Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Great Britain and Europe (A Pan Original)

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Still the best guide for identifying European fungi

One of, if not the best!!!

Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Great Britain and Europe (A Pan Original)
Roger Phillips
Manufacturer: Trans-Atlantic Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0330264419

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Still the best guide for identifying European fungi.......2004-06-21

I bought this book when it came out in the early 1980s for identifying British fungi. At the time it was revolutionary as the use of photographs allowed the author to depict mushrooms much more accurately than the paintings of earlier guides. It is still one of the top field guides to this region (also check Courtecuisse & Duhem and Jordan). I still use this volume a lot for identifying American fungi, both in the tropics and North America. Although I have over 200 field guides of different sorts on my shelves this remains one of my all time favourites. If you're interested in fungi, don't hesitate.

One of, if not the best!!!.......2000-10-16

I have been a big mushroom entusiast for some time now and I have at least 14 different field guides to mushrooms, this book is my all time favourate. Everything you have ever wanted in a field guide, pictures pictures and more pictures. Every mushroom is photographed and represented clearly from all angles, even cross sections showing the flesh. Good descriptions for every one, maybe not the longest description but detailed enough. If more information is needed on a mushroom I look it up else where. The photos make identifying mushrooms a breeze. I would recommend this book to any one interested in Mushrooms, I for one could not do without it!!

Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Great Britain and Europe

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Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Great Britain and Europe
Roger Phillips
Manufacturer: Trans-Atlantic Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OUJT0S

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Written by a local hiking guide whose love affair with the park spans decades, Moon Glacier National Park uncovers the best ways to experience the rugged Crown of the Continent. You’ll find where to smother your taste buds with huckleberry pie, where to spot a glacier, where to spy grizzly bears, where to swim with icebergs, and where to run your fingers over some of North America’s oldest rock formations. Moon Glacier National Park and Becky Lomax help you have a truly personal experience.

Suggested travel strategies and lists of must-see sights provide you with real insights so you can decide where you should go, stay, and eat—without hassles or regrets. Becky's travel strategies include One Day in Glacier, The Glacier Smorgasbord (an eight-day overview), Wildlife Watching, Getting Away From it All, Wildflower Wonders, and Top Ten Day Hikes.

Becky details where to trek, climb, mountain bike, swim, kayak, and relax between glaciers or towering mountains. Complete with maps, photographs, illustrations, and special emphasis on leading destinations such as Going-to-the-Sun Road, Logan Pass, Grinnell Glacier, Many Glacier Hotel, Granite Park Chalet, Lake McDonald, and Waterton National Park. Moon Glacier National Park has all the tools for you to create your own trip.

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Moon Guide to Glacier National Park .......2007-07-30

I found this guide to be well written and very informative. It is nice to have such a good base of usable information contained in one source. The author did a great job in pointing out the highlights of the park.

Top-notch guide to Glacier and Waterton.......2007-06-25

The Moon Handbooks guide for Glacier National Parks was one of just a few books I could find when searching for help planning a recent trip there. While there may not be many options, it turns out that none were needed because everything I needed was right here. The book begins by briefly introducing the geographic areas of the park, and then offers a few sample itineraries. Once the preliminaries are out of the way, the author proceeds to get down to the real detail of exploring each geographic region in detail. A guide to exploring the sights, recreation options, accommodations, and food are included for each region. The book closes with some more basic information like the best ways to get to Glacier and some history of the area.

I found the information in the guide to be helpful, accurate, and fairly complete. It's description of the two hotels I stayed in were spot on for both the positives and negatives. We didn't spend a lot of time in restaurants on the trip but from what I saw this part was also accurate. About the only flaw with the book is that it is printed and obviously can't be constantly updated. When I arrived at Glacier, I learned that a large section of Going-to-the-sun road was closed for the next several weeks and this included the Logan Pass area. I say this not to blame the guide but to encourage people to check with the park rangers in advance to see if there are any road closures that might affect your desire to go.

This book is a definite keeper for those planning a trip to Glacier National Park. It also contains information on Waterton for those interested in making the drive up to the Canadian side (and I would encourage readers to do it if at all possible). It's writing is concise and clear, and the information is complete and accurate.

