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    Organic Seed in the Nordic Countries
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      Lincoln At Home : Two Glimpses of Abraham Lincoln's Family Life
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      Lincoln At Home : Two Glimpses of Abraham Lincoln's Family Life
      David Herbert Donald
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      As Lincoln led the nation into the Civil War, managing the Union war effort, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, winning reelection in 1864, and planning the Reconstruction of the South, he also led a private life, defined by his close relationship with his wife and his devotion to his children. Lincoln at Home offers a view into the life of the family through their written correspondence.

      With a brief account of their years in the White House and the complete collection of all the known letters exchanged by Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, this elegant portrait defines the sixteenth president as a dedicated -- though often a desperately busy and distracted -- family man.

      Lincoln at Home is an intimate and rare glimpse of the president as husband and father, a cheerful man pinned to the floor while playing with his children, and a desolate man struck down by grief at the death of his son. Beyond this, we are shown a personal side of the man who managed one of the most difficult periods in American history.

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      The author of the definitive biography of Lincoln offers a portrait of the President's domestic life in the White House in this beautifully rendered edition. Includes a collection of all the letters exchanged by Abraham and Mary Lincoln and their children.

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      2 out of 5 stars Find it cheap, or forget it.......2005-01-05

      I'm not sure what T. Rogers who gave two reviews is talking about. Is he even reviewing THIS book? Anyway, I'll have to agree with one reviewer. No matter how you look at it, this book had $$$$$$ on it. David Donald wrote probably the greatest biography of LINCOLN in the last 40 years. Why something so shallow and pricey as this? As ABBA would say "money, money, money" - David Donald has not only sold the reader short, he has sold his own ability short. Anyone that can produce some of the prior works he has on Lincoln, and then this. Hey, this book isn't that bad as a gift (which it was for me), or something in the $1.00 bargain bin, not a bad deal at all. However, don't spend your hard earned money paying $30 (insane), $10 or even $5 on this book. Its ok, but not over $1 ok. Listen, for five dollars, I'd rather be looking over my five Dollar Lincoln instead of the five dollar Lincoln book. If your ever at a $1 book sale, I recommend! If you get it as a gift read it.

      4 out of 5 stars A Slim But Beautifully Written Volume.......2001-12-31

      Noted Historian Donald, the author of the classic "Lincoln" biography, has adequately captured the kindness and inner beauty of our 16th President and his love of family in this slim, but well-written volume.

      The book is divided into two parts, an essay written originally as a speech before former President Bush on Lincoln's domestic life in the White House - how he and the First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln coped with the agony of war and the tragic loss of their son Willie.

      The second part of the book comprises all of the known letter correspondence between President Lincoln, and his wife and sons - and vice versa. Here we find that Robert Lincoln clearly was not too thrilled about his father becoming the Republican Presidential nominee in 1860, how Abraham Lincoln clearly fussed and agonized over son's Tad's missing (but eventually found) goat, all the more poignant because of Willie's death, and the tragic fire that claimed Willie's pony (not mentioned in this book). Or how Lincoln seemingly dispassionately mentioned in his correspondence to his wife the loss of Mary Todd Lincoln's Brother-In-Law, the Confederate General Ben Hardin Helm at the battle of Chickamauga.

      Donald has given us a beautifully presented and written book, a worthy gift to the Lincoln and Civil War reader - the only reason why I gave it four stars instead of five was that it is too pricey for a non fleshed-out biography, but would definitely be worth the fifth star at a bargain-based price.

      1 out of 5 stars Infidel of Pigeon Creek.......2001-02-05

      Lincoln idoloters will inevitably try to manufacture something to idolize in this tragic, dark, tormented figure whose desperation was so great that Alfted Taylor Bledsoe, who resided at Globe Tavern simultaneously with the Lincolns, whose law office was next to Lincoln, who joined with Lincoln in Whig politican, and who taught Lincoln the use of the broadsword when Lincoln's indiscretion caught him in the Shield's affair, could only bring forth the deepest empathy for his suffering. It was Mrs. Bledsoe who cared for Mrs. Lincoln and Robert Lincoln post-partum. And, it was Dr. Bledsoe whose monumental work Was Davis a Traitor (1968) reveals as well an any the shaky and erronous philosophical base of Mr. Lincoln's perversion of the constitutional compact. Lincoln, a despairing infidel, a spiritualist, a rabid story steller and ranconteur, a white supremist and segregationist, but masterful in argument before a jury and, in fact, honest in personal dealings, the type of person who, according to Dr. Bledsoe, did not so much as plant a tree at his dwelling.

