Review of Mayflower
Review of Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nethanial Philbrick rating ***** For most people, the story of the Mayflower and the pilgrims involves some version of an initial struggle for survival that culminated in a Thanksgiving dinner. Author Nathanial Philbrick puts that convenient story to rest once and for all. There […]
Review of Lassoing the Sun
Review of lassoing the Sun by Mark WoodsRating **** In August of 2016, my wife and I visited Yellowstone National Park. We didn’t know it when we planned the trip, but our visit coincided with the one-hundredth anniversary of the National Park Service. We found the experience to be so profound that we decided that […]
Review of The Children’s Blizzard
Review of The Children’s Blizzard written by David LaskinRating ***** As I write this, the first cold blast of the season is affecting half the U.S. I knew it was coming a week ago. The story told in The Children’s Blizzard is about an even more devasting cold blast and blizzard that rushed across the […]
Review of Dark Money
Review of Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane MayerRating ***** My political awakening occurred during the Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld administration. A lot of bad things happened on their watch. Then Barack Obama was elected President, and I really started paying attention. I saw enormous […]
Review of What the Eyes Don’t See
Review of What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City by Mona Hanna-Attisha Rating ***** This book is living proof that one person can make a difference. Had it not been for the dogged persistence of Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a national health crisis may have been allowed […]
Review of Inside the Death Fences
Inside the Death Fences: Memoir of a WhistleblowerRating *** 1/2 Much has been written about the broken criminal justice system. Our prisons are overflowing due to a laundry list of problems such as inequities in sentencing, three-strike laws, overly strict probation rules, and much more. This book looks at the correctional system from the perspective […]