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The Rest Is History
The hosts referred to the Master and Commander novels as a cultural reference while describing Custer's enthusiasm for collecting fossils and scientific pursuits.
There's the 7th Cavalry... He's got boxes and boxes of stuff. I mean, he's a man of enthusiasm. He's maturing in the Master and Commander novels.
— Episode: 450. Custer's Last Stand: Death in the B...
Episode: 450. Custer's Last Stand: Death in the Black Hills...
The hosts referred to the Master and Commander novels as a cultural reference while describing Custer's enthusiasm for collecting fossils and scientific pursuits.
There's the 7th Cavalry... He's got boxes and boxes of stuff. I mean, he's a man of enthusiasm. He's maturing in the Master and Commander novels.
Episode: 12 Days: Port wine and Darwin sets sail
The hosts mentioned the novel while discussing a film adaptation, noting its relevance to the Darwin story, but did not explicitly recommend reading it.
the film which I saw, what's it, Master and Commander, the one played by Paul Bettany, it seemed to me pretty clearly model on Darwin
