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What a mother, what a son!
Clancy Sigal's seeringly honest portrait of his lefty mother, Jennie, and himself brings alive a time now lost forever to Ipods, computers, and cell phones.
Do yourself a favor and discover this provocative author
Clancy Sigal made me fall in love with his mother Jennie in his unsentimental memoir of a sometimes violent and crazy life.She's the mother I wish I had: passionate, irreverent, protective and smart.The pain and love Sigal feels for his mom hits you like a punch in the gut.
Sigal's Best
This is Clancy Sigal's best book. His work has always been autobiographical from his novel Going Away (the ultimate 'road' book for my generation of politically aware readers who shunned Kerouac 's egowanderings), to Weekend In Dinlock, his account of Yorkshire miners.In his latest, a memoir,Sigal gives us a funny, moving memory of his relationship with his mother - a fantastic character - set in Depression era America. It's an account of an education that isunsentimental andand profoundly moral.There isn't anything like it around. This is a real book of virtues.
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Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Childhood Memoir    6. Jewish radicals    7. Jewish women    8. Jews    9. Personal Memoirs    10. Regional Subjects - Midwest    11. United States    12. United States - State & Local - Midwest    13. United States History (General)    14. Women - 19th Century History    15. American history    16. Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs    17. Biography: general    18. Illinois   

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Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Courts    6. Judges    7. Lawyers & Judges    8. New York (State)    9. New York - State Government    10. Political    11. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic    12. Wachtler, Sol    13. English    14. Modern fiction    15. Sociology, Social Studies    16. USA   

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A riveting story by an extraordinary writer
In my long reading life I have rarely come across a book written in such compelling and poetic language.I have just read Nicole Lea Helget's memoir in one sitting and can scarcely catch my breath. And to those who might question the authenticity of the book, please remember that a child's interpretation of happenings may not always agree with that of an adult who was there, too, but that does not make the child's recollection any less true. Just think about the mysteries and taboos in your own childhood!

Harsh and dry--the story and the weather.
This feels less like a memoir and more like a collection of short writings that just happens to work together to give a view into a less than bucolic Minnesota childhood. It paints with savage strokes the couple at the heart of this girl's life. An obvious comparison would be [...] out of Carolina, but this book is not as carefully constructed or developed. It's slim in several ways. Pages aside, it lacks context, and the landscape is almost missing, which is odd for a farm story. The writer's gift with words is considerable, and the final chapter left me gasping (what a tour de force). Still, I have to ask, as a child, was there no laughter? Was her entire childhood taut and poetic, all smashed grasshoppers and bleeding animals? It seems in a family like this, there might have been at least some laughter. Was it all sacrificed for the sake of tone, or was it truly this grim? I guess that is another area where the book is slim--I didn't sense the fullness of a life when reading it. Perhaps she will write a longer exploration of her life, or a novel. If she does, I'll read it, as she is quite a writer.

Stories of Animal Cruelty
I agree with the earlier reviewer, as far as mean people and animal cruelty go.I could hardly finish the book myself, not only because of the animal cruelty and abuse but also the author's total indifference to it.I don't particularly care to read about people abusing and killing animals (killing a mother cow because she wants to keep her calf, and shooting 13 puppies because "they are ugly"), and basically that is what a lot of this book is about.Not a very good or interesting read, author is whiney and self-absorbed - don't waste your time with this garbage. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Anecdotes    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Childhood Memoir    7. Children of alcoholics    8. Farm life    9. Minnesota    10. Personal Memoirs    11. Regional Subjects - Midwest    12. Summer    13. Biography: general   

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One Woman's Adventure
A Cowman's Wife is a fasinating account of one woman's adventure in south-western Arizona. Mary Kidder Rak captured this chapter of her life in very personal and humurous terms as well as giving us a glimpse into ranch life in the early 1900's. If you're looking for a book that gives you an up close and personal view of the life of an adventurous woman or of life in the American SW., this is a must read! PS: Check your maps for the ranch Mary and her husband lived on, it's still a landmark! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Arizona    2. Biography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Douglas Region    5. History: American    6. Old Camp Rucker Ranch (Ariz.)    7. Rak, Mary Kidder,    8. Ranch life    9. Ranchers' spouses    10. Regional Subjects - West    11. U.S. Local History - Western United States    12. Women    13. Women - Modern History    14. Women's Studies - History    15. Local history    16. Rak, Mary Kidder    17. Social history    18. USA    19. Women's studies   