Good guide.......2007-03-09

Purchased to planned September visit for first time visitors. Well written and thoughtfully laid out. Recommended.

Excellent choice for Glacier.......2006-07-11

This book is an excellent choice for anyone planning a trip to Glacier National Park. The sections of the book correspond well to geographic sections of the park; which makes it helful when trying to find a place to stay or eat or to look up attractions, hikes, etc. Though not necessarily geared to families with kids, like ours, the material in the book is very useful in planning activities with kids such as distance and difficulty of hikes. The information on lodging and eating establishments is very current. The text is well written. Get a copy of this book and plan your trip today for an experience you and your family will never forget.

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Another Unique Mystery Book From Alan Cook!
3 Cheers for Honeymoon for 3
A delightful tale

Honeymoon For Three
Alan Cook
Manufacturer: AuthorHouse
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1434309509

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It is 1964, 10 years after Gary Blanchard's high school adventures in The Hayloft. He and his love, Penny, are going on the trip of their lives, and, oh yes, they're getting married along the way. What they don't know is that they're being stalked by Alfred, a high school classmate of Penny who has a bellybutton fetish. Gary and Penny met through a Los Angeles computer matching service, and they're positive they're meant for each other. Penny is afraid that her previous flip attitude toward marriage may jinx her. Her best friend, Emily, was murdered a year ago, two days before her own wedding-and she was ideal marriage material. Why should Penny be luckier? Alfred has never been successful with girls-he attributes his problems to his outie bellybutton-but he knows that Penny is the girl for him. He intends to get her any way he can, and he is prepared to do whatever is necessary to eliminate Gary. The suspense crackles amid some of the most scenic spots in the western United States, including Lake Tahoe, Reno, Crater Lake, Seattle, and in Glacier, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton National Parks, as well as the redwood trees and rocky cliffs of the northern California coast.

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Another Unique Mystery Book From Alan Cook!.......2007-09-25

The creative mind of author Alan Cook certainly has few rivals--his stories are cleaver, different and always entertaining to the highest degree. His latest novel " Honeymoon For Three" is no exception. This book is full of high-energy suspense with a plot that will capture the reader's attention.

Cook has a creative touch with how he developments each character in his stories. They are not some cardboard cookie cutter mystery genre stereotypes. Each of them come alive and catches your imagination and attention no matter how big they play in the plot. This is the authors' signature strength and separates him from the hordes of other small market writers.

The book takes you on a journey across country with a honeymoon couple and a insane and obsessive stalker. It is a tale that is both unusual and scary and well worth spending your time reading this book. "The American Authors Association" gives this book its highest rating of FIVE STARS!

3 Cheers for Honeymoon for 3.......2007-08-17

I was captivated from page 1. I'll never think about belly buttons the same way again. Cook really got into that obsessed killer's mind and portrayed him very believably. The buildup to the ending kept me reading with my breath held. My interest was sustained throughout. Al Cook is an excellent writer with a masterful touch for the mystery genre.

A delightful tale.......2007-08-10

Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for Reader Views (8/07)

Gary Blanchard meets Penny, the love of his life, through a computer dating service called "Human Inventory." He knows she loves him when she wants to watch him bowl. After all, bowling is a boring game to watch.

The couple is on the trip of their lifetime. They stopped in Reno to get married before visiting several National Parks. What they did not know was that they were not going alone.

Alfred Ward is obsessed with his former high school mate, Penny. He is also obsessed with bellybuttons. Women have never been attracted to him; he blames all his tribulations on his outie. From peeping in her window, he knows that Penny has the perfect innie bellybutton and flat tummy to go with it.

Someone has been sending notes to Penny, scary notes. She has no reason to suspect Alfred. When the notes and calls had not stopped the growing relationship between Penny and Gary, Alfred knows more drastic measures will be necessary. He will stop at nothing to win the love of his life, not even murder.

What ensues is a dynamic and amusing adventure as Alfred follows the newlyweds from National Park to National Park.

