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I would give this book five stars except that it's so damned heartwrenching. Stein does a superb job of bringing out emotion. I finished the book with tears streaming down my cheeks, and I cannot recall the last time that happened. This is a great book.
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This book came close to making me physically ill..not because of the subject matter (slavery), but because of the spineless, simpering family who were ASHAMED of their family six generations back. I resent the hours of my life lost reading this.
Lanterns on the Levee is a magnificent look at a bygone culture; the Southern planter class. William Percy, a man of letters, offers his perspective on his life and the region of the Mississippi Delta. A must-read for any student of the Lost Cause.
This is a much brighter perspective than Theroux had in "Railway Bazaar"; the reader will get far more out of the book if he has read its predecessor. Theroux's musings and reminisces, as well as his perspective on the many places he visits and people he meets, make this well worth the time. I was disappointed when I finished it, only because I wouldn't have more to read!
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A disappointment; the author, brilliant as he usually is, doesn't seem to have any purpose or direction in the book, and unfortunately doesn't even seem to have any interest in the travel itself. This will not be a classic travel book.
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The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Robert Schindler, September 27, 2009
I would give this book five stars except that it's so damned heartwrenching. Stein does a superb job of bringing out emotion. I finished the book with tears streaming down my cheeks, and I cannot recall the last time that happened. This is a great book.(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)
Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History by Thomas Norman Dewolf
Robert Schindler, September 27, 2009
This book came close to making me physically ill..not because of the subject matter (slavery), but because of the spineless, simpering family who were ASHAMED of their family six generations back. I resent the hours of my life lost reading this.Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter's Son (Library of Southern Civilization) by William Alexa Percy
Robert Schindler, September 10, 2009
Lanterns on the Levee is a magnificent look at a bygone culture; the Southern planter class. William Percy, a man of letters, offers his perspective on his life and the region of the Mississippi Delta. A must-read for any student of the Lost Cause.Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
Robert Schindler, March 5, 2009
This is a much brighter perspective than Theroux had in "Railway Bazaar"; the reader will get far more out of the book if he has read its predecessor. Theroux's musings and reminisces, as well as his perspective on the many places he visits and people he meets, make this well worth the time. I was disappointed when I finished it, only because I wouldn't have more to read!(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)
Roads: Driving America's Greatest Highways by Larry Mcmurtry
Robert Schindler, February 12, 2009
A disappointment; the author, brilliant as he usually is, doesn't seem to have any purpose or direction in the book, and unfortunately doesn't even seem to have any interest in the travel itself. This will not be a classic travel book.(1 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)
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