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Doing Time
Long-time correctional administrator Jim Willett and his college roommate, Ron Rozelle, have produced an exceptionally interesting book on prison life from a very personal perspective.Drawing on Willett's distinguished career with the Texas Department of Corrections that spanned three decades, the authors bring to light aspects of a prison employee's life that rarely find their way into print.
A look behind prison walls
Jim Willett was what some people might think of as a contradiction in terms--a compassionate prison warden.He did his job, which included giving the signal for executions to take place, while inwardly questioning the humanity of capital punishment.This is a fascinating story of a man who began his career in the prison system as a part-time guard, trying to earn some money for college.He fully intended to leave after graduation, but somehow he never did and as the years went by and the promotions came, he continued in the work for which he seemed so well-suited.This book is written in the first person and this adds to the immediacy of the description of prison life and the relations between prisoner and prison employee.The stories which are told in this book show the depths to which human beings can go and also the common humanity which binds us together.This is a fascinating and well-written book.

An excellent read
Rarely is a 'civilian' afforded the opportunity of viewing the prison system from such an honest and insightful perspective.Messrs. Willett and Rozelle have succeeded in creating a compelling work of non-fiction that reads as well as a good work of fiction.My appraisal of Mr. Willett is that of a totally dedicated, honest and compassionate man who did an outstanding job--few men could have done better.This book will remain a permanent part of my personal library. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1949-    2. Biography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Criminal Procedure    5. Executions and executioners    6. Law    7. Penology    8. Personal Memoirs    9. Prison wardens    10. Regional Subjects - South    11. Texas    12. Willett, Jim,    13. Prisons    14. True Stories   

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The Real Thing!
I've read all three of Hobson's excellent books about his adventures inthe Canadian wilderness.My son, who is a real cowboy in Montana, told meabout the books, saying, "These books tell the real story, mom--thisis what it's like out here, particularly during the long, lonely, winterdays and nights."Hobson's writing style, simple yet eloquentimagery, is perfect.I actually got chills when reading about grizzlyattacks and those 70-degree below nights when both man and beast had towork to stay alive.Great stories, great writing!

Superb
AS exciting as the other two books.Humerous,yet portrays the adventure and hardship of that era. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Canada - General    3. Historical - General    4. History    5. History: American    6. Regional Subjects - West    7. Fiction / General   

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The political biography, complete with life-altering turning points and a political philosophy for leading the United States into greatness, has become obligatory for those running for president--just one more thing to check off the "to do" list on the way to the Oval Office. Read more

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great book...side of the president rarely seen.
first of all...you stupid libs down here spraying your political rants and insane lies...go critique a michael more rag will you!
Cheater, Cheater, Cheater
If I had read this before the 2000 election. I would have learned that Americans want a leader that posseses honesty, compassion, morals, and the courage of his convictions. I should have at least pretended to posses some of these qualities. Bush stole Florida in 2000 and Ohio in '04, if you don't believe me just ask John Kerry. And where did I come up with that stupid imaginary lockbox stuff anyway?

brought tears to my eyes
I recently saw someone reading this book which I had never heard of before so I looked it up on Amazon.This tome was so moving and uplifting it brought tears to my eyes.Okay, I admit it wasn't the book itself but the reviews.And they weren't tears of joy or hope but tears of hysterical laughter.There were three categories - each engrossing in it's own way: the honest critique, which universally panned the book as as hackneyed as the author himself (and his co-writer, apologist, Hughes); the spoof, which embellished on Bush's phony life making him a Nobel Laureate and corporate magnate; and the honest, heartfelt descriptions that prove that no matter how incompetent, corrupt and morally bankrupt a person is, there's still that percentage of the population who believe he's a good, sincere, visionary leader.With the fortune of hindsight, the latter group stands out though.If you haven't read this book but still want to after reading this and other reviews (unless your looking for a laugh) then God... er, invisible man in the sky help us all! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. (George Walker),    2. 1946-    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Biography/Autobiography    7. Bush, George W    8. Children of presidents    9. Governors    10. Historical - U.S.    11. Political    12. Presidential candidates    13. Regional Subjects - South    14. Texas    15. Texas - State Government    16. U.S. Presidential Elections    17. United States    18. Biography & Autobiography / Political    19. Biography: general    20. Political leaders & leadership    21. USA   

