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Wonderful beginner book

Personalized Perfumes: More Than 40 Recipes Makng Fragrances W/essential Oils
Gail Duff
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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Binding: Hardcover

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Perfumes, Splashes & Colognes: Discovering and Crafting Your Personal Fragrances

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The Essential Oils Book: Creating Personal Blends for Mind & Body

The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy: Over 600 Natural, Non-Toxic and Fragrant Recipes to Create Health - Beauty - a Safe Home Environment

ASIN: 0671880292

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Wonderful beginner book.......2002-02-18

For the inexperienced this book is a great beginning. It offers a set simple bases to begin experimenting with fragrance. The instuctions are in common measurements with no need of special scales or [pricey] equipment. If you are just courious and would like to try this hobby "Personalized Perfumes" is a good start.

Visually the book is stunning. The graphic design and the wonderfully composed photographs are the equal to any coffee table book. This little gem is a pleasure to own.

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"ONE OF THE BEST VIETNAM WAR STORIES I'VE EVER READ, one damn good, compelling read. It's almost something out of a Clancy novel, yet it's true. The best thing I can say about it is I didn't want it to end."
--Col. David Hackworth, New York Times bestselling author of About Face

By the spring of 1970, American troops were ordered to pull out of Vietnam. The Marines of 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel "Wild Bill" Drumright, were assigned to cover the withdrawal of 1st Marine Division. The Marines of 1st RECON Bn operated in teams of six or seven men. Heavily armed, the teams fought a multitude of bitter engagements with a numerically superior and increasingly aggressive enemy.

Michael C. Hodgins served in Company C, 1st RECON Bn (Rein), as a platoon leader. In powerful, graphic prose, he chronicles his experience as a patrol leader in myriad combat situations--from hasty ambush to emergency extraction to prisoner snatch to combined-arms ambush. . . .

"THIS MEMOIR IS GRIPPING."
--American Way

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Semper Fi.......2003-09-21

Semper Fi is about all that can be said. This was the life of the grunt. No amplification or heroism that was not there. This is the best book I have ever read discribing the life. Also the excerpt on page 299 and 300 "These Good Men" by Micheal Norman is the first and only explanation of all of us that have ever served and our feelings forever to our comrades. I wish Micheal could write another book, I don't think he will. It was all in this one.

Great Book.......2003-09-10

Excellent book about Recon operations in Vietnam. I served with Mike in OCS before Vietnam. I highly recommend the book.

The "Real" Vietnam.......2003-04-04

Michael Hodgins captures the real spirit of the place and time. As a former Marine who served with the 1st Recon Bn, I can testify Mr. Hodgins presents a true and vivid picture of life in the bush, on an OP, and in Camp Reasoner. With all the distortions about Vietnam presented in the movies and on TV, as well as the anti-war prejudice of public school history teachers, this book should be required reading in the high school cirriculum. I hope someday someone will write a book that will tell us more about Lt. Skibbe, Lt. Rathmell, and Captain McVey who gave lost their lives protecting their troops.

Reluctant Warrior.......2001-08-05

This book is an outstanding account of recon battalion actions in Vietnam. It is well worth reading. I served with Mike before the war. He was a straight shooter then, and a straight shooter in Vietnam

Reluctant Warrior.......2000-10-29

Reading Reluctant Warrior was like stepping through a door into the jungle. For just a little while I was on patrol again with 1st Recon, 3rd Plt, "C" Company. I saw and smelled OP 425, ran through the jungle and listened to the 46s coming to extract our team when we got in the "S__t Sandwich". My friends lived again---Thanks Mike! Chuck Fenwick HM3 1st Mar Div, 1st Recon, 3rd Plt, "C" Company, RVN 69-70.

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Reluctant Warriors
Nathan Szajnberg
Manufacturer: Xlibris Corporation
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ASIN: 1425734944

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" Here are elite soldiers, kibbutz-born, battle-bred. Their stories reveal their minds and souls, and what has tempered and annealed their hearts. They are citizen soldiers all - officers or N.C.O.'s - who refused career military appointments and returned to civilian life, as much as one can be a civilian in Israel. Descendants of Isaac who, like modern-day Ishmaels, seek peace while pursuing the Leviathan of war. Or are pursued by it. They also search for inner peace.

