Tenting on the Plains: With General Custer from the Potomac to the Western Frontier
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  • Yesteryear actions, conflicts, and frontier history
Tenting on the Plains: With General Custer from the Potomac to the Western Frontier
Elizabeth Custer
Manufacturer: Narrative Press
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ASIN: 1589762290

Book Description

Elizabeth Custer chronicles the journey with her legendary husband, General George A. Custer, from the time of his leaving the Army of the Potomac in 1865 to travel through Texas, New Orleans, and to the western frontier.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A 50 Star Review.......2005-06-20

I can not recommend this book more, Tenting on the Plains by Elizabeth Bacon Custer.....and no before you wrinkle your nose that it is a camping book....think of it more as what Little House on the Prairie should have been if it was interesting....and what Tom Sawyer and Hunk Finn would have been if Mark Twain was a good writer.

This is a fabulous work, because it is first hand history of the wife of General Custer in the year after the Civil War. It is the excitement of times on a broad scale and the narrow joy of a married couple coping with life.
It honestly is a conversation between Libby, the reader with literal colorful commentary by her black maid, Eliza.
You will read how black history really was and not what is written now.

You get to see women in all their supposed helplessness at times, but when a tragedy strikes time and again their real courage and strength comes out.

I have yet to read anything from Libby whether it is her personal letters...to the absolutely heart wrenching account of the day she found out her family was slaughtered at the Little Big Horn which did not show one of the most charming and delightful personas ever to imprint upon the written word.
So as Mrs. Dockter, my 5th grade teacher always read to us after noon recess....if you have children or grandchildren....read to them...and if you have grown children get them this book as it impressed me enough to recommend it.

THIS BOOK SHOULD BE REQUIRED READING IN OUR SCHOOLS AS IT IS THAT WELL WRITTEN, MORAL, GOOD, INTERESTING and HISTORICAL.

5 out of 5 stars Yesteryear actions, conflicts, and frontier history.......2003-09-14

Originally published in 1887, Tenting On The Plains is the highly recommended and well respected chronicle that Elizabeth Custer wrote describing a journey she took with her husband, General George A. Custer. The chronicle ranges from when General Custer left the Army of the Potomac in 1865 and traveled through Texas, New Orleans, and on to the western frontier. Elizabeth Custer's perspective and writings significantly helped magnify Custer's legend and fame in the eyes of the people at the time, and offers a unique view of the daily routine of life in the frontier military, as well as offering contemporary readers eye-opening descriptions of yesteryear actions, conflicts, and frontier history.
TENTING ON THE PLAINS OR General Custer in Kansas and Texas
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  • Can not say enough GOOD about this book!
TENTING ON THE PLAINS OR General Custer in Kansas and Texas
Elizabeth, Bacon Custer
Manufacturer: University of Oklahoma Press
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ASIN: 080612668X

Book Description

From the time of her husband's death at the Battle of the Little Big Horn until her own death fifty-seven years later, at the age of ninety, Mrs. George Armstrong Custer devoted herself to defending or embellishing her husband's reputation. This account, the second in Elizabeth's trilogy of her life with the General, focuses on the period immediately following the Civil War, when the Custers were stationed in Louisiana, Texas, and Kansas. She portrays the aftermath of the Civil War in Texas and life in Kansas while her husband took part in General Winfield Hancock's 1867 expedition against the Indians between the Arkansas and Platte rivers. Throughout, she provides detailed descriptions of an army officer's home life on the frontier during this major period of Indian unrest. This edition, an abridgment of the original 1887 edition, with an Introduction by Jane R. Stewart and a Foreword by Shirley A. Leckie, brings together in a single volume one of the most significant documents of the Old West, here made accessible to a new generation of readers.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Can not say enough GOOD about this book!.......2005-06-20

I can not say enough good about this book.....for think of it more as what Little House on the Prairie should have been if it was interesting....and what Tom Sawyer and Hunk Finn would have been if Mark Twain was a good writer.

I consider this a fabulous work, because it is first hand history of the wife of General Custer in the year after the Civil War. It is the excitement of times on a broad scale and the narrow joy of a married couple coping with life.
It honestly is a conversation between Libby, the reader with literal colorful commentary by her black maid, Eliza.
You will read how black history really was and not what is written now.

You get to see women in all their supposed helplessness at times, but when a tragedy strikes time and again their real courage and strength comes out.

I have yet to read anything from Libby whether it is her personal letters...to the absolutely heart wrenching account of the day she found out her family was slaughtered at the Little Big Horn which did not show one of the most charming and delightful personas ever to imprint upon the written word.
So as Mrs. Dockter, my 5th grade teacher always read to us after noon recess....if you have children or grandchildren....read to them...and if you have grown children get them this book as it impressed me enough to recommend it.