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On Writing and Ranching
"What is it about Oxford [Mississippi] that produces writers?" It's a question Larry Brown, Barry Hannah and John Grisham get asked a lot. Brown says, "They always want to ask about Faulkner and what it all means, being a writer in Oxford, and where all the stories come from.... Best from Larry Brown in a while
I know these essays are compiled from a few scattered sources and were written here & there for the last couple of years, but the arrangement they get in this book reads like pure Larry Brown. Not since his takes on his firefighting career have I been more pleased with one of his offerings. "Fay" was, for me, lacking in stately elegance, taking itself just a little too seriously, while "Father and Son" was achingly forced in its cardboard intensity. The thing missing in those two works was a sense of humor, and it's back in "Billy Ray's Farm" in spades. A few laughs definitely give a laid-back funkiness to the proceedings, as his observations are concrete and believable (as usual) but at the same time entertaining and lively. Perfectly simple!!
Larry Brown gets better with each book published.This book is quintessential Larry Brown.Simple, sparse, and completely accessible.Some people may be surprised at the lighter tones in this book of essays.It just goes to show the honesty in everything Brown writes.I have a little Larry Brown story that I think his fans would appreciate.I had the pleasure of hearing Brown read from Billy Ray's Farm at a bookshop in New York City.By mistake someone in the press printed the time of the reading incorrectly by almost two hours.Two people walked in and were devastated that they missed his reading.One of the employees told them that he was still in the back if they wanted to go talk to them.They were both a little awestruck.They're huge fans of his.After getting up the nerve they went up to them and told them how much his writing meant to them and how sorry they were to miss the reading.So what do you think he did?He took these two people into a corner of the store and read two chapters to them.Only them.It was a great thing to see and it's that quality that comes through in all of his stories.Truth and fiction.He is by far my favorite writer working today.I'm a big fan of Jim Harrison and Harry Crews as well, being from the south.If you haven't read "Fay" yet, pick it up as soon as you can.It's an amazing story.Brown does what all great writers do.He makes you forget that you're reading.Can't wait to see what's next. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1951 July 9-    2. 20th century    3. American Essays    4. Biography    5. Biography & Autobiography    6. Biography / Autobiography    7. Biography/Autobiography    8. Brown, Larry,    9. Farm life    10. Fathers and sons    11. Homes and haunts    12. Literary    13. Mississippi    14. Novelists, American    15. Oxford Region    16. Personal Memoirs    17. Regional Subjects - South    18. Biography & Autobiography / Literary    19. Brown, Larry   

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Hoosier Daddy
There was a time when I thought I was the last American still reading James Whitcomb Riley's poetry.Wrong, of course, and eventually I stumbled upon Elizabeth J. Van Allen's biography of the man.From knowing practically nothing of him, other than William Lyon Phelps' introductory remarks in one of Riley's anthologies, I've come to better understand him through Van Allen's detailed look at the poet.
An alternative
The Kirkus review of James Whitcomb Riley: A Life is hardly a fair one.It criticizes the book because of two opinions of the reviewer that clearly the author had no hope of changing:Read more

Subjects:  1. 1849-1916    2. 19th century    3. American - General    4. Biography    5. Biography & Autobiography    6. Biography / Autobiography    7. Biography/Autobiography    8. Historical - U.S.    9. Homes and haunts    10. Indiana    11. Literary    12. Poets, American    13. Regional Subjects - Midwest    14. Riley, James Whitcomb,    15. Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916    16. Biography: general    17. English    18. Riley, James Whitcomb    19. USA    20. Regional Biography   