"Honeymoon For Three," by Alan Cook, is a delightful tale! Mr. Cook has an amazing talent for creating suspense and tension in his plot. Alfred is insane. Penny is sharp and a quick thinker. Cook uses engaging supporting characters, like Don, Rowanda and Mattie, throughout the scheme, to enhance the storyline. The scene at the wedding chapel is one of my favorites. Cook does a beautiful job describing the National Parks, including bears. I recommend "Honeymoon For Three" fans of mystery and suspense.

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Fantastic book packed with illustrations and culture!

An excellent fictional account of the Lenape people.

Excellent, reading level 3rd to 5 th grade

The Indians of New Jersey: Dickon Among the Lenapes
M. R. Harrington , and Clarence Ellsworth (Illustrator)
Manufacturer: Rutgers University Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0813504252

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Fantastic book packed with illustrations and culture!.......2004-01-23

If I were to have just one book about the Lenape People, I would choose this one! It is told in great story format and gives you an inside view of early Lenape Culture. Once I started reading this book, I could not put it down. This book is just as interesting to adults as it is for the younger generation.

An excellent fictional account of the Lenape people........1999-02-24

By labeling this book as merely juvenile fiction, you have committed an error. Yes, this book could be enjoyed by a fifth grader, but its enormous wealth of details, its presentation of sophisticated concepts, and its intricate descriptions of such events as religious ceremonies, put this book within the adult reading level. There are even Lenape words sprinkled throughout the book and a tiny Lenape/English phrase dictionary at the back of the book. This novel is a fictional account of an English boy's rescue from drowning by a Lenape family. It details his life and the lives of those around him as he learns about and adapts to the ways of the Lenape people. He is eventually adopted into the family of his best friend. Along the way the reader is guided into every facet of Lenape life, down to the tiniest detail as to how leather was tanned and crops were grown, to the grandest concepts involving myth, legend, and the Sacred. This is not only a story about the Lenape people in particular, it is an excellent source of information for anyone wishing to know how the human race flourished before the advance of technology. Note: This review is based on the 1966 copyright version of the book by M.R. Harrington with an introduction by Mary V. Gaver.

Excellent, reading level 3rd to 5 th grade.......1998-07-05

Excellent book, drawings, dictionary. Reading level 3rd to 5th grade. (Not preschool - 1st)!

The Lanape of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, And Ontario (The Library of Native Americans)

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The Lanape of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, And Ontario (The Library of Native Americans)
Anne Dalton
Manufacturer: PowerKids Press
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Binding: Library Binding

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New Jersey Native Americans
Carole Marsh
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New Jersey native americans: A Kid's Look at Our State's Chiefs, Tribes, Reservations, Powwows, Lore & More from the Past & the Present (Carole Marsh State Books)

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New Jersey native americans: A Kid's Look at Our State's Chiefs, Tribes, Reservations, Powwows, Lore & More from the Past & the Present (Carole Marsh State Books)
Carole Marsh
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ASIN: 0635023059

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Who were the very first people to live in New Jersey? Who lived, played and hunted where your home and school stand today? American Indians, of course. This book will help you discover the often neglected story of a society where the adults were the ones who played games, where dreams were taken very seriously, where your family was protected by the spirit of an animal and where thieves could steal your name. This A-Z look at New Jersey Indians emphasizes Indian pride, culture, skills and creativity. Includes women Indians + math problems, writing activities and questions for discussion. Free teacher's guide gives specific suggestions & instructions on how to get max educational value from this book.

New Jersey Native Peoples (Heinemann State Studies)

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New Jersey Native Peoples (Heinemann State Studies)
Mark Stewart
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Lenni Lenape: New Jersey's native people

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Lenni Lenape: New Jersey's native people
Lynda Price
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This digital document is an article from Business Mexico, published by Thomson Gale on June 1, 2005. The length of the article is 694 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Bound to the land: Mexico faces hard choices in agriculture sector.(SPEAKERS' CORNER)
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Face-to-face with your health care professional.(LIFESTYLE CORNER): An article from: National Women's Health Report