      1 out of 5 stars Infidel of Pigeon Creek.......2001-02-05

      Lincoln idoloters will inevitably try to manufacture something to idolize in this tragic, dark, tormented figure whose desperation was so great that Alfted Taylor Bledsoe, who resided at Globe Tavern simultaneously with the Lincolns, whose law office was next to Lincoln, who joined with Lincoln in Whig politican, and who taught Lincoln the use of the broadsword when Lincoln's indiscretion caught him in the Shield's affair, could only bring forth the deepest empathy for his suffering. It was Mrs. Bledsoe who carried for Mrs. Lincoln and Robert Lincoln post-partum. And, it was Dr. Bledsoe whose monumental Was Davis a Traitor (1968) reveals as well an any the shaky and erronous philosophical base of Mr. Lincoln's perversion of the constitutional compact. Lincoln, a despairing infidel, a spiritualist, a rabid story steller and ranconteur, a white supremist and segregationist, but masterful in argument before a jury and, in fact, honest in personal dealings, the type of person who, according to Dr. Bledsoe, did not so much as plant a tree at his dwelling.

      1 out of 5 stars Infidel of Pigeon Creek.......2001-02-05

      Lincoln idoloters will inevitably try to manufacture something to idolize in this tragic, dark, tormented figure whose desperation was so great that Alfted Taylor Bledsoe, who resided at Globe Tavern simultaneously with the Lincolns, whose law office was next to Lincoln, who joined with Lincoln in Whig politican, and who taught Lincoln the use of the broadsword when Lincoln's indiscretion caught him in the Shield's affair, could only bring forth the deepest empathy for his suffering. It was Mrs. Bledsoe who carried for Mrs. Lincoln and Robert Lincoln post-partum. And, it was Dr. Bledsoe whose monumental Was Davis a Traitor (1968) reveals as well an any the shaky and erronous philosophical base of Mr. Lincoln's perversion of the constitutional compact. Lincoln, a despairing infidel, a spiritualist, a rabid story steller and ranconteur, a white supremist and segregationist, but masterful in argument before a jury and, in fact, honest in personal dealings, the type of person who, according to Dr. Bledsoe, did not so much as plant a tree at his dwelling.
      Lincoln at Home: Two Glimpses of Abraham Lincoln's Family Life.(Book Review)(Brief Article): An article from: Journal of Southern History
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          Who Was Who in America 1607-1996: With World Notables : 1607-1996 : Index Volumes I-XI and Historical Volume (Who Was Who in America Index Volume)
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                                Crazy Woman Creek: Women Rewrite the American West
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                                Crazy Woman Creek: Women Rewrite the American West

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                                Crazy Woman Creek is a collection of prose and poetry about real women in the West and their connection to a larger whole. Long troubled by the misguided images of skinny cowgirls on prancing palominos, the editors embarked on a mission to set the record straight. They wanted these western women to reveal the realities of their lives in their own words. In Crazy Woman Creek, 153 women west of the Mississippi write of the ways they shape and sustain their communities. Whether these groups are organized, imposed, or spontaneous, this collection shows that where women gather, anything is possible. Readers will encounter Buddhists in Nebraska, Hutterites in South Dakota, rodeo moms rather than soccer moms. A woman chooses horse work over housework; neighbors pull together to fight a raging wildfire; a woman rides a donkey across Colorado to raise money after the tragedy at Columbine. Women recall harmony found at a drugstore, at a powwow, in a sewing circle. Lively, heartfelt, urgent, enduring, Crazy Woman Creek celebrates community connections built or strengthened by women that unveil a new West.

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                                5 out of 5 stars Honest, heartwarming, hopeful.......2005-01-20

                                This anthology is a collection of essays and poems by women who live (or lived) in the American West, on their idea of what community means to them.

                                Some of these women are professional writers, and some are previously unpublished writers, but some simply have a story to tell.

                                And what stories! These women write in a straightforward and unpretentious manner about the women (and men) who lift them up, aggravate them, support them, teach them, and, more often than not, need their help in return. We hear stories of Native American healers, church groups serving funeral lunches, firefighters, book clubs, families, snow-shovel posses, and politics in the West.