This book should be required in every school as a reading assignment along with Dickens and Irving.
Tenting on the Plains General Custer in Kansas and Texas
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    Tenting on the Plains General Custer in Kansas and Texas
    Elizabeth B. Custer
    Manufacturer: Barnes & Noble
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    ASIN: 0760773718

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    After the intense and bloody Civil War, Elizabeth and Geroge Armstrong Custer were stationed in Texas, Louisiana, and Kansas. Faced with flash floods, scorpians, wild animals, and Native Americans of uncertain disposition, Elizabeth recounts the reconstruction era of the South and the Plains Wars with the Native Americans, and the dangerous life of an army officer's wife.
    Tenting on the Plains or General Custer in Kansas and Texas
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      Tenting on the Plains or General Custer in Kansas and Texas
      Elizabeth B. Custer
      Manufacturer: Corner House Publishers
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      Binding: Hardcover
      ASIN: B000VA21RE

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      8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 403pp, illustrated.
      Tenting on the Plains: or, Gen'l [General] Custer in Kansas and Texas
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        Tenting on the Plains: or, Gen'l [General] Custer in Kansas and Texas
        Elizabeth B. Custer
        Manufacturer: Charles L. Webster & Co.
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        Binding: Hardcover
        ASIN: B000PSN8YM
        Tenting on the plains; or, Gen'l Custer in Kansas and Texas,
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          Tenting on the plains; or, Gen'l Custer in Kansas and Texas,
          Elizabeth Bacon Custer
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          Tenting On The Plains; Or, General Custer in Kansas and Texas
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            Tenting On The Plains; Or, General Custer in Kansas and Texas
            Elizabeth B. Custer
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            Tenting On The Plains
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              Tenting On The Plains
              Elizabeth B. CUSTER
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              Tenting On The Plains
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                Tenting On The Plains
                Elizabeth A. Custer
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                Participant Observer: A Memoir of a Transatlantic Life
                Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                • Participant Observer: Memoir of a Transatlantic Life, by Robin Fox
                • Participant Observer: Memoir of a Transatlantic Life, by Robin Fox
                Participant Observer: A Memoir of a Transatlantic Life
                Robin Fox
                Manufacturer: Transaction Publishers
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                5 out of 5 stars Participant Observer: Memoir of a Transatlantic Life, by Robin Fox.......2006-03-01

                Ever since Kinship and Marriage first appeared in 1967 -- the classic volume that first set forth the ground rules for understanding how kinship systems operate and which today remains the most widely published anthropological textbook -- Robin Fox's work continues to astound, delight, and challenge. In 1971 he and Lionel Tiger published The Imperial Animal, inaugurating a revolution in thinking with their argument that human beings are, in fact, part of the animal kingdom, that our evolutionary background needs to be taken into account, and that human behavior and culture are ultimately rooted in human nature. Perhaps the term sociobiology is familiar enough today, but when Fox and Tiger's findings were initially unleashed, the impact was nothing less than an intellectual earthquake.

                A brilliant essayist and social theorist, much of Fox's subsequent career has been devoted to restoring to anthropology the heritage of Darwin. To that end he has marshaled evidence that cuts across disciplinary lines, and is as much at ease discussing ancient Hindu law or the fundamentals of primate behavior as the philosophers of the European enlightenment. Fox warns in his writings that unless more anthropologists consider biology and human nature in their attempts to understand the human condition, much of their work will be relegated to obscurity. All too often, he laments, scholarship has been driven by agenda rather than by evidence.

                Over the course of his long career, Fox has made major contributions in other areas as well. As a linguist and ethnographer, he has written classic accounts of the Tory Islanders and Pueblo Indians, documenting ways of life that have since been lost. He founded the Department of Anthropology at Rutgers University. And he is an accomplished musician and lyric poet worthy of the great literary tradition of his birthright, England.

                Now for the first time, Robin Fox has given us his life story. Written in the third person with epic verve, Participant Observer: Memoir of a Transatlantic Life, takes us back to his childhood in rural Pre-World War II southern England (still undergoing the throws of the industrial revolution) through the terrors of the Nazi bombardment to his subsequent adolescence at the London School of Economics. The compelling and entertaining narrative sweeps us along from Fox's earliest memories to the maturation of his ideas, from his first punishment from a grammar school teacher (Fox's crime was to give an honest but unorthodox answer to her question), to the difficulties he faced later when challenging long cherished paradigms by academics.