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Awesome Read!
This book is a truly inspirational read. I haven't quite finished yet, but with every page comes more heart. I, like most others that have or will read this book, feel such an emotional draw to both Greg and Lauren, and my heart breaks over everything they went through. Reading this book not only instills a new found hope, but also a new understanding of what exactly it was like to have been in the shoes of people who were through so much and lost so much that terrible day 9/11/2001. Not as good as expected
I had really high hopes for this book and was really looking forward to reading it.I'm glad that I paid a dollar for it used because my money would have been wasted at much more than that.
Dear Alex
There is a review on this book that you can read by a reviewer named Alex that I think all would find very informative.He is clearly a lot smarter, and by all means a lot deeper, than the writer of this book, and he is not afraid to tell you that.His superior intellect has come to the brilliant conclusion that a wealthy, and therefore soulless, burn victim is much less sympathetic than a poor, prolietariet one.He was also upset that Mr. Manning, with all of his money, could not buy himself better opinions on life, love and 9/11 other than the "banal" ones he professed in this book.
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Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Burns and scalds    6. Manning, Greg    7. Manning, Lauren    8. New York    9. New York (State)    10. Patients    11. Personal Memoirs    12. Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism    13. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic    14. September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001    15. Specific Groups - Special Needs    16. Victims of terrorism    17. Biography & Autobiography / General   

Subjects:  1. 20th Century American Novel And Short Story    2. 20th century    3. American - General    4. Biography    5. Biography & Autobiography    6. Biography / Autobiography    7. Biography/Autobiography    8. Giles, Janice Holt    9. Kentucky    10. Literary    11. Novelists, American    12. Regional Subjects - South    13. Women    14. Women As Authors (American Literature)    15. Women Authors    16. American English    17. Biography: general    18. Literary studies: general    19. Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -    20. USA   

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Twenty-two of Muir's best scootcher's!
Lee Stetson, an actor who regularly has played Muir in Yosemite, compiled these 22 tales in this very readable, short book which I obtained in Tuolumne meadows visitor center in Yosemite National Forest. The Wild Muir has been on my Amazon wish list for a long time, so glad I bought my copy in the heart of Muir Territory, where one cannot escape some mention of his name in the many trails and areas he regularly trekked through. What a nice backyard, I constantly repeated to myself while hiking several days at Tuolumne! Every twist and turn of the trails revealed a new, pristine vista that the best panoramic camera could not capture. I felt like I needed a 360 degree camera to capture the beauty of this place, but I don't think anybody makes those these days! Muir expressed these same feelings when he writes: "Pursuing my lonely way down the valley, I turned again and again to gaze on the glorious picture, throwing up my arms to inclose it as in a frame. After long ages of growth in the darkness beneath the glaciers, through sunshine and storms, it seemed now to be ready and waiting for the elected artist, like yellow wheat for the reaper; and I could not help wishing that I were that artist. I had to be content, however, to take it into my soul."
The Wild Muir
This book is a total bore. The flowery description is beautiful for the first three sentences, but then it becomes a tranparent cover-up for a book with no plot! Even I could write a more interesting book, and I failed high school english! Muir was a great person, but he sould have stayed where he was better aquianted: the woods! Anyone who enjoys this book obviously has never seen a tree before. A whole book dedicated to them is ironic and lame.

Muir is crazy!
This book tells of several adventures that John Muir had in his life.It confirms that the guy was a bit of a lunatic, but it makes for enjoyable reading.Some of the stories are better than others, but at least they are short and easy to read. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1838-1914    2. 18th And 19th Century Description And Travel    3. Biography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Essays & Travelogues    6. Fiction    7. Muir, John,    8. Naturalists    9. Regional Subjects - West    10. Travelers    11. United States    12. Muir, John   

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"Long before it legally served me, the bar saved me," asserts J.R. Moehringer, and his compelling memoir Read more

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A Friend of Mine Recommended and I love her for it
A friend of mine recommended this book to me and I am so glad she did. A sweet and entertaining read that dipped into the more important parts of a young man's life. I loved Moehringer's moments of clarity that he disperses throughout the text - moments he remembers with "the men" that he knows shaped the man he was to become. Never overly sentimental but clearly emotional in a practical, thankful, respectful way. Well done.