                                I feel like I want to give this book to all of my close women friends, whether they physically live in my community or not.

                                The essays in this book will definitely make you think about your own connections to others, no matter what size town you call home. I highly recommend it, and cannot wait to get my hands on the other anthologies by these editors (Leaning into the Wind, and Woven on the Wind).

                                5 out of 5 stars A must for any woman--western or not.......2004-12-12

                                To be quite honest, the only reason I bought this book was because my friend's essay was in it. Wow! now I want to buy all of the books in this series of anthologies.
                                These are true stories by our friends, neighbors, and people we probably don't much care for who live down the lane. And because these women so fearlessly let us into their lives, we are able to be part of that circle of comapssion and understanding that is what I believe is the true nature of humanity.
                                Yeah I know, I'm making it sound like it's a bluepprint for world peace--but maybe it is!
                                Anyway, these are stories(and poems) that will make you weep and laugh out loud --I would recommend it to any type ofwomen studies groups.
                                Rewrites: A Memoir
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                                After serving an apprenticeship under Sid Caesar and Phil Silvers in Los Angeles, Neil Simon returned to New York at age 30 to embark on a career as a playwright. Some 35 years and three dozen plays later, the most successful comedy writer in the history of the American stage is still at it. In Rewrites, Simon reflects on his career, his relationship with his older brother and mentor Danny, and the loss of his wife Joan to cancer. Along the way, he reveals the price he has paid for his achievements: "I felt like I had stopped relating to people as friends, relatives, acquaintances.... Instead they turned into my victims, as I ripped their private souls from their being, feeding my hunger, my insatiable desire to use them in my writings, in my plays, in my thoughts."

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                                Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, The Sunshine Boys -- Neil Simon's plays and movies have kept many millions of people laughing for almost four decades. Today he is recognized not only as the most successful American playwright of all time, but also as one of the greatest.

                                More than the humor, however, it is the humanity of Neil Simon's vision that has made him America's most beloved playwright and earned him such enduring success. Now, in Rewrites, he has written a funny, deeply touching memoir, filled with details and anecdotes of the writing life and rich with the personal experiences that underlie his work. What the listener of this warm, nostalgic memoir discovers, however, is that the plays, although grounded in Neil Simon's own experience, provide only a glimpse into the mind and soul of this very private man.

                                Since Come Blow Your Horn first opened on Broadway in 1960, few seasons have passed without the appearance of another of his laughter-filled plays, and indeed on numerous occasions two or more of his works have been running simultaneously. But his success was something Neil Simon never took for granted, nor was the talent to create laughter something that he ever treated carelessly: it took too long for him to achieve the kind of acceptance -- both popular and critical -- that he craved, and the path he followed frequently was pitted with hard decisions.

                                Some of the supporting players in the memoir include Sid Caesar, Jerry Lewis, Walter Matthau, Robert Redford, Gwen Verdon, Bob Fosse, George C. Scott, and Mike Nichols. But always at center stage is his first love, his wife Joan, whose death in the early seventies devastated him, and whose love and inspiration illuminate this remarkable and revealing self-portrait.

                                Rewrites is rich in laughter and emotion, and filled with the memories of a sometimes sweet, sometimes bittersweet life.

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                                5 out of 5 stars Footlight Serenade.......2007-05-22

                                It is taken as fact by some that Neil Simon is like a Woody Allen with slightly less talent. I think rather Woody Allen is like a Neil Simon with a lot less heart.

                                "Rewrites", published in 1996, is Simon's memoir of his early days as a playwright; from the late 1950s when he took advantage of some downtime between sketchwriting gigs to sit down at a typewriter and hammer out a three-act comedy, to 1973 when he was the toast of Broadway. It's not a straightforward autobio; Simon doesn't dwell much on his upbringing except in snippets. He doesn't rub sores or surprise you with his candor. But if you ever wondered what it was like to be a hitmaker, this is the book for you.

                                One reason Simon was such a success was his fear of failure stayed with him always. "I still hated opening night because it was such a public event," he writes. "Something like getting a letter of response from the girl you asked to marry you, only it's to be shown publicly on television or on the first page of the arts section of every newspaper in town."