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Face-to-face with your health care professional.(LIFESTYLE CORNER): An article from: National Women's Health Report
Pamela Peeke
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This digital document is an article from National Women's Health Report, published by National Women's Health Resource Center on October 1, 2004. The length of the article is 791 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Face-to-face with your health care professional.(LIFESTYLE CORNER)
Author: Pamela Peeke
Publication: National Women's Health Report (Newsletter)
Date: October 1, 2004
Publisher: National Women's Health Resource Center
Volume: 26 Issue: 5 Page: 8(1)

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Hand to face for therapy and therapy between sessions. (President's Corner).: An article from: Subconsciously Speaking

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Hand to face for therapy and therapy between sessions. (President's Corner).: An article from: Subconsciously Speaking
Jerome Beacham
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This digital document is an article from Subconsciously Speaking, published by Infinity Institute International, Inc. on March 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1620 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Hand to face for therapy and therapy between sessions. (President's Corner).
Author: Jerome Beacham
Publication: Subconsciously Speaking (Newsletter)
Date: March 1, 2003
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South Dakota: great faces, great places--and great value-added opportunities.(VALUE-ADDED CORNER): An article from: Rural Cooperatives

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South Dakota: great faces, great places--and great value-added opportunities.(VALUE-ADDED CORNER): An article from: Rural Cooperatives
Dan Schofer
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Release Date: 2007-10-08

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This digital document is an article from Rural Cooperatives, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2007. The length of the article is 2506 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: South Dakota: great faces, great places--and great value-added opportunities.(VALUE-ADDED CORNER)
Author: Dan Schofer
Publication: Rural Cooperatives (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2007
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What's good for you is good for your face.(Lifestyle Corner): An article from: National Women's Health Report

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What's good for you is good for your face.(Lifestyle Corner): An article from: National Women's Health Report
Pamela Peeke
Manufacturer: National Women's Health Resource Center
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Release Date: 2005-08-01

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This digital document is an article from National Women's Health Report, published by National Women's Health Resource Center on June 1, 2004. The length of the article is 737 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: What's good for you is good for your face.(Lifestyle Corner)
Author: Pamela Peeke
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Volume: 26 Issue: 3 Page: 8(1)

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Dean Koontz-26 Book Set!!! (Shadow Fires,Night Chills,House of Thunder,Face of Fear,Winter Moon,Velocity,Life Expectancy,Dragon Tears,Frankenstein,Strange Highways,Watchers,Door to December,Darkfall,Shattered,Bad Place,By the Light of the Moon,Eyes of Darkness,Hideaway,From the Corner of His Eye,Seize the Night,Vision,Dark Rivers of the Heart,Funhouse,Strangers,Key to Midnight and Cold Fire.)

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Dean Koontz-26 Book Set!!! (Shadow Fires,Night Chills,House of Thunder,Face of Fear,Winter Moon,Velocity,Life Expectancy,Dragon Tears,Frankenstein,Strange Highways,Watchers,Door to December,Darkfall,Shattered,Bad Place,By the Light of the Moon,Eyes of Darkness,Hideaway,From the Corner of His Eye,Seize the Night,Vision,Dark Rivers of the Heart,Funhouse,Strangers,Key to Midnight and Cold Fire.)
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DU27 SHOW BUSINESS Eddie Cantor/Georg Murphy Lobby Card. Here's a politically incorrect lobby card from the original release of SHOW BUSINESS featuring a great image of EDDIE CANTOR and GEORGE MURPHY in black-face. Lobby card is in EXCELLENT-condition. No pinholes, no stains, no tears, a miniscule chip on the left upper corner.

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DU27 SHOW BUSINESS Eddie Cantor/Georg Murphy Lobby Card. Here's a politically incorrect lobby card from the original release of SHOW BUSINESS featuring a great image of EDDIE CANTOR and GEORGE MURPHY in black-face. Lobby card is in EXCELLENT-condition. No pinholes, no stains, no tears, a miniscule chip on the left upper corner.
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Best book on Collecting - EVER

An interesting visit to the flea market

Equisite eccentric and great looker.

A Remarkable Book by a Vanguard Collector That Appeals to All Tastes

Just terrific great fun

In Flagrante Collecto (Caught in the Act of Collecting)
Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Manufacturer: "Harry N. Abrams, Inc."
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According to author Marilynn Gelfman Karp, collecting is a calling; and those who are driven to collect unloved objects are the purest collectors of all. In this literary and sophisticated celebration of humble objects, Karp shares her passionate insights on what she calls the "rapture of the capture."