"And Plaaaan-dome Roah---ohd!!!"
How many times have I heard the conductor (or The Voice on the Intercom) say this when I travel the LIRR -- but have I ever been there?? Never---well, wait... YES!! I've been there vicariously ...In the pages of JR's book!!
A great American memoir
Unlike any other memoir I've read.Yes, it has the telltale family strife, growing pains, life lessons etc., but the setting and premise of the story is very unique.I have never heard of a bar described in so many ways, it often reads likes poetry.I guarantee you will not be able to enter a bar and see it in the same light again! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Abridged Audio - Autobiography/Biography    2. American Journalism    3. Audio - Autobiography / Biography    4. Audiobooks    5. Bars (Drinking establishments)    6. Beverages - Wine & Spirits    7. Biography    8. Biography & Autobiography    9. Biography/Autobiography    10. Editors, Journalists, Publishers    11. General    12. Journalists    13. Manhasset    14. New York (State)    15. Regional Subjects - General    16. Social aspects    17. United States    18. Biography & Autobiography / General   

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IS GROGAN FOR REAL?
I FIRST READ THIS BOOK IN THE EARLY 70'S AND WAS COMPLETELY MESMERIZED BY THIS CHARACTER, EMETT GROGAN.WHAT A RIDE HE HAD!
Unkown legend?
Although Emmett wasn't actually "unknown" I entitled this review as such because most people never even heard of him. I believe he kept more to himself and his people than a jumper into the limelight like so many of that time. I met Emmett down the lower east side of NY in 67 along with the Diggers when they first arrived in NY. Some of the Diggers and myself included ended up on The Allen BurkeTV Show if you remember that. We all showed up but Emmett...instead his replacement was Emma Grogan who I believe was fictional and not his wife but of this I'm still not sure even though I was there. They too (The Diggers) were all Merry Pranksters as well if you ask me. I was a runaway at 16 at the time and this was all new to me but I do have to say he was one character that stuck in my mind for many years before I finally looked into whatever became of him. A heart attack on the NYC subway I believe.
Too wonderful to be true
This is allegedly an autobiography of Emmett Grogan. Once an icon of the 60s, he is, like many heroes of the 60s, completely forgotten now.
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Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Biography/Autobiography    3. Historical - U.S.    4. History (General)    5. Regional Subjects - West    6. Modern fiction   

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A Childhood: The Biography of a Place
I would suggest this book to anyone who has ever read anything published by Harry Crews; specifically to those who haven't read anything by him, but who are interested in this magnificent author.After reading it, I found myself wondering how Crews was able to escape childhood, much less become of the the greatest Southern authors since Faulkner.Truly a fantastic book that will stand the test of time and inevitably cast Crews as one of the greatest authors of the 20th century!

A must read for Yankees and children of the south alike
I was assigned this book in a tutorial class on the "mind of the south" by a professor during my senior year of college. I was immediately drawn to the author's experiences with tenant farming; being the son of a mother whose own father was a farmer that oversaw several tenents to his own farming operation prior to, and shortly after WWII.Crew's accurate depection of tenant farmer life was valididated, to this reader at least, by his portrayal of an agricultural system that was difficult to not only rural agricultural African Americans, but their white supervisors.Crews has done a wonderful job of incorporating the distinctlysouthern phrases and dialogue of the rural, agrarian south.I though my own mother was the only person who pronounced "hurricane" as "harrakin".Charachters such as Willalee Bookatee and his family were strikingly similar to those poor blacks, and whites, described in my mother's stories of working in the tobacco fields of rural NC.This book will shed some much needed light on the fact that the hard-core, rural south is not so far removed from the remodeled "New South".