                In short, Participant Observer: Memoir of a Transatlantic Life, is a breathtaking intellectual odyssey that not only spans the Atlantic but many kinds of worlds. We move from the debate halls of Oxford and Harvard -- with their jealousies, back biting and intellectual battles to the near-neolithic village life of Pueblo Indians of Cochiti, or the Tory Islanders off the coast of England, attempting to preserve their traditional ways of life. Through the telling we are treated to a fascinating array of characters who helped define the 20th century -- their human foibles as well as achievements. Fox is a master at describing the human comedy, and there is a delightful hilarity to much of his narrative -- well balanced against his nostalgia for the lost worlds and people he knew.

                At times Participant Observer will have readers laughing out loud, at other times they will likely be moved by its poetic reflection and insight, and at all times pulled along by the excitement of the surge and clash of the great ideas that have helped forge our age (and unmask our species). Fox's own personal narrative moves skillfully in the midst of that giant river helping to steer its course. Here is the perfect marriage of literature and science, disproving the conventional view that it can`t be done. Fox's new book is a must for anyone who wants to understand more about this dynamic scholar: about the intellectual climate that shaped our time and which Fox himself significantly helped shape.

                David M. Oestreicher, Ph.D., Independent Scholar

                5 out of 5 stars Participant Observer: Memoir of a Transatlantic Life, by Robin Fox.......2006-03-01

                Ever since Kinship and Marriage first appeared in 1967 -- the classic volume that first set forth the ground rules for understanding how kinship systems operate and which today remains the most widely published anthropological textbook -- Robin Fox's work continues to astound, delight, and challenge. In 1971 he and Lionel Tiger published The Imperial Animal, inaugurating a revolution in thinking with their argument that human beings are, in fact, part of the animal kingdom, that our evolutionary background needs to be taken into account, and that human behavior and culture are ultimately rooted in human nature. Perhaps the term sociobiology is familiar enough today, but when Fox and Tiger's findings were initially unleashed, the impact was nothing less than an intellectual earthquake.

                A brilliant essayist and social theorist, much of Fox's subsequent career has been devoted to restoring to anthropology the heritage of Darwin. To that end he has marshaled evidence that cuts across disciplinary lines, and is as much at ease discussing ancient Hindu law or the fundamentals of primate behavior as the philosophers of the European enlightenment. Fox warns in his writings that unless more anthropologists consider biology and human nature in their attempts to understand the human condition, much of their work will be relegated to obscurity. All too often, he laments, scholarship has been driven by agenda rather than by evidence.

                Over the course of his long career, Fox has made major contributions in other areas as well. As a linguist and ethnographer, he has written classic accounts of the Tory Islanders and Pueblo Indians, documenting ways of life that have since been lost. He founded the Department of Anthropology at Rutgers University. And he is an accomplished musician and lyric poet worthy of the great literary tradition of his birthright, England.

                Now for the first time, Robin Fox has given us his life story. Written in the third person with epic verve, Participant Observer: Memoir of a Transatlantic Life, takes us back to his childhood in rural Pre-World War II southern England (still undergoing the throws of the industrial revolution) through the terrors of the Nazi bombardment to his subsequent adolescence at the London School of Economics. The compelling and entertaining narrative sweeps us along from Fox's earliest memories to the maturation of his ideas, from his first punishment from a grammar school teacher (Fox's crime was to give an honest but unorthodox answer to her question), to the difficulties he faced later when challenging long cherished paradigms by academics.

                In short, Participant Observer: Memoir of a Transatlantic Life, is a breathtaking intellectual odyssey that not only spans the Atlantic but many kinds of worlds. We move from the debate halls of Oxford and Harvard -- with their jealousies, back biting and intellectual battles to the near-neolithic village life of Pueblo Indians of Cochiti, or the Tory Islanders off the coast of England, attempting to preserve their traditional ways of life. Through the telling we are treated to a fascinating array of characters who helped define the 20th century -- their human foibles as well as achievements. Fox is a master at describing the human comedy, and there is a delightful hilarity to much of his narrative -- well balanced against his nostalgia for the lost worlds and people he knew.

                At times Participant Observer will have readers laughing out loud, at other times they will likely be moved by its poetic reflection and insight, and at all times pulled along by the excitement of the surge and clash of the great ideas that have helped forge our age (and unmask our species). Fox's own personal narrative moves skillfully in the midst of that giant river helping to steer its course. Here is the perfect marriage of literature and science, disproving the conventional view that it can`t be done. Fox's new book is a must for anyone who wants to understand more about this dynamic scholar: about the intellectual climate that shaped our time and which Fox himself significantly helped shape.

