An interesting book for those of us who can remember ...
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An interesting book for those of us who can remember NASCAR from, the 70's and earlier. Some of the names and occurrences will sound strange to newer fans.
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There are a lot of references made to events and things people that lived back then would understand but are somewhat lost today. Still an interesting read.
4584076
There were several issues that I have forgotten.  The author reminded me of them.  Also, some incidents varied from what I've known previously. I also enjoyed the list of the names...Some of which I have forgotten.
3002128
Wonderful book about a time that we should remember
4296705
Since I am a fellow Baby Boomer, the title caught my attention.  The book brought back many memories of day to day activities I'd all but forgotten about, some of which were a treat to remember and others that I will continue to forget.

If these were the years of your childhood, you will enjoy the quick read.
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I liked this book very much, though it was hard not to share the pain these people felt during such terrible times.  It brought back my own memories of those days.  Would that we people today have the stamina and strength of character to persevere under such trying circumstances, when it must have seemed endless.
3677665
I was  a child growing up in this era.  I found the book interesting.
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"Finding Fontainebleau: An American Boy In France" was an interesting combination of childhood memories, adult views of childhood memories, lessons in French history, and observations about the restoration of old buildings in France. Did the author pull it all together to create an exceptional book?  No, I personally don't think so. Nevertheless, the story is unique enough to recommend to those interested in the memories of a young American boy who lived in France for three years during the 1950s. Thad Carhart's father was an Air Force colonel and they did not live on base, but instead in a huge house that was very cold in the winter.  Lingering effects of World War II were still present, too, so that made the book a bit more captivating.

Mr. Carhart was only a four-year-old, however, when his father was transferred to France, so the memories are those of a very young child.  The story also gets a bit sidetracked in the end, when the author remembers the day a young teacher was murdered in his French school; as well as what happened when he returned to the school as an adult and discussed the matter with the current director.  It's like he's trying to make sense of the murder, but does not do so, and it takes the book off in an odd direction.  Oh well, things that happened during childhood sometimes have a way of putting a stranglehold on one's psyche.

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I found the book to be an enjoyable read.  As one who remembers where I was on that terrible day, and have lived with the memory ever since, I can't really say that I learned much that was new to me, but Mr O'Reilly, did a good job of layering the story and  allowing us to follow the events as they unfolded in both the life and the mind of the very disturbed Lee Harvey Oswald.
1854821
I finished this book a couple of weeks ago and couldn't remember anything about it until I opened it again and read a bit.  So, memorable enough to finish but not enough to recall or to buy sequels.
3132706
Like most of us alive to remember this incident, I too remember where and when and what I was doing when we were told of President Kennedy's shooting.  This book stirs old emotions and again recounts some forgotten issues of that time. The political struggles of that time, parallels some current Washington dramas.
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The book reflects the times when the book was published
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The central theme of this work is that we carry the memory of a huge catastrophe in our core species memory and we are finally catching up to re-awakening to that event so many thousands of years past. There is a great deal of borrowed material with ample reference notes and additional reading potential for anyone picking up this book. I have already used this book to find other works that might be a little better researched and written to continue exploring this genre of forgotten history. If you have an open mind, then this is a pretty good book.
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An excellent book, especially for those of us that remember all the places described, it is a book of memory lanes.
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It is an amazing book, a part of history that we had forgotten and yet is still with us today.
2685987
It's been some time ago that I read this book as I remember I enjoyed it
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Hitlerland by Andrew Nagorski is the tale of Hitler's rise to power from the perspective of Americans living in Germany, or traveling in Germany, in the 1920s and 1930s.  Some of them were naieve, some foolish, and some devastatingly perceptive in predicting where his rants and party platforms would go.  It was fascinating to read to what lengths some of them went to ignore the spiraling violence and discrimination, in order to continue to see only what they wanted to see.  One interesting thing was that this book raised thoughts in my head about how often our government officials and media representatives are doing the same things all over the world today--how often are they willingly misinterpreting events to fit their own pre-conceived notions, or, are some simply woefully inappropriate in the roles they are in, but who, by their position, are placed to have profound influence on US actions and interpretations of world events.  This is a simple book to read, but one that creates questions in one's mind that linger long afterward.