                                Another reason? Because he is so funny. "Rewrites" brings this out, too, even when writing about the pain of writing. On a dead spot in "Little Me": "We hit a dry patch so arid you could lay a beach blanket on it." During a struggle to come up with a workable third act for "The Odd Couple": "Why don't we just do the first two acts and reduce the ticket prices by a third?" About working out a similar problem in "Prisoner Of Second Avenue: "We envied each other's abilities. He [director Mike Nichols] hated me for thinking of it and I hated him for making me think of it."

                                But "Rewrites", like the best Simon comedies, also carries a lot of heart, much of it in the form of his first wife, Joan. Marrying him before he was anyone, Joan foregoes an engagement ring and makes Neil buy a dog instead. Later, her unusual, slightly manic personality gave him inspiration for his first breakout success, "Barefoot In The Park" and then kept Simon from becoming another casualty of success. His description of Joan is reverent but playful, showing us a woman of quiet strength and inner beauty happy to share her husband's success but adverse to the spotlight, even of being photographed.

                                Usually when a memoir turns to love I skim the pages, but Simon makes it hard here, whether he's writing about wooing Joan at a summer resort or losing her to cancer. However painful or earnest his subject, Simon never loses his sense of humor. It's a surprisingly adept balancing act to observe even if you've seen his "Biloxi Blues."

                                Even if you aren't a big fan of his plays, and there's a few I don't care for, Simon makes his run of successes interesting by discussing the problems he encountered in their composition and staging. He also discusses movies he scripted in the 1960s and early 1970s, and the famous characters he met. Jerry Lewis pelted him with red cashmere giveaways while teaching him the value of writing tight, while Peter Sellers amazed him with his talent for wearing personalities and his out-of-left-field suspicion Simon was having an affair with his wife. No one really gets hammered, except maybe Simon himself writing about a rare flop, "The Star-Spangled Girl."

                                "Neil Simon didn't have an idea for a play this year but he wrote it anyway," Walter Kerr of the New York Times opines, a putdown Simon likes so much he repeats it twice.

                                Simon's attention to the words of his critics is an interesting revelation, as is his explaining various secrets to his successes. So loaded up are you, on that and Simon's vicarious ride along the Great White Way, you feel like you could go out and write a hit play yourself. That may be "Rewrites" greatest show of Simon's immersive mastery.

                                5 out of 5 stars a love letter.......2005-04-03

                                This is Neil Simon's humorous, touching, and overall delightful memoir. I was impressed at how he is able to describe his amazing success as a playright with modesty--he never boasts, he merely reports. His voice in this book is self-deprecatory and he is quick to point out his faults and mistakes, which is very endearing. He also lets us in on the struggles of writing for theater with a detailed account of writing and rewriting the 20-some drafts of his first play, and the many, many attempts to perfect the final act in the Odd Couple under intense pressure. His annecdotes are fascinating, and as an added bonus, they often include such prominent artists as Bob Fosse, Mike Nicholls, Walter Matheau, and Robert Redford, to name a few.

                                This book has so much heart. In part it's a love letter addressed to his beloved wife Joan. But this is also Neil Simon's love letter to the theater, and to New York City. And man, you read this book and he'll convince you that the theater is magic and that NYC is absolutely the place to be.

                                5 out of 5 stars A life, from comedy to tragedy.......2004-08-20

                                Born in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, growing up poor, without a book in the house, and beset by the insecurities of his father's frequent unpredictable abandonments, Neil Simon went on to be America's most popular and prolific playwright, winner of numerous Tony Awards and other honors for his touching and hilarious comedies.

                                The first three quarters of his memoir "Rewrites," leaves readers with much the same warm feeling as his plays. While he never deprecates his own talent, Simon is generous in giving credit to others - producers, directors, actors, even critics.

                                He never lost his wide-eyed joy and amazement at success and shares with readers the often arduous paths of plays that evolved in rewrite after rewrite, some requiring frantic writing stints after opening night.

                                It was his older brother Danny (himself a successful Hollywood writer) who started him writing routines for comics as a teenager and who prophesied, " 'You're going to be the best comedy writer in America.' "

                                This support was complicated by sibling rivalry and the younger brother's struggle for autonomy, which Simon does not dwell on although it was clearly painful. But Danny was also an inspiration for some of his brother's most famous characters - from his first play (and first success) to Felix in "The Odd Couple," a play based on his newly divorced brother's roomate relationship with another newly divorced friend.