                David M. Oestreicher , Ph.D., independent scholar.

                A Breast Cancer Journey: Your Personal Guidebook, 2E
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                • If you choose only one Breast Cancer Book...
                A Breast Cancer Journey: Your Personal Guidebook, 2E
                American Cancer Society
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                5 out of 5 stars If you choose only one Breast Cancer Book..........2001-09-04

                There are many good breast cancer books out there, and a couple of excellent ones. This book is outstanding, because it is able to include all the necessary medical information, while including all the other information that you need to take care of your life. I am more than my breasts, and more than my breast cancer!

                This book includes the latest treatment guidelines for breast cancer, goes over the practical issues issues of work, insurance, and money, assembling a support team, coping with side effects, and going through the entire process. The medical information is clear, to the point, and well-written. It is the equal of any other book.

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                  Charles Maclean
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                  Charles MacLean pours a lifetime’s love and knowledge of Scotch whisky into this delightful book. He discusses how has whisky changed over the past hundred years, what gives it its beautiful amber color, how its simple ingredients come together to produce such a diversity of flavors, and more. Elegant and informative, this is a book which will be consumed in appreciative sips by anyone with an interest in good drink and good living.
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                    Horses, Mules, Ponies, and How To Keep Them: Practical Hints for Horse-Keepers
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                      Henry William Herbert
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                      Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Period Furniture Details
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                      This new paperback expands on the techniques covered in Shaping Wood — a title in the enormously successful Complete Illustrated Guides series. It covers joinery relating to 18th century furniture styles, as well as the demanding techniques required to complete ornate period pieces. Turning and carving, as well as building accurately, are all included in a highly visual format. Anyone who loves period details and longs to create them will want this book. 300 color photos and drawings are featured.

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                      5 out of 5 stars Very good!.......2006-05-16

                      I am surprised at the low book review. This is one of the best teaching books I have read. Lonnie Bird is an artist at conveying woodworking concepts. This is not a step by step how to guide to a completed project. Every detail that is covered is very well covered. I have both of the Lonnie Bird books and believe they complement each other. I highly reccomend this book and this author! If you want a good step by step book on Period Furniture try: Glen Huey's "Building Period Furniture" Both of these books are excellent. See my review under this book on Amazon.I have bought many books that are barely worth taking home. These two books are worth more than they cost! The printing and pictures in This book are superior as are all others I have read by Taunton press.

                      4 out of 5 stars Details Add Value.......2004-07-10

                      This is a valuable aid in making details. Another reviewer states that 80% of the book is in another book by Bird. This might be a bit of an over statement - no matter if just 20% is new material the book is worth it. I own both of the books he addresses - I noticed the duplication right away. The real question is "will this book make you a better period furniture maker?" I am 57 years old - own every tool required to make period furiture - hold a Masters certification from Marc Adams School of Woodworking - have taken course work with some of the top people in the field - I am now working on a Philidelphia Low Boy and am wooking with Allan Breed (instructor) - and this book is helpful and even insightful. I know at least four of the eighteen of us in class have purchased this book.

                      1 out of 5 stars Don't buy if you own Complete Guide to Shaping Wood.......2004-02-28

                      If you already own Lonnie Bird's Complete Illustrated Guide to Shaping Wood you will be extremely disappointed with this book. It seemed that 80% was duplicate material. The book descriptions says that this book expands on the techniques covered in Shaping Wood. To me, it looked like nothing more than a page for page copy.

                      Bonsai for Everyone (A Comprehensive Guide to Successful Bonsai Growing under South African conditions)
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                              ASIN: 0380779870

                              Customer Reviews:

                              5 out of 5 stars Very good book..........2002-01-15

                              This book was even better than expected. I haven't finished it yet, but having a hard time putting it down. Highly recommend to any mother! Helped me get rid of the guilt of staying home.

                              4 out of 5 stars Enjoyable food for thought.......2000-06-14

                              All Mothers Work manages to affirm stay-at-home motherhood, without needing to put down mothers who work outside the home. Cindy Ramming has been both a stay-at-home mom and a working-outside-the-home mom, and knows whereof she speaks. Her informal, intimate, and humorous style makes this book a quick read. The first half of the book helps the reader decide if staying at home is for her, the second half has practical supportive advice for those who do decide to "stay at home" (including a key secret--to be a successful "stay at home" mom, you need to get out of the house!). Unlike so many books for mothers which create idealized perfectionistic standards, All Mothers Work is realistic and supportive--Rammings admits some of her own foibles, too, which we can all identify with. The only reason I gave the book 4 instead of 5 stars was that it was shorter than I would have liked.