These men and this author were transformed by the Second Intifada over a four- year period. I began this book in an era of hope following Oslo. In the political shambles after President Clinton's desperate and failed Taba diplomacy, it grew in complexity. I write today at the re-dawn of hope following Saddam Hussein's downfall, Kaddafi's "conversion," Arafat's death, Lebanon's Hariri murder. Much has changed since then.

A psychoanalyst by profession, five years ago I completed a book about American youth, their journeys, successes and failures, from birth through thirty. All but one of the 76 interviewees had navigated the inner turmoil of adolescence and young adulthood via the relatively pacific waters of college. During a brief visit to Israel in 1999, I met an Israeli graduate student at a Hanukah party who asked me what I had learned about Americans. He listened closely, then quietly remarked how different it was to become a young man in the Israeli army. To understand Israel, he continued, one must understand its army. And so, a year later, in the fall of 2000, I decided at least to try.

Before I left, I returned to a book -- Children of the Dream -- written by Bruno Bettelheim, one of my teachers. More often cited than read, it is frequently misunderstood. Bettelheim recounts the extraordinary job the kibbutzim do raising children in a communal setting. It demonstrates how different child-rearing methods result in different personalities. Bettelheim found that kibbutz children are well-balanced with strong peer relations and a vibrant inner character. He predicted that kibbutz mothers would not tolerate many more years of having their children raised in the communal children's houses. He was right on target. In addition to severe economic factors, the movement by mothers to bring their offspring into the family home coincided with the beginning of the near collapse of the kibbutz as a social movement, perhaps one of the more successful experiments in socialism in the twentieth century. Once I realized that this historical phenomenon, this culture, was about to disappear, I knew the only way I could capture the experiences of the last group born and raised in the soil of communal settlements -- who were also army-matured -- would be to hurry to harvest their knowledge. Like grapes for fine wine, these boys absorb the flavor, the fragrance, the taste of the soil around them.

Moreover, the then prime minister, Ehud Barak, planned to shorten army service because peace was at hand. Since the Israeli Army has been so central to Israeli growth, development and identity, I had to act quickly if I wanted to study its soldiers before peace transformed their swords into plowshares.

It turned out, no rush. Peace was not as forthcoming as hoped.

***************

There are moments I fear. Palestinians morph into live bombs in malls, on streets, at bus stops. Suicide bombers collapse the borders between soldier and civilian, between adult and child, between man and woman. Being frisked for weapons at malls, being asked whether I carry a gun as I enter restaurants is a constant reminder of the terror. It is annoying to be frisked; it is daunting to face roadblocks and bomb plantings; I miss some meetings. Often, cab drivers are intimidated when I tell them my destination.

Or intimidating. On Achad Ha'am stree

The Reluctant Warrior : A Journey Through My Baby's Heart Transplant

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My child has had 2 heart transplants

The Reluctant Warrior : A Journey Through My Baby's Heart Transplant
Mary Chan
Manufacturer: Erica House
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ASIN: 1893162184

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As a parent you cannot prepare yourself; when something goes wrong during the birth of a child, the results are immediate, and the consequences ongoing. Mary Chan and her husband, Paul, were expecting their first child with delight and anxiety, and, when Sabrina was born, their dreams came true. Months later, Sabrina would be diagnosed as having a severe deformity in her heart, and their world would turn upside down.

Facing decisions that no parent is prepared to face, Mary began writing a journal, to chronicle her babys valiant fight and the questions that plagued her own heart. The journal turned into a book, the book into a powerful story about walking the fine line between human frailty and human strength.

