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Fred Engh examines the poor state of youth sports in America, explains why the system has been perverted by a need-to-win mentality, and documents the negative roles that parents, coaches, and administrators often play in young athletes' lives. He then provides a variety of proven solutions that can help put fun back in the game.
Customer Reviews:
Great Book Concept.......2006-07-28
In my opinion more books like these are needed, because kids need to be encouraged rater than discouraged. I agree with the reviewer below. Also recommended: "Everything You Never Wanted To Know About Your Nonprofit Corporation" by Ms. Cellaneous, The Unknown Attorney--Another book dealing with kids sports clubs but from a legal perspective.
Why Johnny Hates Sports.......2004-06-20
Every adult who has anything to do with coaching sports should be made to read this book. Every parent who puts their child into sports should be made to read this book. It is that important a book and the issue of violence in children's sporting events is growing even in light of recent violent episodes that have left a man dead. Far too many adults are pushing their children to succeed so much that the word "fun" has no connection whatsoever to do with playing sports.
To the point.......2000-01-28
Sports is an important topic in many families and schools in the USA and abroad. Engh takes a courageous position and that is to say, we, as parents and amateur coaches have twisted the idea of organized sports competition and made it into a grueling exercise for its innocent victims: our children. Engh rightly points out that parents and ignorant coaches who use their amateur leadership position to wrongly influence our children as to what fair sportsmanship is all about. Engh points out that "winning" has unfortunately become the Holy Grail of youth competition. I'd rather prefer what I heard one Chinese table tennis champion say a few years back, "Winning is temporary, friendship is permanent." You only have to attend a local sports event or pick up a newspaper to hear about the tragic ways children are exposed to bickering parents, foul-mouthed opponents, loud mouth fans, unrewarded referees. Engh places himself in a vulnerable position to put the spotlighht on the very people he is asking to support his organization nationwide: the coaches, schools, youth organizations and parents. In youth sports, the child is supposed to come first, like it was in sandlot baseball and other sports in the past. But now "the organization" comes first, and corporate sponsors. children in youth sports have become a commodity. I wouldn't be surpised if some youth organizations try to ban his book because it exposes some of the politics, in-fighting and complete insensitivity that exists in youth sports today. There are many good, sensitive parents and single persons who are engaged in helping youth sports. I hope everyone of them buys a couple dozen of Engh's book and distributes them to their local libraries. Good luck, Mr. Engh ! We hope your book enlightenens the next person who comes along planning to use an amateur coach position or parent-fan to fullfill his or her unrealized dreams of athletic greatness. H T White
To the point.......2000-01-28
Sports is an important topic in many families and schools in the USA and abroad. Engh takes a courageous position and that is to say, we, as parents and amateur coaches have twisted the idea of organized sports competition and made it into a grueling exercise for its innocent victims: our children. Engh rightly points out that parents and ignorant coaches who use their amateur leadership position to wrongly influence our children as to what fair sportsmanship is all about. Engh points out that "winning" has unfortunately become the Holy Grail of youth competition. I'd rather prefer what I heard one Chinese table tennis champion say a few years back, "Winning is temporary, friendship is permanent." You only have to attend a local sports event or pick up a newspaper to hear about the tragic ways children are exposed to bickering parents, foul-mouthed opponents, loud mouth fans, unrewarded referees. Engh places himself in a vulnerable position to put the spotlighht on the very people he is asking to support his organization nationwide: the coaches, schools, youth organizations and parents. In youth sports, the child is supposed to come first, like it was in sandlot baseball and other sports in the past. But now "the organization" comes first, and corporate sponsors. children in youth sports have become a commodity. I wouldn't be surpised if some youth organizations try to ban his book because it exposes some of the politics, in-fighting and complete insensitivity that exists in youth sports today. There are many good, sensitive parents and single persons who are engaged in helping youth sports. I hope everyone of them buys a couple dozen of Engh's book and distributes them to their local libraries. Good luck, Mr. Engh ! We hope your book enlightenens the next person who comes along planning to use an amateur coach position or parent-fan to fullfill his or her unrealized dreams of athletic greatness. H T White
Excellent viewpoint on sports.......1999-10-31
This book did not disappoint me. Professional sports are indeed a black eye on this country and a threat to the future of our young people.
