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Abominable
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Dan Simmons
jeannest
, February 17, 2015
Dan Simmons is a master of this genre of historical fiction. His description of Everest and climbing there left me freezing and with vertigo, even when I knew I was on solid ground. His use of narrative and facts had me constantly reminding myself this is fiction. It is a page turner with some O. Henry or Frederick Forsyth twists.
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When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II
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Molly Guptill Manning
jeannest
, January 30, 2015
Molly Guptill Manning's When Books Went to War is destined to become as indispensable to students of World War II, serious and otherwise, as the best scholarly or technical works on the subject available. It is not just a book about books, but one of people and ideas. The book is beautifully written with eloquent and emotion evoking prose. As one reads it becomes crystal clear that those little pocket book Armed Services Editions were as important to the winning of the war as all the planes, tanks, guns and bullets produced.
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Gods Almost Chosen Peoples A Religious History of the American Civil War
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George C Rable
jeannest
, September 07, 2011
This is a book that has been needed for a long time. Despite its size (400 pages of text and 170 pages of notes and bibliography) it is a fascinating read. Dr. Rable gives us a scholarly, well balanced history of how religion was a major factor in events both before and during the Civil War. By the time you are finished you will have a new understanding and perception of this divisive war and our history. You will almost believe this was a holy war rather than one for any other cause. It takes a while to read it but, you will not be disappointed when you do.
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Ratification the People Debate the Constitution 1787 1788
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Maier, Pauline
jeannest
, January 01, 2011
Pauline Maier has given us a book that will be the measure of all books on the subject of the ratification of the Constitution. Much has been written on the convention creating the document itself. Now we see all of the drama, excitement, fear and finally acceptance that went on at the various ratifying conventions of the states. Even though one knows what the outcome will be, you can't help but get caught up in the story. You cheer for your side and hiss the opposition. With so many players of greatness on each side and the results never a sure thing, Dr. Maier keeps us on the edge of our seat to the end. The book is big with almost 500 pages of reading text and this does not include the notes and index. Then again so is the subject covered. If anything negative can be said, it maybe that she goes into too much detail, but that is small compared to the richness such detail adds to the story and the drama it adds. Pauline Maier is a professor at MIT and the author of several books on this period. One of her previous books American Scripture, on the Declaration of Independence, won several awards and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award. She now has given us the another act in the play of the American story. I hope it is not the last one and that she will follow this with a book on the Bill of Rights, a concern that plays such a prominent role in this book and adds to the drama. It too will hold our attention to the end. Until then read this book and her book American Scripture. They both are worth your time.
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