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My child has had 2 heart transplants.......2003-07-15

I have read the book and being a parent of a child who was borm with a SEVERE conginetal heart defect who had surgery at one day
old andlater at 18 months had a heart transplant then a year and a half ago at age 11hadANOTHER transplant.I am TRULY APPALLED and HORRIFIED by this book.I was given this book by the transplant team at the hospital we use to review as they
were considered giving the book to new patients waiting HOWEVER I would not recommend this book to ANYONE who's child is preparing for a transplant as it paints a very warped view of the whole process.
Having a child with a heart transplant is quiet chalenging at times and yes there are MANY clinic apointments and heart caths.
and ups and downs BUT things are not by any means the way they are portrayed in this book.I am sure ANY parent who's child is waiting for a transplant will do MUCH better by actually talking to other parents who's child has gone through the process than by reading this..In my opinion the author just had a "pity"party for them selves through out the whole book...

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Wyrd : The Reluctant Warrior
Jim Starlin
Manufacturer: SLG Publishing
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ASIN: 0943151279

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This book collects all six issues of comics legend Jim Starlin's latest epic, Wyrd, the Reluctant Warrior. This fun and pointed satire of magic versus big business in a sci-fi world not far removed from our own did well with Jim's formidable fan base. For the many people who complained to us that they couldn't find copies of it, this is a chance for them to get the whole series so don't be caught short-handed! Wyrd should join the list of Starlin-created fan favorites and perennial sellers.

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Reluctant Warrior
George Chute
Manufacturer: BookSurge Publishing
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ASIN: 1588986691
Release Date: 2002-04-05

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Reluctant Warrior is a first-person narrative of a young man’s transition from a hesitant draftee to an unwilling, but effective, combat soldier. The story occurs late in the Vietnam War when many in the military could already anticipate the eventual disappointing end of that long struggle, and could not understand the continued futile devastation of lives for a largely abandoned cause.

Central themes include the principal character’s realization that the war had no noble purpose, and his ambivalence about the rage and hatred toward the enemy that poorly substituted for purpose as a force to motivate soldiers into battle. He is often torn between sympathy and scorn for the Vietnamese. First overwhelmed by his own feelings of inadequacy, he later is resigned to being part of an army of unprepared soldiers conducting an inept war effort. It is the character’s assertion that there were no heroes, because it is not heroism to be courageous when your circumstances offer no other choice.

The span of this story is a little over two years in Steve Jennings life, from the time he is drafted until shortly after he returns from Vietnam, a changed young man. The reader first gains an understanding of the military experience as Steve recounts his training assignments, and then accompanies him to the triple canopy jungles and pointless “search and destroy” missions of Vietnam. We see through his eyes the contradictory beauty and harshness of a strange land, and watch the painful hardening of a typical middle class college boy into a disillusioned and reluctant warrior whose sole objective is survival.

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THE RELUCTANT WARRIORS, THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE CARTHAGINIAN EMPIRE

Manufacturer: Thomas Y. Crowell Company
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HW2GO4

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Following in their footsteps . . .

Morris Offers Cardboard Characters and No Imagination

The Holy Warrior/The Reluctant Bridegroom/The Last Confederate/The Dixie Widow/The Wounded Yankee (The House of Winslow 6-10)
Gilbert Morris
Manufacturer: Bethany House Publishers
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ASIN: 1556617682

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Following in their footsteps . . ........2001-04-07

This is the second set of books from 'The House of Winslow' series by Gilbert Morris. As with most of his books that center around a war, these are a little dry--especially to those with no interest in wars. However, these books do continue in the tradition of the Winslow line.

These are set in the years between 1800-1867.

'The Holy Warrior' picks up with the tale of Christmas Winslow, firstborn son of Nathan & Julie. Cousin Paul bails him out of a territory jail, but he refuses to go back to his parents' home. Paul sets him up with the Greenes in a desperate attempt to help him rebuild his relationships, but he takes off for Suoix country. After hard times living alone in the mountains as a trapper, he becomes a white warrior and takes the most inferior squaw as his wife. Tragedy strikes when raiders attack, and hatred runs high when Chris is told his family has been killed. He reluctantly goes back to the Greenes, but there is more than one surprise in store for him as he runs from God.

