A little bit of history on W. E. Turner
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this book was dedicated to my parents.  The cover photo was in our living room a long, long time.  The pictures of Zion National Park were when I worked there 1963.  The Maze (colorful corn) painting is in our guest room and as colorful today as originally.
The book Shows an unusual technique with great patience.,,,,,While not an overly popular book knowing the history of the author and his intense talent means I would purchase another copy for anyone interested in the dynamic and unusual requirements of this seldom used pallet.,,,,,When going to internet pages of WE Turner be certain to check whom you are seeing if you want accurate results.
Uncle Wally was born in Canada of US and Canadian parents, held a dual citizenship.  Died in Wolfville Nova Scotia in the 1990's.,,,,A Caving of his, Monkey with a mask, is about to find a new home near Oklahoma City, OK. with an Osage woman.... A flat carving (for silk screen) showingPrussian soldiers is with his great nephew in Fort Collins, Co. others with nieces and nephews across America.  Mrs. McNine
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I enjoyed the Ford family chronicle. Genealogy is a hobby of mine so it was fun to trace the generations through and read their remarkable stories. I am convinced of their descent from George Washington. He was a man of his times and likely took more than one beautiful slave woman against her will. I hate that that happened. I also celebrate the success of his son's family.
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I recently discovered that I am a descendant of 2 men and ancestor to a few others that died at Killiecrankie. This book gave me some insight of what was going on at this point in history.  I sometimes got a little confused by the language. I assume this is due to the difference in American and British vernacular. Overall, short but very informative.
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I read it and The Azusa papers at the same time. Having heard of the Azusa Street revival for years, I wondered more about it.  Worth reading if you are studying the past. Not terribly enlightening, though.
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For the genealogist/historian interested in English history, this book provides a look at a little-known (at least to me) resource, the parish chest, which potentially (should it survive fire, invasion, riots and pestilence) holds birth, baptism, death, titles, and such tidbits as 'records of touching for the king's evil.'  There are thousands of parishes across England, and potentially thousands of parish chests.  Even finding the chest should provide an adventure and a story worth telling.  This is a great enrichment to the history/story of English villages and towns, families and kin, and all the fascinating minutiae of life in earlier times.
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The author treats us to the actual names of the people in the town of Broad Channel and also the names of the stores that were there.  Since I too once lived in the Channel, it was delightful to be reminded of these names, some of which I had completely forgotten. And the history of the Channel was a real eye opening. Some facts I did not know.

 Also, someone did a wonderful job of proofreading. I have gotten used to mistakes with the Kindle books but this was very nicely done.
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"Old Gods Almost Dead" is a pretty good read, filled with the obligatory smutty details.
 The early days of the Rolling Stones are more thoroughly examined than the 80s and 90s, perhaps because of the lack of sex scandals and drug busts during the past 25 years or so, but it must be said in all fairness that "Old Gods" is not just sensationalism; Davis obviously has a certain insight into the musical side of things as well, and everything is well written and well paced, offering several interesting insights into the (supposed) history of the Stones.

 My only problem with this book is that I don't really trust everything Mr Davis writes. He appears to be extraordinarily well informed about what went on within the group during the 60s and 70s, but he also makes some weird claims that makes me question how much he really knows...nothing big, just minor details. I mean, he knows what was said and done at some or other party forty years ago, but he doesn't know Rod Stewart's full name, calling him "Rodney" Stewart (rather than Roderick), and he believes that Bo Diddley's legendary female lead guitarist "the Duchess" was really his (Diddley's) sister, as Bo Diddley claimed (Norma-Jean Wofford, the Duchess, was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Wofford of Pittsburgh, PA, and Diddley introduced her as his sister in order to protect her while on the road).

 As I said, it's just minor inconsistencies (I can't spell that...). It just makes me wonder if all of these intimate details are to be trusted.
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The book has biographies of many of the IC' employees around the turn of the century. Just so happens that my wife' GGG-Grandfather had a bio that allowed us to learn some previously unkown facts about his arrival from Ireland and early life in America.
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Keep your interest.  This authur lived in Columbus, GA which is where I am from, so a lot of the book related to places in older Columbus.
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Despite the negative bits in some reviews, I couldn't put this book down. I'll consider a few cavils. If you've read the zillion books on the Beatles, you likely wouldn't find anything new here, but I found new bits on nearly every page. If you'd like to read further, there's a bibliography in the back. There are some typos; it seems you can't find a book these days that's not riddled with them. You would think they'd be corrected in later editions (they're not), but that also is par for the course. You'll find the same thing in editions of P.G.Wodehouse, the other best British export.