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Looking up from his newspaper from where he sat on the deck of the destroyer USS Dale, Harold Reichert could see the pilot plain as day—the leather helmet with chin strap, the goggles, and then the red rising sun painted on the plane’s fuselage. “I saw the torpedo drop and watched as it ran up on the old Utah.”
It was daybreak at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the beginning of the war, and the Dale was there; she would serve until the end, when the atomic bombs were dropped and Japan surrendered. In the words of those who manned her, the Dale’s war comes vividly to life in this first oral history of a combat ship from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay. From carrier raids on Midway, Guadalcanal, and the Solomons to the bombarding of Saipan and Guam in the capture of the Marianas, from the Aleutians in the far north to strikes on Tokyo and Kobe, Tales of a Tin Can recreates the action aboard the Dale, and conveys as never before the true grit of wartime on a destroyer.
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Not a bad Navy story.......2007-09-09
As a Navy Vet and one who served for a short time on a tin can I found this book interesting. I enjoyed reading it not only from a veterans perspective but also from a historical viewpoint.
Destroyermen The Few The Proud.......2007-08-28
This is a terrific read and well reflects the lives we endured on the "greyhounds of the sea". The memories of these terrific sailors is exciting and certainly reflects the challenges that they faced again and again. Having rode many of these ships over a 30 year Navy career I would certainLY recommend this to any and all. BRAVO ZULU!!!!!!!!!!!
Great Book.......2007-06-27
If you are a serious student of history, you cannot help but enjoy this book.
All too often when telling the story of WW II, the intimate and personal day to day experiences of the individual soldier or sailor get over looked.
This book tells that story, specifically how individual sailors dealt with the day to day stress of combat operations and the death of friends and shipmates; a great read.
They were both (Anchors Aweight) good!!!.......2007-05-26
Two different books and two different stories. If you liked the fun of the ship and the good times that were there, then you'll want to read them both, Anchors Aweight and Tin Can Tales!!!
kudos for a great book.......2007-05-15
We have totally enjoyed the book. It's written as if the men were talking to you right in the room.
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The Marines in World War II: From Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay (G.I. Series)
Christopher Anderson
Manufacturer: Greenhill Books
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In this brilliantly illustrated book, Christopher Anderson examines the uniforms and insignia worn by the United States Marine Corps in World War II. Marines were particularly distinguished, earning a superb reputation for daring amphibious assaults, and at Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Tarawa, Iwo Jima and Okinawa the USMC took tremendous punishment but ultimately triumphed. A total of six divisions of Marines fought in World War II, sustaining 87,000 casualties, and this book throws light on their role. The photographs presented in this book show the Marines as they actually appeared in World War II-uniform and equipment evolved and varied according to conditions-and form a unique resource. Christopher J. Anderson is the Senior Editor of MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, and is the author of The U.S. Army Today, Patton's Third Army, Hell on Wheels, and The Fall of Fortress Europe in the G.I. Series.
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Covers all significant actions, from the early allied defeats to the last Japanese death throes. --Library Journal
Customer Reviews:
Great Book.......2005-03-14
This is a great book if you are looking for general or in-depth history on WW2 in the Pacific.It gives great details on all the land and sea battles in the Pacific and gives the reader info on what was happening in the Imperial High Command of Japan.
Nothing New Here-.......2001-09-02
I was very disappointed with this book. Considering that it was published in 1995, I was shocked at the amount of out-of-date and incorrect information it contained. You would be better off purchasing the biased but informative volumes written by Morrison. In fact, this book is little more than a rehash of previous works.
I was particularly struck by blatant errors contained in this book. Three examples will suffice:
1. The reference on page 195 (paperback version) to the Japanese Battleship 'Kumano.' There was no such ship. There was a 'cruiser' of that name however.
2. The everchanging description of the Japanese Battleship 'Ise.' Page 153: it's a 'battleship.' On Page 354 it's a 'half-carrier.' On page 363 it's a 'converted battleship.' And on page 478 it's a 'battleship' again. This may seem minor but it indicates a complete ignorance on the part of the author that the ship was modified ONCE with a deck added in place of the aft 14" gun turrets. This was not explained and an uninformed reader may be confused or assume that there is more than one 'Ise.' It also raises the possibility that the author's research in some places goes little beyond quoting other sources uncritically.