'The Reluctant Bridegroom' tells of the greatest love story in the Winslow line. Sky Winslow, son of Christmas, is living in the harsh Western territory with his son. Betrayed by a philandering wife, he has vowed to never love again. He is pursuaded to go to the East and bring a wagonload of mail-order brides back to the womanless territory. Two women on the train captivate his attention--Rita Duvall, a clever dance hall girl, and Rebekah Jackson, a young woman with a baby and one on the way. Can he get past his own hurt and see the love harbored for him?

'The Last Confederate' begins the series of 3 Civil War books. Sky Winslow is living in Virginia on a prosperous cotton plantation. Though vehemently against slavery, he does own his share. Thad Novak, a wandering boy from the North, almost dies in the snow before Toby, one of Sky's slaves, saves him. Thad stays with the Winslows as a hired boy, but gets his fair share of hate as a Yankee. He is forced to join up with the Confederacy as a substitute and through a wild turn of events, is charged with treason! Things look grim for young Novak as he's shuffled from one prison to another. Can the love of young Patience Winslow save him in his darkest hour?

'The Dixie Widow' tells the story of Belle Winslow, the eldest daughter of Sky. Her husband was killed in the war, and she vows not to remarry until the North is defeated. She agrees to go on a dangerous mission for the Cause: she will become a spy, burrowing into the folds of her own family. The Northern Winslows, descended from Paul, have no idea of her intention. Whitfield Winslow is delighted to have this "Southern cousin", as are his grandsons, Lowell and Davis. When Lowell is killed in Georgia and Belle is defaced as a spy, Davis harbors nothing but hatred for this Southern relative, and vows to avenge his brother's death. It's Winslow against Winslow now--who will survive?

'The Wounded Yankee' takes place simultaneously with the last book. Zack Winslow, grandson of Christmas's brother George, has served his time in the Northern army. He saw enough action to sour his taste for philosophy--and when he returns to his home, he is distraught with the news of his fiancée and his business partner. Determined to get away from life and civilization, he aspires to be a hermit in Alder Gulch, Montana. Soon enough, however, he finds himself saddled with another man's child and a hateful half-breed Indian woman. He formulates a plan to get rid of them, but God obviously has something else in mind.

Morris Offers Cardboard Characters and No Imagination.......1998-11-29

If you've read one of these books, you've read them all. The characters in these books are flat, boring, and stereotypical. Morris seems to be suffering from senility, as he has a habit of changing his characters' eye color or hair color from book to book. This annoying problem is obviously partly a lack of good editing, but also leaves you with the feeling that Morris does not know his own characters- a serious flaw! The romances in these books are passionless and so predictable they made me laugh. The only redeeming quality these books possess is their interesting historical settings. Even the history, however, is made somewhat boring and colorless by Morris's comic book style. These books can be described in one word- predictable.

Honest John: Adventures of a Reluctant Cold-Warrior

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Honest John: Adventures of a Reluctant Cold-Warrior
Barry O Jones
Manufacturer: iUniverse, Inc.
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ASIN: 0595385613

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The author, a recent college graduate, finally out making money in the world, finds himself drafted into the Army after the construction of the Berlin Wall. He has just been married and finds himself engaged in two major adventures, his young marriage and coping with the U.S. Army. He tries to avoid being drafted but loses that battle. Any former soldier of the Cold War era will recognize the inanities and absurdities that confront the author during basic training and radio-operator training in the American South, where he witnesses racial discrimination against fellow soldiers. The author narrowly misses being sent to Vietnam and ships out to Germany, where he is assigned to an undermanned Honest John missile battalion. At the same time, he and his wife move into the home of a German family and find some respite there from the inanity of the Army. They socialize with the Germans and fraternize illegally with officers. He experiences maneuvers in the cold of southern Germany, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and President Kennedy's visit to Germany, and he and his wife find their marriage tested. Meantime the craziness of Army life continues unabated. The author hates the Army but finds years later that it has strangely affected his life.