So what do I like about the book? This 11 X 8.5 inch paperback has one or more color or black and white picture(s) on each of its 225 pages (except the indices). Besides having the back story on each and every Beatles song arranged by albums, from "Please Please Me" to "Anthology 1-3", there's also a discography of all the UK and US singles and albums, with label and release dates. Turner generally notes that in the text as well.

There's also quite a bit on the musical inspirations of some songs, which is quite fascinating. One reviewer says Turner slips into psycho-analyzing the Fab Four, and projects that into the songs. Perhaps it's the proximity to Vienna, but a lot of Brit authors I've read do that. More than mythologizing, Turner tends to myth-busting: "No, that song wasn't about drugs, it turns out." Are his stories accurate? Who knows? If the Beatles themselves are the source, we have to assume they are. When they're not, he often cites a source, usually another book on the Beatles.

Turner's entries can seem dismissive, merely because they're so short. One reviewer said he underrates George's musical contributions. Turner doesn't rate the songs at all, although most other Beatles authors do, and he does often give chart positions. He also notes that John and Paul continually underrated George's songs. At first, George could barely get a song on an album. I learned from Turner that George's line, "Only a Northern Song" on the Yellow Submarine soundtrack, was a protest against the inequitable publishing/ royalty arrangements that then prevailed.

Those hungry for more might consider Turner's other unique book, which goes into far more depth, "The Gospel According to the Beatles"&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/The-Gospel-According-to-the-Beatles/dp/0664229832/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">The Gospel According to the Beatles</a>. Rather than damning with faint praise, as some reviewers have done with "A Hard Day's Write", I would reverse it. I can't imagine any Beatles fan would not learn something here, and for every one else, once pick it up, I don't think you can put it down.
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A clear & precise history of the lead up to W.W.2
I've never read a W.W.2 history book before but now I have started I will read the series.
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This isn't as "gossipy" as some books on 54 I've read, and Mr. Haden-Guest was an eye witness to much of his story so it was very interesting.  Lots of history included about the club scene back then.
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Written in the 1930s by a famous Black journalist, this short book sought to span the scope of  history. The goal I believe was to instill pride in the race and to answer many misconceptions about Black achievement and capabilities. Some of the claims are probably inaccurate and scholarship has come a long way, but a book that served an important function.  In pdf form
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This particular book captured my attention in that it touched on my own family roots and therefore caused it to be endearing to me....but I must say it was at time a little difficult to keep up with the trend of thought of the author. Yet for those of the Durham family of Freestone County, Texas....this one holds lots of family history tidbits and morsels to chew on when doing genealogical research.
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Learned a bit about a part of history I didn't know a lot about. The author has a style all his own
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I thoroughly enjoyed both the story and the history in this historical novel.  I d recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good plot line and learning a little about WWll.  Good read!
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I was looking for extra copies of this book when i typed in the name Karl Downs, and ended up spending quite a bit of time exploring Amazon's entries for him. He was my wife Myrna's uncle, and should have been as well known as Martin Luther King but for his untimely death at the hands of racism in Austin, Texas in 1948. His wife Marion's mother helped finance this book, and it was published by the Methodist Church. The book is a series of short vignettes on important Black American personalities, many of whom Karl knew personally. As a pastor in Los Angeles, Karl was the mentor for Jackie Robinson, and as the youngest college president in America at Sam Huston College in Austin, he recruited Heman Sweatt to enroll in the University of Texas Law School. Thurgood Marshall and Adam Clayton Powell would take the train to Austin and stay with Karl, Marion, and Karlene while they planned the strategy that eventually became Sweatt vs. Painter at the Supreme Court. This book, written by one of the founders of the United Negro College Fund, and one of the moving forces behind the United Methodist Church, was intended to introduce the Negro people to a broader White audience by highlighting some prominent persons who excelled in life despite great odds. It still makes a good primer for Black History Month, or serves as a gentle reminder of how well some people did in worse times.