In Flagrante Collecto is a vividly illustrated book that is equal parts cultural history, personal memoir, and coffee table objet d'art. The 1000 color photographs that fill this book tell stories of lost and found objects. Ignored by many, these figural matchbooks, buttons, erasers, cigar rings, pictorial seed packets, and other items are hunted and gathered with Ahab-like tenacity at flea markets, antique shops, and collectible shows worldwide.

This lovingly assembled volume is a fascinating compendium of material culture as told by an incredible array of objects.

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Best book on Collecting - EVER.......2007-05-13

This is the best book I have found on Collecting. The writer gets into the state of mind of a collector, then presents profusely illustrated collections of an almost unbelievable scope. Like - you mean people really collect THIS? Yes they do and it's there. COOL book that will broaden your horizon - and you'll never throw anything away again because someone out there collects it.

An interesting visit to the flea market.......2007-04-10

Reading this book was like day at my favorite swap meet, antique collective or a random search on eBay. I visually recognize the material but appreciate it more for being brought together in groups. The collector's mind automatically seeks groupings and hierarchies of individual examples and this book plays to that weakness easily. The little stories are at times educational and fascinating and at other times too personal and esoteric. My only problem is that after reading this book, I tend to want to own too many of the objects featured.

Equisite eccentric and great looker........2007-03-17

This is a beautifully produced look book. The unusual and very particular collecting subject matter is very personal. Quirky, wonderfully photographed and of superior quality.

A Remarkable Book by a Vanguard Collector That Appeals to All Tastes.......2007-01-04

I have purchased at least seven copies of this fascinating book to give as gifts to a wide variety of friends. For those interested in collecting, the book offers fresh insights into the forces that motivate people to acquire, while illustrating a remarkable diversity of eccentric collections that surprise and delight. For the novice or general reader, the breadth and types of collections are amazing. The book is superbly designed and the objects beautifully photographed and presented. The author is a farsighted collector with an awesome range of historical knowledge and an accessible, highly informative writing style. I highly recommend this book for readers of all persuasions who simply enjoy being intellectually and visually stimulated.

Just terrific great fun.......2006-06-06

The first thing to hit me was how beautiful this book is. The photographs of the thousands of collectibles are delectable. It made me want to run out and find some of this stuff, or find new things to start collecting. The author unfolds her theories about why people collect, and describes many wonderful childhood scenes of Bronx life and early collections of marbles, baseball cards, sewing kits, you name it. Adult adventures collecting all over the world, and the collecting adventures of her friends and family, are included, and make for a wonderful warm biography of a collection of collectors. The descriptions of the original uses and methods of manufacturing of various collectibles is fascinating, and it's lovely to see simple and sometimes disposable things treated with such interest and respect. The history and character of our country shine through in the old graphics and designs of postcards, matchbooks, lawn sprinklers, and countless other items, and after spending time with them in this book, I can feel more deeply what's been lost to more efficient means of production. I'll never browse a flea market or garage sale quite the same way again. It's a wonderful conversation piece, a fun book to have around for guests to peruse. It gives you permission to bring out those old shoeboxes of stuff from under your bed and show them to your pals, even though you're not a kid any more. I loved this book, it was part anthropology, part history of design, part memoir, part encyclopedia, part travelogue, all work of endearing art.

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The "Easy Biographies" series focuses on the childhood and young-adult years of famous men and women who overcame obstacles to achieve greatness. Inspirational and informative reading for students with big dreams.

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A Dramatic Story.......2006-08-08

This is a good biography of Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman was a slave who helped 300 slaves through 19 trips to escape to the North, and not one passenger was lost. Harriet Tubman had a very hard life. As a child, she was punnished when she didn't know how to work in the plantation house. When she was only 7, she had to take care of a baby. At 15, she was hit in the head with a heavy weight when an overseer was trying to attack another slave and it cracked her skull. But she kept going and never stopped.