The Honorable Imposter, the Captive Bride, the Indentured Heart, the Gentle Rebel, the Saintly Buccaneer, the Holy Warrior, the Reluctant Bridegroom, the Last Confederate, the Dixie Widow (The House of Winslow Series, Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)

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The Honorable Imposter, the Captive Bride, the Indentured Heart, the Gentle Rebel, the Saintly Buccaneer, the Holy Warrior, the Reluctant Bridegroom, the Last Confederate, the Dixie Widow (The House of Winslow Series, Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Gilbert Morris
Manufacturer: Bethany House
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000WY22Q4

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The first 9 novels of Gilbert Morris' House of Winslow Series. They start in England before the sailing of the Mayflower, and they continue through the American Revolution, to the Oregon Trail wagon train, and in the Last Confederate and the Dixie Widow it goes through the start of the Civil War. These inspirational books are good reading for anyone who likes history and wants to read about what this country was founded on.

The Reluctant Commander (The Neophyte Warrior, Book 2)

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Sometimes being #2 is preferable
Winner of the WordWeaving Award for Excellence

The Reluctant Commander (The Neophyte Warrior, Book 2)
Richard Patton
Manufacturer: Zumaya Publications, LLC
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ASIN: 1894869575
Release Date: 2002-06-12

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Twenty two year old George Washington was pleased by his promotion to the rank of lieutenant colonel and quite content to be the second-in-command of Governor Robert Dinwiddie's expedition to remove the French from the Ohio Valley. But now, Joshua Fry, the mission's elderly commanding officer, was dead in a fall from his horse and Washington has suddenly become the Reluctant Commander of the Virginia Regiment at a remote field in the Allegheny Mountains called Great Meadows. Book Two of the Neophyte Warrior series* continues the story of a young man beleaguered by the onerous duties of his office and by the tribulations of a land about to erupt in conflict. The battle at Great Meadows will be the opening salvo of the French and Indian War and the military debut of the young man who is about to have his first, but certainly not his last, baptism of fire.

The Neophyte Warrior series chronicles the adventures, romances, and growing pains of a Virginia militiaman George Washington during the French and Indian War.

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Sometimes being #2 is preferable.......2006-07-29

"The Christmas Village" gets off to a good start; however the reader has to wait until the second chapter or longer and may still have to guess what the plot is. The story starts with Egypt, the main female character's present predicament. And while preparing for a trip that accidentally changes her life, she hides her past feelings from her mother.

The story then jumps to Cade, the main male character and his predicament of dodging and hiding from eager females wanting to marry him. Even knowing it is his fate, he continues to avoid them all. His feelings of denial are put to the test, even after his soul mate unknowingly puts herself right in his path. Not knowing about the creation of his legend in the village and the part she plays in it, Egypt doesn't wish to marry him, either. Cade doesn't believe her and presumes to let her know she isn't the one for him.

The author takes the reader back and forth through the predicaments of Egypt and Cade and weaves in bursts of humor that are quite refreshing and entertaining. Cade's other family members and the members of the village only add to their plight. With Egypt trying to work through the difficulties of finding herself stranded in a strange town filled with strange residents, she is none too happy with her plight.

While there are plenty of other bursts of humorous predicaments with the main characters, some of the situations in the story brought out anger and frustration with both of the main characters. You are almost wishing you could tell both of them to wake up and discover what is going on. Though the author leads the reader quite successfully through the imaginative episodes of their lives you are intrigued, and can't help but wonder what will happen next, and anxiously waiting to see how it all ends.

"The Christmas Village" caters to the 30-50 age group who loves good humor and a good romance story. Many can relate to the main characters' antics, and the story's believable tale about the legend and fantasy "The Christmas Village" creates. The story is not only great for the Christmas holiday, but can be enjoyed at any time of the year. The author writes with great imagination, heart, humor and romantic teasing. It is a very enjoyable read.

