I am certainly not an advocate of slavery in any form. Yet how profoundly refreshing it is to unearth the point of view of an actual slave that shows that the "politically correct" viewpoint made popular with "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is not necessarily factual. Mr.Hamilton illustrates quite wonderfully that slaves were not always abused and mistreated as is popularly believed. What an eye opener this book truly is! Everyone should read this book. I feel that today's racial tensions would be somewhat mellowed if the attitudes shown by Mr. Hamiliton were more of the norm. This ex-slave has something to teach us all!

Wow! Think how rare it is to read a book from a slave's point of view (about a famous Texan, that was known world wide, even before his death)!

Don't get me wrong, slavery is terrible, but the point of view is like from another world. It is worth mentioning, the spirit of forgiveness and even loving kindness felt by the former slave, for his master. And how lovingly the ex-slave tells of how he looked up to the great man from Texas! This is a very rare bit of reading material!

I have used many SAMS books in the past and have been VERY happy with their books. Normally they are very to the point and allow you to quickly get to the "meat and potatoes" of how to get things done. Based on that history I chose the SAMS book when I needed to learn Crystal Reports. This book is nothing more than an overpriced "marketing tool" for Crystal Reports. This book did not deliver the "caliber of substance" I have come to expect from SAMS.

I received this book 2 weeks ago and I am still studying each chapter every night....This is a great book for beginners like me and I think the exercises are very well written and easy to follow...I am working on exercise 18 and to tell the true I feel very comfortable now.......

I am new to Crystal Reports 9 and this book is totally awesome! It is very straightforward and easy to understand. This book is layed out very nicely and walks you through all of the steps you will need to create your reports, from how to get into Crystal Reports 9 to how to deploy the reports. I am only through Chapter 9 and am feeling very comfortable that by the time I am finished with this book, I will have no problems writing reports. I hightly recommend this book.