by Howard Leighton | Jan 2, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History, Nautical, War & Military
This is a history book of an element of the Revolutionary War most likely little known to us as Americans, and certainly not recounted in our elementary or high school education about the War. From 1776 through 1783 a series of about seventeen British ships were used...
by Don Messerschmidt | Nov 8, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History, Nautical, Science & Technology, Travel
I read this well-written, fast-paced historical documentary in (almost) one sitting, with (near the end) Tchaikovsky’s great Fifth Symphony surging along in the background (on Oregon Public Radio) towards its dramatic conclusion. Both the Russian expedition and...
by Addison Fleming | Aug 14, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Books About Books
At present, the most notable members of the “Lost Generation,” a group of American writers reflecting on their experiences during and after the Great War, are Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Gertrude Stein. A significant member of the Lost Generation,...
by Dick Weissman | Jun 30, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Music
John Doe has put together a history of L.A.Punk Music in the 1970s. The contributors include his band-mate Exene Cervenka, Charlotte Caffey, and Jane Weidlin of the Au Go-Go’s, and a half dozen other musicians, music critics, and record producers. The book does a fine...
by Howard Leighton | Feb 13, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, History, War & Military
There are those of us old enough to remember The Swamp Fox, an 8 episode television series presented by Walt Disney about the courageous soldier and leader in America’s Revolutionary War, Francis Marion. This book, by John Oller, takes the romantic embellished...