This is pure propaganda written by the husband of S. A. Mud's grandaughter. Mudd, a slave owning, beating,and shooting Confederate mail agent is portrayed as an honost Union man. A man who had met J. W. Booth 3 times before and plotted with him is said to be an innocent bystander. This is pure lies.

Yes, Mudd may have been a slave owner, but that night of the assassination, he was purley doing his job! I am a Mudd...I believe he was completely innocent. Maybe not of slave owning, but of the helping of teh assassination.

THE AUTHOR IS TRYING TO PUT ACROSS HIS VIEWS RATHER THAN THE GENERAL PUBLIC VIEWS, I SUPPOSE NO COUNTRY WILL FOLLOW A TRANSPARENT NUCLEAR POLICY, WHICH THE AUTHOR SEEMS TO ADVOCATE.

A reflective analysis of Indian nuclearization. Not meant for those who do not want to think, but like to see the nuclearization as a sensational journalistic thriller about the bomb.

This fictionalized account of the life of Emperor Norton fails utterly to convey any sense of the man who is an icon in the San Francisco Bay Area. Reading this artless book is neither enjoyable nor informative.

Some excerpts from an interview with Malaclypse the Younger by THE GREATER METROPOLITAN YORBA LINDA HERALD-NEWS-SUN-TRIBUNE-JOURNAL-DISPATCH-POST AND SAN FRANCISCO DISCORDIAN SOCIETY CABAL BULLETIN AND INTERGALACTIC REPORT & POPE POOP.

GREATER POOP: Are you really serious or what? MAL-2: Sometimes I take humor seriously. Sometimes I take seriousness humorously. Either way it is irrelevant.

GP: Maybe you are just crazy. M2: Indeed! But do not reject these teaching as false because I am crazy. The reason that I am crazy is because they are true.

GP: Is Eris true? M2: Everything is true. GP: Even false things? M2: Even false things are true. GP: How can that be? M2: I don't know man, I didn't do it.

GP: Why do you deal with so many negatives? M2: To dissolve them. GP: Will you develop that point? M2: No.

GP: Is there an essential meaning behind POEE? M2: There is a Zen Story about a student who asked a Master to explain the meaning of Buddhism. The Master's reply was "Three pounds of flax." GP: Is that the answer to my question? M2: No, of course not. That is just illustrative. The answer to your question is FIVE TONS OF FLAX!

I buyed, thinking was a biography and it's not!. It's a story with facts of Rav Kook life writen in a biography way but not a serious one. For a giant like Rav Kook I don't like the way the author describe his life...Rav Kook deserved more.

A good book describing the unique personality of the greatest Jewish thinker of the 20th century-Rabbi AI Kook. Presents stories from Rav Kook's biography in anecdotal form. Good introduction to Rav Kook's biography

Louis J. Weichmann would be little more than a footnote in the story of the assasination of Abraham Lincoln had he not shown himself to be ...individuals associated with a second, almost darker tragedy...the execution of an innocent woman.

Weichmann rented a room in the boarding house of widow Mary Surratt, where many of those who conspired to kidnap and later assasinate Lincoln lived at the time. Once the conspiracy was uncovered, overzealous federal officials alleged Mrs. Surratt was an active participant. Historical fact, as well as the testimony of the conspirators themselves, stood in sharp contradiction to these allegations. Weichmann, who was barely acquainted with any of these individuals, testified that she was an active participant. It was later determined that his motive was to curry favor with government officials in hopes of obtaining a federal job. Based on Weichmann's false testimony, an innocent woman went to the gallows. Weichmann later wrote this book in attempt to cash in on the public's thirst for knowledge. The problem is, he had none. He just happened to be in the same place as some of the conspirators for a brief period of time.

It is with this knowledge of the author's motives that anyone considering reading this book should approach it. Weichmann has earned his place in American history as a liar and a coward. As an author, he is not worthy of belief.

Over 100 years after the assassination of President Lincoln, the words of Louis Weichmann finally reveal the true events of the day. This is an invaluable work as a first-hand, true accounting of the conspiracy and its aftermath. Told not for profit or personal recognition (the book was not published for nearly 75 years after the author's death), this work seeks to preserve for history an intimate record of the words and deeds of the conspirators. It seals the fate, once and for all, of the Surratts and Booth, as the testimony of Weichmann did originally at their trial. Furthermore, the work relies not only upon the recollections of Weichmann, but is supported by historical documents and testimony of his contemporaries. It is a book not to be missed by anyone interested in the facts about what happened the day that Lincoln died.

This book was, doubtless, a factual account of abraham lincoln's life, but unfortunately had more pictures than content. frequently cluttered with irrelevent facts, it is somewhat difficult to sort out what is important. Not the best book if you're doing research, but the pictures are good for just looking at and reading the captions.

