Historicall Corrected  Complaint
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The Book Title does not match the contents  that is a general elaboration by the EDITOR, not an account by German General Raus, or the other Ranking German Officers claimed as the OFFICIAL SOURCES
The format is somewhat disconcerting and does not follow any logical or Historical course.
Authoritative studies BEGIN with Events  and Disposition , political and military.
This compilation consists of considerable Editorial Explanation, to fill out the pages,  and supplement whatever Comments  from Thee German Generals the Editor deems relevant
Overall the book is a litany of complaints over losing the WAR.
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This will be a short review because I am writing it to correct disinformation that has been included in some comments.  I believe that most people familiar with contemporary historians know that Simon Schama is a first-rate scholar.  They realize that his opinions are not personal or made-up, but drawn from the primary and secondary documents of the Revolutionary War period.

Unfortunately, the tendency for there to be more non-scholary material about historical figures than scholarly material results in the kind of remarks made by Seth J. Frantzman.  He has embraced the myth of the founding fathers being upstanding, ethical men concerned soley about establishing a fairer and more equitable society.  So, he rejects the reality of those men -- that they were wealthy leaders of their time who believed that their elite status would be better maintained and improved upon in a country that was no longer a British colony.  Frantzman goes so far as to deny the easily provable fact that some of his heroes were slaveowners.  Slave ownership was documented in several ways, including descriptions of property in account books, diaries and wills, bills of sale and censuses.  Schama is not mistaken when, for example, he describes Patrick Henry's determination to continue to be a slaveowner.  The motivation for Southern gentry to join the revolution was mainly protecting slavery, which was the basis of their wealth.  By the time of the Civil War, the majority of the wealthiest men in America would be slaveowners.

It is offputting to see that Seth J. Frantzman is listed among the top 100 reviewers at Amazon, considering that what he has said about "Rough Crossings" is inaccurate and possibly the result of bigotry.  I hope that this situation will remind people that some commenters bring a political agenda to the site.
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I was very satisfied with Becky's handling of the product. It arrived promptly and was in good condition. The book had been wet at some time but it appeared to have been dried properly and without discoloration. The cover appeared brand new. I would use Becky's again.

 As a history it was just that, a traveler's history. Historians need not  apply.
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I am the VP of marketing for Deflecto and I wanted to thank the reviewer that pointed out the description / item number disconnect with this listing.  It has been fixed.
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Just a note, my copy arrived today and all previous editing issues noted have been corrected. Sections are correctly labeled and page numbers are accurate. Plant finder T-U are present.
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Well I had an initial negative experience with the condition of the "New" book I purchased, and sent an email to the seller regarding the same. I am glad to say that the "seller" answered my email with an apology and offered a satisfactory resolution to the problem.
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I was stopped at location 293 of 834. Am considering going back to regular books if this occurs again. No thanks
1071957
Wonderful story, but can someone please fix the description?

Patsy was not from Appalachia- she was from The Shenandoah Valley of VIRGINIA. She was not from West Virginia.

Please fix!
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Hello!  Please read the previous reviews with the knowledge that they were written for older editions of this book, written by different authors. I've lived next to WDW for ten years and this edition was rewritten to exclude any previous errors. I'd appreciate it if you'd judge this edition on its own merits. If you've read this edition, I'd appreciate your comments and reviews. Thanks!
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A nice update of&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/The-Theory-of-Gambling-and-Statistical-Logic-Revised-Edition/dp/012240761X/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">The Theory of Gambling and Statistical Logic, Revised Edition</a>, but some topics were dropped and others added. As noted by other reviewers, it has typos. My copy has an errata list glued inside the cover, but it does not cover all the mistakes. For example the binomial distribution formula on page 19 (equation 2-11) should have q^(n-r), NOT q^(n-1). If you are going to use the formulas, verify them elsewhere first.
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I need to ask the question that forms the title of the review, even as I am in the midst of reading the book, because of the string of art history howlers I found on the opening pages.  Among these:

Item -- when Duveen helped set up the National Gallery in Washington, he had the Elgin Marbles cleaned.
Correction -- the Elgin Marbles are in the British Museum.

Item -- eminent scholar X travelled to Germany to see Gruenewald's Isenenheimer Altar
Correction -- the Iseneheimer Altar is located in France.

Item -- unscrupulous operators will take and authentic painting by Frans Hals and turn it into a "school of Hals."
Correction -- common sense should have told the author that the process works in reverse to his description.

When there are so many errors, so early on, one has to question the accuracy of what follows. I also note a number of diction/grammar mistakes. Forget fact-checking, but don't copy editors at major publishing houses know anything these days about copy editing?
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First off, I'm a HUGE fan of the Loeb Classical Library series--it's the best thing since sliced bread (actually better). After a brief perusal I can say that the translation in this volume is generally helpful and accurate, BUT I just opened up to the start of book 9 (pp. 316-7) and found a glaring error: there is an entire line of Greek (ll. 8-9) that has been omitted from the English translation. On p. 317 after "as they sit side by side," it should say: "and alongside tables filled full of bread and meat." Then continue with the part about the cupbearer.

EDIT: Just noticed that my version is the 1995 edition; perhaps this mistake has been corrected in the 1998 edition?
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I've found these recordings to be a big help in moving through the lessons in Wheelock's Latin.  I subtracted one star because the recorded information is no longer well-synched with the current edition of the book  (7th edition, 2011), so the referenced page numbers are almost all incorrect, and some discussions in the recordings are not included in the text (and vice versa).
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On June 20/12 I wrote a review critical of this product. It has not appeared yet but I would like to have it removed, please. The following is the context of an e-mail I just sent to eForCity (the vendor) which is self explanatory.
"Jessica,

Thank you for getting back so quickly.

I am embarrassed to admit that the problem appears to be with the charger I was using rather than the battery. I tried charging with a different charger and the battery appears to have accepted it with no problems.

I appreciate your prompt response and accommodating attitude.

Thank you.

Regards,

Ross Blachly"
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One very small error in a data point, at least in the Kindle edition: The Medici were Florentine, not Venetian.
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I want to change my review from a one star to a four-star because they are correcting the mistake ! Thank you !
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I sincerely appreciate the editing work Ms. Lechter did to make this book available to all of us, but her continued need to repeat what Napoleon said and provide "explanations" disrupted the flow of the book. Mr. Hills writing is understandable without her chiming in, with the exception of needed footnotes to explain say historical differences of money value then and now, I wish she had left her "points" OUT!!!