Winner of the WordWeaving Award for Excellence.......2002-09-30

With urgent messages arriving that warn of extraordinary numbers of French troops, General Washington cannot properly equip or feed his untrained troops. British colonies will not survive if the French and Indian allies are successful in seizing an Appalachian frontier stretching from Georgia in the southwest to New Hampshire in the northeast. Worse, those British men in charge of decision-making underestimate the challenges faced by troops attempting to move across the American wilderness. Consequently, it falls to Washington to find his own answers to dealing with the French. The pressure on young George Washington is enormous.

Meanwhile, British deserter Pariah West, now called Stump Neck and regarded as a shaman, prepares his own ambushes for the British. The psychopath takes pleasure in bloodbath and mayhem, refusing to yield even to the caution of his mentor. Other young, headstrong, ruthless Indians follow is lead into barbarism, believing that the elimination of the British will leave them in control of Indian trade. They also believe that by killing their enemies in ritualistic ceremonies they will inherit the spiritual powers of their victims.

Author Richard Patton creates a powerful historical drama in THE RELUCTANT COMMANDER, bringing little know historical detail to the narrative that makes the story incredibly vibrant. Patton skillfully captures the essence of Washington's struggles, showing that defeating the enemy may create more problems than it can solve. His temporary promotion to full colonel leaves him ill prepared to cope with the logistical and political challenges presented by the American wilderness. The plot comes dynamically alive as soldiers struggle with storms and wet gunpowder, hunger and three wheeled wagons. Readers will sympathize with the impossible situation in which Washington finds himself, even as they cheer his determination to the right thing. On the other hand, Pariah West's deterioration into madness provided a chilling subplot. A powerful drama that will leave readers eager for the next installment of the series, THE RELUCTANT COMMANDER earns the WordWeaving Award for Excellence.

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Yankee Summer Is Hot

Honest portrait of VT

"A Masterpiece of American Lore

Yankee Summer: The Way We Were Growing Up in Rural Vermont in the 1930s
Lewis Hill
Manufacturer: Authorhouse
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ASIN: 1588200310

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Yankee Summer Is Hot.......2001-04-13

This is a book I found hard to put down. It describes one summer of a boy growing up on a Vermont farm in the thirties, when farmers still used horses, housewives canned all their food, and boys and girls walked to school. Lewis Hill tells of his boyhood with wry humor and vivid detail, and the reader is right there with him building shocks of hay with a pitchfork, chasing after the family's cats to keep them away from the mower, and wondering with almost unbearable excitement how to spend his thirty cents at the Barton Fair. This book is a wonderful companion to Mr. Hill's previous reminiscence of life on a Vermont farm: Fetched Up Yankee.

Honest portrait of VT.......2001-03-11

Many books about the past in rural areas fall into the trap of painting the past as a perfect time when all was right and good in the world. Hill spares us that disservice by showing us the real Vermont he grew up in. Along with the fun and adventure of youth are the day to day worries and hard work that helped to make life what it was.

The people are portrayed so well that you might well expect to met them if you were to go to his home town. Hill is also a master of building the story and wrapping the reader into it. He delivers the local dialect accurately and amazingly enough even the cadence of rural Vermont.

Like his FETCHED UP YANKEE this book isn't only entertaining it is a window into the past. Like Hill, I was raised in rural Vermont. Much of what he tells about had begun to go by the way when I was a child. Almost all of it has gone now. Sadly, in Vermont like the rest of the country, local culture has faded as the culture of the mass media grows. Read this book and have a view into another time in an America that is fast disappearing.

"A Masterpiece of American Lore.......2000-12-03

Lewis Hill grew up in the northern farm country of Vermont during the 1930s. The town of Greensboro, Vermont was then, as it is now, a mecca for vacationers from the cities who have own summer homes there and a fascinating mix of local Yankees, French Canadians and Scots who tilled the hard soil for a precarious living. Hill, a highly respected local historian, recounts in fascinating detail life in this hybrid New England community in the years that made up the heart of the depression before another World War changed life in Greensboro and America forever. Hill allows the reader to relive those days. YANKEE SUMMER is written in almost a lyrical manner that is great fun to read and hard to put down. This work is a "must" for any student of American history.

CDaniel Metraux, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA 24401

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