I spend a lot of time looking for quality literature about historical events that is appropriate for the younger reader. Mrs. Livingston is a celebrated poet who has really found her niche. Her style of poetry is just right for this subject.

The collection is a set of tales that is most interesting in the context in which they were told. These were developed in an age and a culture in which storytelling played an important role in maintaining the cultural lineage of the teller and listeners, aheritage at risk as the members of the society were torn from family and sold into servitude, often never to be seen again. It should be no suprise that these tales deal with adult subject matter, such as sex, enslavement, brutality and death. If I were you I would read these tales before blithely passing them on to your pre-teen. Then again, children deal with such heavy material everyday wehen they watch TV, maybe reading about it in a historical context would be a benefit.

In what Peter Abrahams calls an autobiography and meditation, "The Black Experience in the 20th Century" offers the personal account of Abrahams' experience as a black writer who began his career at the peak of the Pan-African movement.

In becoming a part of the liberating movement and associating with major players of the time, Peter Abrahams analyzes and delivers a thorough understanding black intellectualism -- its roots, its resolution, its pioneers, its personalities, and its path.

"So [Marcus] Garvey redefined colour to serve our interests. He wanted his black folk to be equal of al other colours. He wanted all blacks - and for him it included all shades of black - to be as proud of their colour as were the whites of theirs: no intermarriage, no mixing of blood."

The means by which Black freedom fighters have used to liberate their populace has often left the rest of the world questioning their respective methodology. Hence, Abrahams also questions Garvey's "Back to Africa" movement, and the antics of Jomo Kenyatta in waging the Mau Mau war in Kenya. We gain insight through the author's query of these leaders and their lives.

"One of the saddest experiences in my life has been to watch, over time, some fine men being changed over circumstances." Abrahams gives his recollection of Kenyatta and the Mau Mau war.

"On that first journey back to Africa, when she was still in bondage, Kenyatta was an old friend from our London days. We walked the beautiful mountainous land together, met the people, shared out ideas with them, were close to them - which was why so many fought and died for the vision of the freedom and land he promised them. More than 11,000 mainly Kikuyu died in what the British government and the white settlers called the Mau Mau rebellion and the blacks called their freedom struggle. It was both a physical and propaganda war, with the propaganda at times seeming the bigger war. Kenyatta, in particular, and the Kikuyu in general were demonized."

Abrahams was born in South Africa in 1919 and just upon entering his manhood, became a seaman as a means to earn a living, thereby escaping the many evils of apartheid in his homeland. He eventually settles in England and there he begins his political journey as a writer and messenger of the free African word in a not so free world for any type of African.

He lives through World War II, which was not a black war, and at this time, many Africans begin to adopt socialist and communist thought, also finding liberation in Marxism. Today, it is difficult to imagine the rationale behind such actions. In that day however, the support blacks gave to these institutions also opened doors. These doors led to more forums where Africans from the Diaspora were able to meet and develop strategies for African emancipation.

Abrahams gets to meet other black literati including Langston Hughes, Richard Wright and W.E.B Dubois. These men were his friends, and he goes into detail about their personalities, how their lives shaped their writing, and thus their unique epistle to the world.

Abrahams also discusses the dependence of Africans in the Diaspora on the institutions of the very people that enslaved them. Explaining that vicious cycle, he constantly defines the many levels of racism, from all angles, black or white.

The first half of Abrahams account is extremely lively and filled with the drama of Africanist movement. His discussion of the use of language, especially English as a freedom tool provides a unique slant on the contribution blacks have made to literature and communication in general.

His hypothesis on Black living comes from experience, and is indeed worth reading to gain a new perspective. It would suffice if the book continued on this path, with Abrahams perhaps following through on the lives of some of these leaders.

This book however is an autobiography, and thus half of it is about Abrahams' life in Jamaica. Not to discount Jamaica for any of its beauty, but the reader is led into a literal trap, which seemingly takes a while to recover from. Meaning the reader is led to believe this is a thorough, account on who our African leaders are, how they did it, and perhaps why Africa is in its current state.

Indeed Abrahams provides some of these answers, and brilliantly so, which makes the book hard to put down. But, when Abrahams begins his account of life in Jamaica, one is led to believe he will eventually change the course of the book, and continues to describe African thought. This expectation comes chapter after chapter, and indeed, sadly, it means reading about Jamaican as well as West Indian politics, and Abrahams' role as a journalist there.

The book becomes somewhat of a disappointment, but as reflected in its title "The Black Experience in the 20th Century," the novel is about his experience as a Black man, and "Black" thought, as this account of his life gives a window into the lives of leaders in the African Diaspora, from Africa, to the United States, to Europe and eventually the West Indies.

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Before reading this book, you may want to look into the controversy that surrounds it. When the book was first published there were numerous academic debates concerning it's content. It is something to look into.