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Review Date: 1/23/2012
Helpful Score: 1
I am probably missing a lot of interesting information and important historical facts about everyday living by not finishing this book, but it was just too much. I liked the book and skipped around to different parts, but couldn't read it all the way thru.
Review Date: 9/6/2009
I just didn't get most of these stories! I'm not dense. Really! But they were just too out-there for me. I could relate to two fairy tales in the book---Six Green Bottles and the Golden Egg. They came across as fables, with a lesson. The others,,,,,,,,,,??????????
Review Date: 2/10/2008
I received this, ordered from amazon.com and was very disappointed! The only picture by Charley Harper was the cover. I was expecting occasional pictures of his thru-out the book. It was all blank pages. That's no fun. I returned it.
Review Date: 3/19/2011
Beautifully written. Poems written as prose! You should read this slowly and more than once to absorb the beauty and meaning of each sentence.
Review Date: 8/1/2009
Helpful Score: 2
This was a good story that showed the depth of an elephants' relationship with the people who care for her. I was touched by the elephant's struggle and Sam's love for her.
The story takes place in Washington State. Why do many of the people have Southern 'accents', a Southern way of speaking? If you read the biography of the real Hannah, Shirley, you will see that she was at a zoo in Louisiana before being taken to the sanctuary in Tennessee. I guess that is where the Southerness comes from. But it doesn't work in this setting.
Read more information on Shirley and the sanctuary here::: http://www.elephants.com/shirley/shirleystart.htm
The story takes place in Washington State. Why do many of the people have Southern 'accents', a Southern way of speaking? If you read the biography of the real Hannah, Shirley, you will see that she was at a zoo in Louisiana before being taken to the sanctuary in Tennessee. I guess that is where the Southerness comes from. But it doesn't work in this setting.
Read more information on Shirley and the sanctuary here::: http://www.elephants.com/shirley/shirleystart.htm
Review Date: 4/27/2016
Heartbreaking
Kingbird Highway: The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand
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Book Type: Paperback
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Book Type: Paperback
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Review Date: 8/21/2011
Very interesting and fun tale of Kenn Kaufman's travels in the early '70's. It would be best to read this book with an atlas and a bird book beside you.
Review Date: 4/23/2012
Fun book to read, a quirky romance along with the mystery of a found parrot. They made a movie of this book!! It is "A Bird of the Air." (2011)
Review Date: 10/9/2009
Helpful Score: 8
I rated this as a good book. It is more like short stories, some stories told from Olive's perspective, others told by other town folks, with the main character as a part of their story. It was a different format than any book I have read before.
There are quite a few characters which sometime made it confusing,,,,I suggest reading this consistently rather that a lot of starts and stops.
The book was written well and Olive is well-developed when you see her thru the eyes of her community also.
There are quite a few characters which sometime made it confusing,,,,I suggest reading this consistently rather that a lot of starts and stops.
The book was written well and Olive is well-developed when you see her thru the eyes of her community also.
So Sad To Fall In Battle: An Account of War Based on General Tadamichi Kuribayashi's Letters from Iwo Jima
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Book Type: Hardcover
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Book Type: Hardcover
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Review Date: 11/3/2009
Helpful Score: 1
Outstanding book giving the other side's perspective of a great battle during WWII. You get both a military perspective and human perspective of one of the great generals of this war. Knowing that defending Iwo was a "lost" cause, General Kuribayashi was able to inflict great hardship on the American forces, thereby postponing the eventual defeat of Japan. At the same time, he was able to communicate with his family from a distance, advising them of actions to take to live a comfortable and fulfilling life during times of strife. General Kuribayashi was both a father and husband while fulfilling his destiny as one of Japan's greatest military leaders.
Review Date: 2/3/2014
Helpful Score: 1
very good, in general,,,as another reviewer said::"Some sharp observations about disappointment and growing up and loss." But the very graphic descriptions made it hard to keep going at the beginning.
Review Date: 2/15/2021
Thought provoking---excellent!
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