Harry Crews' Materpiece
Although this book is not a typical work by the literate master of the hard South, it is a testament to his talent.This book made me see and feel the life of a 6 year old dirt farmer in Bacon Co, Georgia, and alsogive some insight into the basis of characters in Crews' fictional works. This is one of the best quasi-memoirs ever written, and even has a slightbelief in human goodness not seen in his other work.Mr. Crews' moretypical works (such as Feast of Snakes or All We Need of Hell) are verygood novels in their own right, yet Childhood stands apart and above all ofhis other books combined.If you read nothing else by Harry Crews (whichis not a good idea--you should read many of his books), this is the one tochoose. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1935-    2. 20th century    3. Bacon County (Ga.)    4. Biography    5. Biography & Autobiography    6. Biography / Autobiography    7. Biography/Autobiography    8. Childhood and youth    9. Crews, Harry - Prose & Criticism    10. Crews, Harry,    11. General    12. Novelists, American    13. Regional Subjects - South    14. American English    15. Biography: general    16. Crews, Harry    17. English    18. Literary studies: 19th century    19. Novels, other prose & writers    20. USA   

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Diaspora below the Mason- Dixon
A wonderful tale that had me captivated from the first page. Whether you're Jewish, southern or just an appreciative reader... the descriptive flow of this tale is unparalleled. It takes a loving family (you-all!)
Interesting insights abound in this wonderful book about growing up Jewish in Mississippi during the 50's and 60's. Mr.Cohen introduces us to his family, friends and surroundings in a way that kept me from putting the book down. I read it in two sittings on a rainy weekend in Rhode Island and I felt like I was on vacation in Mississippi.

Mogen David meets the Magnolia state in wistful memoir
Exploring the consequences of straddling two cultures, "The Peddler's Grandson" proves that being Jewish in the deep South is a lot more than playing Dixie with a klezmer band.Accurately subtitled "Growing Up Jewish in Mississippi," Edward Cohen's enjoyable and instructive memoir recounts the author's childhood in post World-War II Mississippi and explores the dynamics of being a dual outsider:A Jew in the Bible Belt and a southern Jew in a cosmopolitan Jewish university.Written with perceptive sociological insight and engaging self-deprecatory humor, this memoir sheds light on the profound issue of marginality.As Edward Cohen grows up, he leaves the safe cocoon of his protective Jewish home and discovers the strangely alluring and frightening Christian South.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1948-    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Cohen, Edward,    7. Ethnic Cultures - General    8. Jackson    9. Jackson (Miss.)    10. Jews    11. Literary    12. Mississippi    13. Personal Memoirs    14. Regional Subjects - South    15. Biography & Autobiography / General   

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We Owe Them a Debt
For all the crowds who were compelled to come to Ground Zero in those first traumatic months to see for themselves, pay their respects or simply offer moral support, most did not get close enough to see what these men and women who worked "The Pile" saw.Their lives will never be the same.Dedicated first and foremost to bringing home the victims, cutting a giant tangle of twisted steel and pushing compressed concrete--1.8 million tons of "debris"--the ironworkers, heavy equipment operators and other tradesmen who worked the site were heroic in their selfless determination to work fast and see the job through to the end.Reporters were not allowed inside and workers who talked to them could be fired.Unprepared for the horror they would see but pushing through, day after day to get the job done, these men and women came together in an unspoken bond which could not be breached, even by members of their own family.This is a story everyone should know.God bless them all.

We owe a debt of gratitude
The "outside world" owes a debt of gratitude to the men and women who worked hard to respectfully recover those who were killed on 9/11.
9/11 HEROS & ANGELS
This book is a terrific account of the story of the recovery from the Pile to the Pit at the WTC Site. In contrast with the twisted and bitter 'American Ground' written by William Langewiesche some years ago, 'Nine Months's firsthand hand accounts from the rank and file men and women from the FDNY, NYPD and Constuction Trade show the human efforts and bursting hearts that forged those involved in the recovery into a band of brothers. Their desperate efforts and hopes again inspire us through this account.
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Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Construction workers    3. History    4. History: American    5. New York    6. New York (State)    7. New York - Local History    8. Personal Memoirs    9. Political Terrorism    10. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic    11. Rescue work    12. September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001    13. United States - 21st Century    14. United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic    15. Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs   

Subjects:  1. Baseball - General    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Personal Memoirs    4. Regional Subjects - MidAtlantic    5. Sports    6. Sports & Recreation    7. Sports & Recreation / Baseball / Essays & Writings