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Category Archives: Reviews
China, Japan, and New Mexico
In the last couple of weeks I’ve finished some books that haven’t gotten full reviews. Here are some quick shots! First up: New Mexico, A History. This is…exactly what it says it is, a history of New Mexico. Published to … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged 2017 Discovery of Asia, American Southwest, Asia, China, history, Japan
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These Rugged Days
These Rugged Days: Alabama in the Civil War© 2017 John Sledge296 pages Although Alabama was not the site of as many bloody battles as Virginia and Tennessee in the Civil War, it was not a quiet backwater only troubled at … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged Alabama, American Civil War, American South, history, John Sledge, military, Selma
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The Never Ending Sacrifice
The Never Ending Sacrifice © 2009 Una McCormack 352 pages No Star Trek series rivals Deep Space Nine for its moral drama, for its stationary setting meant that characters had to live with the consequences of thir decisions. It told … Continue reading
North Alabama III: Beautiful Buildings and Curious Stories
Another purpose of my weekend in northern Alabama was to visit cities I’ve heard of, but never visited — Florence, Muscle Shoals, and Decatur. Muscle Shoals earned a name for itself in the 1970s when it became a center for … Continue reading
North Alabama II: Space, the Final Frontier
I visited the Huntsville Space and Rocket Center in my childhood, but my memories of it are hazy. I found it much changed; although the rockets are still there, of course, what little I remember is gone and a lot … Continue reading
Northern Alabama I: Cathedral Caverns
Ever since I returned from New Mexico last year, I’ve been trying to see more of Alabama’s own wonders. To that end, I decided to spend a weekend in northern Alabama, using Decatur as a base camp, to see various … Continue reading
Manhood in the Making
Manhood in the Making: Cultural Concepts of Masculinity272 pages© David Gilmore 1991 What is it to “be a man”? Manhood in the Making reviews various ethnographic studies that focused on sex and gender roles, throughout the world. In it, the … Continue reading
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Tagged gangs tribes and parties, men, Of Boys and Men, sexuality, sociology
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The Hemingway Patrols
The Hemingway Patrols: Ernest Hemingway and his Hunt for U-boats © 2009 Terry Mort 272 pages For some people, getting involved in the war effort meant collecting cans. For Ernest Hemingway, it meant patrolling the waters between the Florida Keys … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged biography, Hemingway, history, naval, submarines and unterseebooten, WW2
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I, the Constable
I, the Constable© 2017 Paula M. Block and Terry Erdmann150 pages Deep Space Nine once made a throwaway reference to the Mike Hammer novels of Mickey Spillane, and featured Constable Odo reading I, the Jury. I, the Constable, plays with that … Continue reading
Caves, Columbia, and Canyons (oh my)
What a weekend! I’ve been on the road, using Decatur as a camp to visit several spots in north Alabama the past few days. That included some natural wonders — Cathedral Caverns and Dismals Canyon –as well as a few … Continue reading
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