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Review of Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
Review of Caste: The origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson Rating ***** I first became aware of our nation’s systemic racism after the election of Barak Obama. I always believed that racism was an issue with a small population of extremists. I know now
Review of Save Our Souls
Review of Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder by Matthew Pearl Rating ***** A shipwreck. Survival on an uninhabited island in the Pacific. Then toss in some backstabbing and murder, and you have the story behind Save Our
Review of Wavewalker
Review of Wavewalker: A Memoir of Breaking Free by Suzanne Heywood Rating ***** The author sums up this story with a comment made in one of the final chapters, where she says she felt like she was trapped in someone else’s dream. That dream was
Review of Wastelands
Review of Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial by Corbin AddisonRating ***** Wastelands is a story about odor. It’s also a story about large corporations putting profits above doing the right thing. The book shares a similar theme with the book Toms
Review of On Wings of Eagles
Review of On Wings of Eagles: The Inspiring True Story of One Man’s Patriotic Spirit–and His Heroic Mission to Save His Countrymen by Ken Follett Rating **** 1/2 This book tells the story of a rescue mission undertaken and funded by Texas businessman Ross Perot
A slave story
Review of Never Caught: The Washingtons’ relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge Written by Erica Armstrong Dunbar Rating ***** Slavery got its start in Africa when one tribe would overpower another tribe and subjugate the surviving members of the conquered tribe. It wasn’t