                              5 out of 5 stars Because you're not "Just a Mom".......1999-06-30

                              An excellent source for women looking into the possibility of staying home, the book is also great for women who had already decided to do so. Great for stay-at-home women who, when asked what do they do, say "I'm just a Mom". It helped me to live with my own decision of quitting my job (and leaving behind a career) to take care of my daughter. Three cheers for Cindy Rammings!

                              5 out of 5 stars Not just for working mothers, but the ones already at home........1999-03-26

                              As a stay at home mom, I didn't think this book was for me, I had already made my decision. But as I read it, I was encouraged and affirmed in my choice to stay home and raise my children. Ramming also had some advice to help make the job easier.

                              5 out of 5 stars Non-judgmental, funny, easy to read, practical info.......1999-03-20

                              Cindy Ramming uses humor and her own life experience to help you assess the pro's and con's of working vs. staying at home. As an accountant, she evaluates the cost of working vs. the cost of staying home. Although she came to the conclusion that for her it was best emotionally and financially to stay home, she does not say that this choice is right for all mothers, rather, she helps give women tools to assess their own needs and come to their own conclusion. I look forward to reading future books by Mrs. Ramming.

                              Me of All People: Alfred Brendel in Conversation With Martin Meyer
                              Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                              • Everything you want to learn...and more!
                              • For The Advanced Music Lover Only!
                              Me of All People: Alfred Brendel in Conversation With Martin Meyer
                              Alfred Brendel , and Martin Meyer
                              Manufacturer: Cornell University Press
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                              ASIN: 0801440998

                              Book Description

                              "I was not a child prodigy; indeed, I had none of the requisite qualities for making a successful career." This "shortcoming" has not prevented Alfred Brendel from becoming one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. His solo recitals and appearances with the leading orchestras of the world make him a regular guest in London, Paris, New York, Vienna, Berlin, Munich, and Amsterdam, and at the major European and American music festivals.

                              In a series of dialogues with Martin Meyer, Brendel speaks about his life, the development of his career, his music-making, his travels, his poems and essays; about his childhood in Zagreb, adolescence in Graz, and experiences as a young man in Vienna ("I was in Vienna, but I was never a 'genuine' Viennese"); about literature, painting, architecture, and kitsch.

                              Brendel talks about the freedoms and obligations of a performer and discusses the work of musicians who have fascinated him- Alfred Cortot, Edwin Fischer, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Wilhelm Kempff, and Bruno Walter-and those who have irritated him, as did Glenn Gould. The conversations between Brendel and Meyer are both serious and witty. Me of All People abounds in amusing anecdotes and contains penetrating insights into the music of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Busoni, and Schoenberg.

                              Alfred Brendel emerges as a deep thinker, a passionate skeptic, and an emotional musician. He is a multitalented figure with an engaging sense of humor, a healthy dose of modesty, and an enormous appetite for life.

                              Customer Reviews:

                              5 out of 5 stars Everything you want to learn...and more!.......2003-07-21

                              Numerous books are in print about Horowitz and the like. But there has never been much, aside from recordings, about my favorite pianist, Alfred Brendel. Recently, a two-DVD set was released entitled Alfred Brendel -- in Portrait. It was great, with one DVD dedicated to performance, the other, a biographical special. But the Brendel fan can delve a bit deeper with this book. Brendel speaks of a wide variety of topics, from his views on Balakirev's Islamey and Rachmaninoff to his views on politics and religion. There are some really interesting ideas and quotes interspersed that can be inspirational not only to the player, but also to the individual encountering life experiences each day. I highly recommend.

                              4 out of 5 stars For The Advanced Music Lover Only!.......2003-07-17

                              It must be said up front that this is not a book for the casual classical music lover. If you are not familiar with the classical piano literature or Mr. Brendel's recordings, this is not the book for you.
                              But for the advanced classical piano student or knowledgeable listener, this book sheds much light on Mr. Brendel's opinions and thoughts about the great composers and how he feels they should be played. He is not just a virtuoso pianist, but a world-class musician. His comments on interpretation of the classics and about other famous pianists, past and present, are quite interesting.
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                                Me of All People : Alfred Brendel in Conversation with Martin Meyer
                                Alfred; Meyer, Martin; Stokes, Richard (translator) Brendel
                                Manufacturer: Cornell University Press
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                                ASIN: B000OLXYP8

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                                  Memoirs from Occupied Warsaw 1940-1945 (The Library of Holocaust Testimonies)
                                  Helena Szereszewska
                                  Manufacturer: Mitchell Vallentine & Company
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