This was a good book because it made me feel the way Harriet Tubman felt she freed the people and tried to help them. THe book makes me want to do something like what she did to help people. I would have liked the book to have had more colorful pictures. I would recommend this book to a person who is interested in Harriet Tubman or who is interested in freeing people.

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A Good Reference Book
A BLACK 'GENERAL' LEADS HER PEOPLE TO FREEDOM
An Extraodinary woman and a very good and readable biography
The best researched H.T. book I've ever seen
A Different World View

Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom
Catherine Clinton
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Every schoolchild knows of Harriet Tubman's heroic escape and resistance to slavery.But few readers are aware that Tubman went on to be a scout, a spy, and a nurse for the Union Army, because there has never before been a serious biography for an adult audience of this important woman.This is that long overdue historical work, written by an acclaimed historian of the antebellum era and the Civil War. Illiterate but deeply religious, Tubman left her family in her early 20s to escape to Philadelphia, then a hotbed of abolitionism.There she became the first and only woman, fugitive slave, and black to work as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. So successful was she in spiriting away slaves that the state of Maryland put a $40,000 bounty on her head.Within a year of starting her work, fellow slaves and Northerners began referring to Tubman as 'Moses' because of how many people she had freed. With impeccable scholarship that draws on newly available sources and research into the daily lives of slaves, HARRIET TUBMAN is an enduring work on one of the most important figures in American history.

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Every schoolchild knows of Harriet Tubman's heroic escape and resistance to slavery. But few readers are aware that Tubman went on to be a scout, a spy, and a nurse for the Union Army, because there has never before been a serious biography for an adult audience of this important woman. This is that long overdue historical work, written by an acclaimed historian of the antebellum era and the Civil War.
Illiterate but deeply religious, Tubman left her family in her early 20s to escape to Philadelphia, then a hotbed of abolitionism. There she became the first and only woman, fugitive slave, and black to work as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. So successful was she in spiriting away slaves that the state of Maryland put a $40,000 bounty on her head. Within a year of starting her work, fellow slaves and Northerners began referring to Tubman as "Moses" because of how many people she had freed.
With impeccable scholarship that draws on newly available sources and research into the daily lives of slaves, HARRIET TUBMAN is an enduring work on one of the most important figures in American history.

Customer Reviews:

A Good Reference Book.......2007-07-21

I partly agree with a former reviewer that this book lacks sparkle and suspense. In fact, if I were not already interested in this fantastic historical female figure (and slavery, in general), this book would not draw me in. I also agree that Clinton made the book tedious by her detours and sub-topic (if not off-topic) details--except that such coverage may increase the value of the book as an archival reference. She does wax somewhat eloquently in her Epilogue.

But I am not so dismissive of the book as to give it the lowest rating. Her seemingly exhaustive research did sparkle (to me) when it revealed Tubman's social connections, and events with which I was unaware. Here are some gems that got my attention:

1. The behavior of her first husband, John
2. Her remarriage (to someone nearly half her age)
3. Her affirmation of and connection with John Brown
4. How pro-slavery Maryland was
5. Her torturous efforts to get a military pension for her
dedicated service to the union army
6. Both her devotion to the charity of other down-trodden African-
Americans, both slave and free, and her intelligence in dealing with
various issues
7. The fact that a SINGLE and private reward for her capture would be
$270,000 in today's currency and the total offered by all parties
would add up to just under a million dollars

Finally, what I found unsettling was Clinton's admitted speculations-interpretations (and from some she quoted), the passing of "stories," events "according to family lore," and other happenings "based on comments"--the quotes are from her book. Of course, this practice was not a major part of the book by any means, but still a minus. These parts are sort of like the unanswerable historical question, "Who created ice cream?" with each answer having its own logic.

The rating of 3 is based on her craft as a writer, not on her skill as a researcher; for the latter I would give her a 4 or 5. I, too, recommend THE JOURNAL OF DARIEN DEXTER DUFF, AN EMANCIPATED SLAVE and THE JOURNAL OF LEROY JEREMIAH JONES, A FUGITIVE SLAVE. Also, though out of publication, I believe (but available at Amazon as used), is the engrossing young-teen-oriented book MARASSA AND MIDNIGHT by Morna Stuart. Finally (one has to stop somewhere), there is Milton Meltzer's ALL TIMES, ALL PEOPLES: A WORLD HISTORY OF SLAVERY. Of course, these recommended books are not about Harriet Tubman, but about similar conditions that Tubman experienced.

