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Imo the most legit thing to do is to read an old copy of "the c programming language" which is a guide written by the authors of C. The early editions were under 100 pages, super clear to understand, and you'll feel connected with the mentality of the creators. C is a simple and elegant language, much less complex than most modern ones
I'd say it's best to read the ANSI C version, not the original K&R.
Why the old copy? They screwed the book in new publishes?
It's just like 4x longer for no real reason. The language just isn't that hard, and I feel like they were cashing in on publishing a million new editions. C hasn't changed much
Also, random plug for Go, which feels about as simple as C but tackles modern problems better (concurrency, amazing garbage collection, servers, world class tooling). Any C developer will feel comfortable with Go super quickly