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Reviewed By... Bill Lewis

America's great storyteller holds the reader's attention all the way. A bit like first rate time travel to a fascinating place in the company of some extremely interesting Americans. Lavish illustrations.

 

 
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Reviewed By... Alden Graves

When Franklin Roosevelt offered William Dodd, an introverted college professor from Chicago, the post of American ambassador to Germany in 1933, Dodd accepted partially because he wished to expand his family's horizons. They were expanded beyond Mr. Dodd's wildest dreams (perhaps nightmares would be a more appropriate word). Engrossing and intimate look at the calculated formulation of murder and terror as of... read more>>>

 

 
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Reviewed By... Bill Lewis

Occasionally a book gets written that is so stirring that readers simultaneously want to savor and go slowly yet feel irresistibly compelled to read it in a single sitting. This is that kind of book. The author should need no introduction...the subject matter demands permanent engagement. Even the Queen must step sideways past the poppies when entering Westminster Abbey. HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION

 

 
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Reviewed By... Alden Graves

A military aircraft with 24 people aboard crashes into the jungle in New Guinea during World War II. The three injured survivors must make their way through an unforgiving terrain inhabited by natives who have remained completely untouched by centuries of human progress. Spellbinding adventure tale, all the more impressive because it is all true.

 

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