3. The bizarre restating of the since-discredited (or at least now much in doubt) theory that the American submarine 'Nautilus' sank the Japanese Carrier 'Soryu' during the battle of Midway. This was shocking to me since one of the books listed in the bibliography lays to rest this apparently false notion (Fuchida's 'Midway' which the author should have read-- he clearly didn't). It was the 'Kaga' the sub attempted to torpedo: and the torpedos all failed to detonate or hit the carrier. NOTE: Part of the 'Kaga's' remains have been located in the Pacific. The 'Soryu' may be near-by...
I lastly note that I am not an expert on United States Naval History during the Second World War. I am however a former history teacher and have had a life-long interest in this subject. I point this out because I strongly suspect that many other errors are contained in this book which I simply failed to notice.
Customer Reviews:
Very Disappointing to a WWII Veteran.......2000-11-10
I bought this book in order to read get "the big picture" and read more about the history and locations where my Dad was during WWII as an officer/bomber pilot against the Japanese in the South Pacific with the hopes to write his story while he's still alive (he's 79 years old). He enlisted into the Army Air Corps (now the Air Force) on his 20th birthday in November 1941(before Pearl Harbor!) and flew B-24s, B-25s, and B-26s in dozens of missions early in the war, based in the jungles of New Guinea. He was also involved some in intelligence so he knew a lot about where troops were at any given point and what was going on with the enemy in the various areas during the first 2-3 years of the war. Only in the past 10-12 years has he finally been able to talk about his experiences over there. He's one of a dwindling group of surviving veterans still around to tell their stories. When I showed this book to my Dad, he spent a couple days looking through it and much to my surprise was extremely critical of it. He said it was fine as a photo book of uniforms and equipment possibly used during the war plus some photos of people, but the written stories were filled with inaccuracies regarding events, locations, and errors of omissions. Very disappointing! He insisted I return the book and get my money back because it not only was not worth the paper it was printed on, it was actually dangerous because of its inaccuracies. Since he lived the war and was there, I trust his knowledge and judgement, and thought I'd pass on this info to those who might be curious about this book. He (and I) think there must be better books out on the market, so save your money for those.
Customer Reviews:
Priceless Publication.......2005-05-09
This account details what it was like to be aboard the USS California from the invasion of Pearl Harbor through the turmoil of WWII. Mostly pictures, which are very good and a narrative by two shipmates, these stories parallel the memories and tales my father spoke of who also served on the California that frightfull morning on December 7th.
FOREWARD: "The wartime story of the battleship California is the story of the men who gave her their fighting spirit. The account in the pages is an attemp to fix on paper the feelings and actions of these men as each did his part in contributing to the American victory gainst the enemy, Japan."
I value this book that was handed down to me by my father as I know his 20 years of service in the U.S. Navy was a segment in his life he was very proud of. To see this book is quite a throwback to some of the more recent war footage we have seen in IRAQ. It's amazing how our brave men perservered with the tools, weapons and equipment that were available to them during this time in our history.
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an american history of the blackfeet.......2007-10-01
I generally enjoy reading non fiction books to listening to popular music because... music is sooooo corporate. The downside of reading non fiction is that you can't really share your interest with anyone- this contrasts sharply with music- almost everyone has some opinion about some kind of popular music. Most people- even most readers- almost never read a non fiction book (exclusing self help and celebrity bios).
That's a shame, because the internet makes it so easy to buy cheap used books that even the most impoverished individual can keep a steady flow of books shipped to their home address without expending hardly any effort.
This particular volume I bought at the Museum of the Plains Indian in Browning, Montana. Ewers, the author, was the first Curator of that place. The Blackfeet is a straight forward ethnography of the Blackfeet circa the early 50s.
Ewers is strong on providing transcriptions of statements by elderly Blackfeet who can speak first hand about their rituals and practices from back in the day. His description of "material culture" (what they ate, what they wore, how they lived) are stronger then his descriptions of their native religion and the non-material culture.