A BLACK 'GENERAL' LEADS HER PEOPLE TO FREEDOM.......2007-03-19

The story of the ex-slave, Civil War `general' and black liberation fighter Harriet Tubman is the stuff of legends. Although in recent decades she has received more of the proper attention due her the fight she so ardently fought for the real freedom for blacks still is the wave of the future. Her early story, in any case, is the all to familiar slavery story of arbitrary beatings, random acts of senseless brutalization, separation from family and friends and the dreaded `sale' further South that those like Ms. Tubman from border state slave society in Maryland feared above all. It was as a result of one such beating that left Ms. Tubman permanently injured that she determined to in the late 1840's to seek the "Northern Star" and escape.

If that was all to her story then she would not be different from the average one thousand or so slaves who escaped each year. But here is a woman with a difference agenda. After her escape she became a 'conductor' on the then bustling Underground Railroad, the route used by escaped slaves to head North to freedom. She repeatedly led, at great personal risk to her life, many slave expeditions from the South. As she was able to brag later she did not lose one of her charges to the hands of the slave owners.

Another interesting part of her story is her relationship with the legendary revolutionary abolitionist John Brown. Apparently she was slated to join Brown at Harpers Ferry but illness forced her to forego that fight. Given her talents in leading slaves from bondage, her authority among plantation blacks and her knowledge of the terrain and travel routes in the South she could have made Brown's seemingly utopian plan for a slave insurrection and guerilla warfare much more plausible. Needless to say she held the highest regard for this white man ready to lay down his head for black liberation. Toward the end of her life she named a rest home for indigent that she sponsored with her gvernment pension in his memory.

During the Civil War Ms. Tubman sought to aid the Union Armies as they made a beachhead in the South by acting as a scout and helping create a scouting unit made up of blacks that knew the area. She witnessed the brave fight of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment made up of Northern freeman at Fort Wagner and spent time under the command of the famous Kansas free state fighter Colonel James Montgomery, another intimate of John Brown's. Although she was recognized for her services she had to endure many hassles in order to obtain the full pension that her service to the Union cause entitled her. She nevertheless spent most of her life in poverty and maintained herself with odd jobs and projects. The real honors that Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, John Brown, the men of the Massachusetts 54th and those countless black slaves and freedman who fought in the Union ranks still await them in a more just and honest society. In the meantime read this informative book about Harriet Tubman's life and struggles to free her people and learn how to bring that day closer.

An Extraodinary woman and a very good and readable biography.......2006-02-25

Harriet Tubman is possibly one of the best known women outside of America, and it is ironic that she was born a slave and not considered important enough to even note her arrival except as property in Southern America of the 1820's, yet she rose to be one of the most important women of her time - or do I mean influential.

I digress through. I loved this biography. I thought Catherine Clinton did a fine job in making an enormously readable and well researched biography. I liked the simple spare text and Clinton's able explanations which allowed me to understand context with the minimum of fuss.

Harriet Tubman was a woman of whom it can be said there were many firsts. She was the first to black, and first woman, to be a conductor on the underground railway, the organisation which took slaves from the Southern plantations and guided them to safety in the North. Later she guided them all the way to Canada. Until Harriet Tubman came along all the conductors had been white men. Her stoic courage and her sheer hardwork under all circumstances are extraodinary.

So little remains on record of those days. The underground Railway was after all an illegal institution and the government of the day includded slave owners who at various times passed laws to make their work more difficult. So there is not a great deal of documentary evidence available. What is there Clinton has done a great job searching out.

We are lucky that Tubman did leave an autobiography as without that there would be slim reference to her in history.

What I most enjoyed about this book was that I had read some biographys of Harriet Tubman as a child, but this one allowed me, as an adult to understand so much more about her. The context of the world she lived in, the passing of the laws, her role in the civil war, and even in the raids. Tubman lived another 50 years following the end of the war and in that time she was still a ceaseless worker for her people.

