Xenophon's Ten Thousand, retreating after the death of Cyrus... ate
honey that drove them mad
the honey was made from the Azalea and contains a Narcotic
Jivika, the personal physician of Bimbisara, of Magadha
- a child of a courtesan of Rajagriha
-left to die, found by Prince Abhaya
-Studied at Taxila(a great medical school of the time)
In the Author's note the following books are mentioned:
History of the World Conqueror by 'Ata-Malik Juvaini
- translated form the Persian by John Andrew Doyle
Science in traditional China, by Joseph Needham
-woogeroo
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