As you would excpect from a work of this age, Ewers offers little to no criticism of the united states government or its conduct towards the Blackfeet. He even goes so far as to praise the efforts of several "indian agents"- as corrupt and venal a bunch of men as you are likely to encounter in history.
The relative simplicity of Blackfeet culture makes this 300 pages an easy read. I would be interested in reading further about the original Blackfeet native religion- Ewers left me with many questions. I think that subject alone warrants a book- "The Religion of the Plains Indians.
A good, reasonably thorough, traditional ethnography.......2006-05-25
This is a good, old-style ethnography of the Blackfoot. It provides a reasonably thorough account of material culture. It's weaker on traditional human culture, especially religious beliefs, but it does a decent job on the outward manifestations of interior beliefs.
As you would expect from this kind of ethnography, the book is descriptive, not explanatory. With very few exceptions, it also fails to make any comparisons with other cultures, and any comparisons concern only the tribe's near neighbors such as the Crow or Flatheads.
Because he did his work in the 1940s and 1950s, Ewers' respondents include elderly members of the tribe who recall customs of their pre-reservation youth. Along with the accounts of white explorers and traders, these provide Ewers' main sources for the history of the Blackfoot.
The parts that stick with me the most are the participants' views of horse raiding expeditions, and the views of "medicine" rituals and objects. Both of these are easily distorted by outsiders, and Ewers seems to get them right.
It's interesting to see the tension in this older ethnographic perspective. He's sympathetic to the tribe, he recognizes the inhumanity inflicted on them, and yet he also praises "good" Indian agents who try to help the Blackfoot learn to farm and ranch. He even has some good things to say about Indian boarding schools!
Simplifying a bit, Ewers tends to see the political and economic injustices inflicted on the Blackfoot but he cannot see the cultural injustices. The tension is evident even in the title, which refers to the "Blackfeet," even though he notes in the text that this plural is not used n the Blackfoot language and many Blackfoot insist on the singular usage that I have used in this review. Some are even offended by the term. It's not clear that Ewars would understand why this matters.
The Blackfeet Raiders on the Northwestern Plains.......2003-07-16
A highly detailed history of the Blackfeet Nation. After you read it, it makes you think how selfish and greedy our historical white leaders were. Talk about terrorism.....we did it to them........
thoroughly documented research.......2002-06-12
This book is a researcher's dream, and a pleasure to read. First published in 1958, this volume traces the history of the Blackfeet from pre-horse days through to the 1950's. The author displays a thorough understanding of his subject, and extensively annotates his work, paying meticulous attention to dates, places and names. John C Ewers was the first curator of the Museum of the Plains Indian near Browning, Montana, and many of the items in the museum collection were given to him at the time by elder members of the tribe at the time. He used primary sources for much of his information for this book, and corroborated details with these tribal elders as much as possible. This is a well-written, respectful history of the Blackfeet nation, and ought to remain in print for decades to come. Potential buyers should scan the Table of Contents page for an overview of subjects covered.
general overview of the Blackfeet.......2001-12-12
This book does an ok job of giving you a brief overview of the Blackfeet--although it is very introductory and does not go into as much depth as I would like on various subjects (religion, daily life, etc). One problem I have is that Ewers choice of words. He refers to the Blackfeet and other Native Americans as "red men" and bloodthirsty and other terms that are rather derogatory. If you can get past that... I guess it's not too bad.
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Traditional Plant Foods of Canadian Indigenous Peoples: Nutrition, Botany and Use (Food and Nutrition in History and Anthropology)
Harrie Kuhnlein
Manufacturer: Taylor & Francis
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This volume details the nutritional properties, botanical characteristics and ethnic uses of traditional food plants of indigenous Canadian Peoples. It contains an index of over one thousand plants from all provinces of Canada, as well as the bordering states, for which the Indian and Inuit peoples of each regfion have been consulted as the definitive source concerning plant usage within the scope of their environment and culture. Health care professionals and organizations working with Indigenous Canadian Peoples, biologists, ehtnologists and academics will appreciate the comprehensive information compiled on nutritional, medical and botanical characteristics.
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