                                Many, if not all, of Simon's plays found their inspiration in family situations or incidents among friends. "The Star Spangled Girl" grew out of an argument at a party between Paddy Chayefsky and an astronaut's wife. Simon, a liberal himself, had difficulty doing justice to the conservative woman. "I found I disliked her politics so much, I made her disagreeable."

                                Unhappy with the play, he persisted, encouraged by his longtime producer "Saint" Subber. "When you write something you like, the pages fly by. When you know it's not good, each key on the typewriter weighs about ten pounds and you need to see a chiropractor every morning."

                                But the play was a hit. Afterwards, Simon got drunk at the cast party and later, "I threw up everything I had eaten since the first day I started writing "The Star Spangled Girl." Nothing connected to that play stayed in my mind or my body." He vowed to his wife Joan that he would never again stage a play he didn't like.

                                Simon's memoir revolves around his marriage as much as his work. Joan was a quirky, stalwart presence unimpressed by money or fame but wholly supportive. Her dislike of Los Angeles and glitz kept Simon grounded in reality and she fiercely guarded the integrity of family life.

                                Simon's description of their first apartment and Joan's efforts with it are funny, heartwarming and illuminating. No wonder it lead to his smash hit "Barefoot In the Park." Joan was also an inspiration for "Jake's Women," and her amazing reaction to Simon's momentary bout with mid-life crisis became the impetus for "The Last of the Red Hot Lovers."

                                The book is colorfully studded with anecdotes of the eccentric, even bizarre behavior of show business people - Mike Nichols, who directed several of Simon's plays but never stopped requiring ego massages, George C. Scott, who briefly walked out on "Plaza Suite" because he was afraid of jinxing its success, Maureen Stapleton, Simon's favorite actress.

                                Simon is an affectionate writer with scarcely a bad word to say about anyone. The worst behavior is transformed into amusing foibles or at least balanced by praise for more attractive traits. Yet Simon seems honest, about himself as well as others.

                                Along with Simon's talent for humourous story-telling and the fascinating behind-the-scenes exploration of play evolution, part of this book's charm is Simon's awareness of his luck, his joy in his family and his career. But all this comes to a crashing halt with his wife's illness and death at age 40 which ends the book.

                                The last 50 or so pages are dark, confused and desperate, such a drastic change in tone, it leaves the reader floundering. Simon obviously felt this was a natural place to conclude but many readers will wish he had gone on to show how he emerged from that bleak time, how he healed and went on to forge a renewed life for himself and his young daughters.

                                5 out of 5 stars As Good as Moss Hart's.......2004-01-08

                                and that is very high praise, since Hart's autobio is generally considered a stellar achievement. (I just loved it.)

                                I had had "Rewrites" on my bookshelf for a number of years, and just somehow never got around to it. Finally, one snowy weekend last month, I took it off the shelf and started reading. I loved it from the get-go -- it's simply one of the best memoirs ever written, IMO. (I've read a lot of autobios/memoirs, especially in my younger years, so I write with some knowledge in this area.)

                                I'll always remember that snowy weekend I spent "with Neil," and I'll also always remember how I ran to get the sequel, "The Play Goes On," on Monday. (That was also top-notch, but "Rewrites" was just a smidge better.)

                                Don't miss "Rewrites." It's a winner, it's a keeper, it's pure reading delight!

                                4 out of 5 stars Honest and funny autobigraphy.......2002-11-05

                                I enjoyed reading Neil Simon's account of his early successes as a writer. His story is one of a man who seems to have everything fall into place almost too easily until late in the book when personal tragedy strikes and he writes of his wife's illness and death.
                                As one would expect from such a prominent figure in the theater his book is filled with entertaining anecdotes regarding various actors and theater people. Simon comes across as a sincere and very regular guy who has the talent to take what he observes in himself and others and transform it into priceless comic material.
                                This is an enjoyable read for anyone who is even a casual fan of his work.
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                                        Neil Simon
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                                        Undaunted Courage/A Woman in Amber/Rewrites: A Memoir/The Critical Path (Reader's Digest Today's Best Nonfiction, Volume 41: 1996)
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                                          Stephen E. Ambrose , Agate Nesaule , Neil Simon , and Brock Yates
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                                            Stephen E. Ambrose , Agate Nesaule , Neil Simon , and Brock Yates
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                                              Stephen E. Ambrose , Agate Nesaule , Neil Simon , and Brock Yates
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                                                A Different World: Tales of an Idyllic Existence
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