I only hope that my children will be more inspired by someone like Tubman than the current rash of Paris Hilton-esque superficial wannabes. Tubman is proof that no matter what your circumstances with ceaseless determination you can effect change.

A great book which I would highly recommend to be motivated yourself!

The best researched H.T. book I've ever seen.......2005-09-19

I've been reading about Harriet Tubman since I first learned to read, and I can honestly say, this is the best I've read. Any fan of Harriet Tubman who want more details about her life as a slave, her roles as a spy and nurse during the Civil War, and her work after the war will find a lot of goodies here. The book also discusses some little known mysteries in H.T.'s life, especially her "niece" that she kidnapped. This is the only book you ever need to buy about H.T.'s life, period!

A Different World View.......2005-08-29

Herriet Tubman was one who walked the walk and talked the talk, as the current saying goes. She craved freedom, both for herself and others, and did what she had to do to obtain this freedom. She never forgot her roots and sacrificed her life to help others less fortunate than herself.

Ms. Clinton's clear and moving biography of this remarkable woman reflects her scholarly research and extensive knowledge. We are able to get a glimpse of the world in which Tubman lived, both as a slave and as a free woman in the North. This is a view that we don't see very often. What a delight!

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Captain Robert Nairac was a brilliantly successful undercover operative in the British Army, with a string of intelligence coups in the war against the IRA. But until this book, the nature of his operations and the story of his betrayal and murder have remained shrouded in mystery. John Parker has obtained unprecedented cooperation from very senior Army sources, and from Nairac's friends and family, to reveal the truth behind the secret war in Northern Ireland—and the ferocious rivalry between MI5 and MI6 that contributed to Nairac's death. This book is a tribute to the heroism of Nairac and all those in Northern Ireland who gave their lives in the battle against terrorism.

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An Important Story Atrociously Written.......2001-08-17

This book does a good job of reporting the interagency turf wars in Ulster, which bear an uncomfortable resemblance to the blue--on--blue "mine is bigger than yours" squabbles described in Yves Lavigne's < <81's at War>>, Carsten Stroud's < >, all of Dick Marcinko's novels, and the last chapter of Colonel David Hackworth's < > The essential difference is that Ulster had in Bob Nairac and Ian Phoenix unique heroes of a character and charisma powerful enough to infect others with their overwhelming sense of mission, which was powerful enough to at least temporarily diminish the petty internicine chicanery.

This book also exposes the backgrounds of the little darlings of the First Tuesday newsmagazine segment which, CNN "Valley of Death" style, accused British Intelligence of complicity in the 1974 Dublin/Monaghan bombings. Holroyd is revealed to be a heavy drinker with marital problems, a Walter Mitty wannabe despised by everyone with whom he worked. Colin Wallace is revealed to be a jealous husband convicted of manslaughter, a fact not at all surprising given the murderous gleam in his eyes and the cold, hard expression, completely devoid of human empathy, on his face during the First Tuesday interview. The much maligned Bob Nairac, by contrast, was very well liked by his co-workers, who seem to genuinely mourn his loss. The author demolishes Holroyd and Wallace's credibility by pointing out the patent falsehood of their assertions that Bob Nairac "was SAS."

These revelations, however, are unfortunately eclipsed by the horrible style of the author. Every page is packed with run-on sentences and sentence fragments that go nowhere.In other places, it seems that the author simply transcribed each interview he did, word for word, when a lot of them are saying the exact same thing. It would have been far more effective (and palatable to the reader) if the author had instead written what was unique about each interview, and then connected each account by saying "In this regard, Source X is corraborated by Source Y, who also states..." The net effect is that a highly attractive story comes out like a textbook on analytic geometry or organic chemistry; you have to re-read four-fifths of the sentences multiple times before they begin to make any semblance of sense. I cannot speak for the UK, but in North America, such bad writing would merit an F minus, if it were submitted as a kindergarden writing assignment.

The information in this book is extremely important, not only to the Ulster conflict, but to any in law enforcement and anti-terrorism who want to cooperate effectively with other agencies with the aim of effectively neutralising the tangos. It is therefore a tragedy that Yves Lavigne, Carsten Stroud or Jack Holland did not do the writing.

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