History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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Beautiful Book
Honest and insightful sequel to Dove
Home Is important to this Sailor
Just not that exciting...
Good follow up to "Dove"

Home Is the Sailor
Robin Lee Graham , and Derek Gill
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Beautiful Book.......2006-04-27

I read Robin's first book "Dove" when I was a boy and was truly in awe of his voyage and of his sailing achievement. It had been many years since I picked up his book again and as an adult related to it quite differently. I was more touched by his meeting and falling in love with his wife and his discovery and journey to become his own person.

I really was very surprised and quite delighted to discover Robin Lee Graham had written a second book "Home is the Sailor" and was happy to pay good dollar to get it. Upon reading this book I am very much inspired by the life of Robin lee and Patti Graham and had to slow down my reading as I did not want their story to end. Robins life to date of writing this book had really been so inspirational that to read of his struggles as an early adult only adds to his character and to how people can relate to him. Robin and Patti Graham are true advocates of what life personifies- God, love, marriage, children, respect, nature - and Bloody Hard Work! God has truly blessed there lives and many others through their books "Dove" and "Home is the Sailor". I crave for a life as dipicted in this book as it shows through Gods help we can overcome great trials. Robin and Patti's books have given more to people than they will ever know in this life.

I sincerely feel this book is more relevant in todays worldy society than when it was initially written. The fruits of "Home is the Sailor" are great!. A must if you are seeking truth!

Honest and insightful sequel to Dove.......2005-07-31

Like so many I followed Robin's jouney in the pages of National Geographic and was totally captivated. I enjoyed Dove and it has take me many years to find a copy of Home is the Sailor.

Overall it was well worth the wait. The story picks up with fairly little material reproduced from Dove although some background had to be added in case a reader was not familiar witht he story of Dove. Robin shares his bouts of depression and sometimes the mood is gloomy, but realistic. The book is a great cautionary tale for those who think that can easily live off the land.

The writing suffered in the last third of the book from poor pacing conveying too much detail in some minor events. The book also suffered from the fact that just when life in Montana was becoming settled they were thinking of leaving for the ocean once more preventing the reader from finding closure leaving the author as unsettled at the end as he was at the begining.

In closing a good followup, but lacking the elements that would make it fully satifying read.

Home Is important to this Sailor.......2005-01-08

Writing style is honest, It took a while to get going. I am impressed with where he was at in his life 1983 and wish I knew what he was up to now. I followed his journey in the NG, all those years ago, envious of his freedom to do as he pleased in the Dove. While he was naive about Montana, I found myself relating to their struggles and was impressed with the openness of his writing. In this book I believe he just let it all hang out.I think this book could be useful to a couple having marital problems! Their simple faith as discussed openly in the book is refreshing all the more in 2005! I recommend it for Teenagers and grandparents. My grandkids will be getting a copy!

Just not that exciting..........2003-08-13

An autobiography of what happened after sailing around the world alone, Home Is The Sailor can't keep her sails filled.

I read "The Boy Who Sailed Around The World Alone" as a kid, shortly after it came out. Now thirty years later, that book is still in my head. So when I discovered that Robin had written another book, I was intriqued. What I found was mostly dissapointment.

It's a brutally honest book: he talks about suicide and depression and religon. But I found it to be uninspiring and the writing style to be amatueresque. When he did talk about sailing, his words kept my attention. But when he delved into his family troubles, he lost my interest for the most part.

There are years that he describes in detail in many chapters. Then there are others that are tidied up in a paragraph or two. For instance, he wrote at length, about his first child, daughter Quimby. But his second, Benjamin, gets barely a mention, save for his birth.

Overall, I found this book boring and lacking in substance, considering it's 217 pages. I kept saying to myself "so what!?"

The ending I found to be rushed and inconclusive, as the book was published right before they decided (apparently) to return to the sea.

I give it two stars, only because he was honest enough to put his problems in print, and because I like his previous work.

Good follow up to "Dove".......2001-06-27

I can't imagine what I would do after having seen the World by age 21. Robin chose to head for the mountains of Montana where he and Pattie found their creator and learned life's lessons the hard way. At the end of the book he hints that he wants to sell the ranch, buy a large teaching crusier, and once again sail the South Pacific.
I hope he made it.
tony@willingham.net

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Supporting Children in Their Home, Community, and School
Dorothy Holin Sailor , and Dorothy Sailor
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It was fun to see a "noir" thriller set in the sunshine
"Hello, Sailor. Lonely?"
A Long Lost Classic Who's Time Has Come!!
As Hard-Boiled As They Get!
A good introduction to an underappreciated master

Home Is The Sailor (Hard Case Crime)
Day Keene
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It was fun to see a "noir" thriller set in the sunshine.......2006-10-11

I really enjoyed this noir-ish thriller, for a couple of reasons. First, although "Home Is The Sailor" is definitely a hardboiled, noir-ish crime novel, it avoids the obvious trappings of such. So, instead of dark alleys, an impersonal big city, dingy tenements and such, here the settings include sunny Florida, a cute little motor court, and nice beaches. Secondly-- and here I'm going to go into some minor spoilers, so skip right to the next paragraph if you want to know absolutely nothing about the way the plot plays out-- I liked the way the main character wasn't one of those blindly lovestruck chumps who totally gets waylaid by the femme fatale's frame job, and yet, things still ended up a little sad for our hero in the end. In other words, the sadness, darkness, and the "unfairness of it all" are delivered in a subtle way, not in the obvious taking-the-fall-for-something way employed by many noir thrillers.

"Home Is The Sailor" is also a fast, to-the-point read that doesn't overstay its welcome. So, you'll thoroughly enjoy traveling along with Swede, our rough, imperfect hero, as he tries to sort out the mess he immediately gets involved in upon giving up his lonely but uncomplicated life at sea. This is another top-notch offering by the folks at Hard Case Crime.

"Hello, Sailor. Lonely?".......2006-03-13

Poor Swen "Swede" Nelson. A career sailor, all he wanted was to do was hang up his bell-bottoms and buy a farm in Hibbing, Minnesota. Find a wife, have a bunch of kids, and live happily ever after. Until, that is, he met Corliss Mason. A not-so-grieving widow and owner of a southern California seaside motor court, the sensual Corliss literally sweeps Swede off his feet, and all plans to return to the heartland are temporarily put on hold. Faster than you can say "big con", Swede and the witchy Corliss are married, and in the next heartbeat the hard-drinking, hard-punching sailor is a murderer.

This is classic pulp fiction - the kind of writing that invented "hardboiled" as a descriptor. Written in the early 50's, some of the sociology seems quaint and a bit dated in today's whacky politically correct culture, but that just adds to the fun. And while the careful reader will see the pieces falling into place a bit too early, neither will that detract from the well-paced, high-grit tale of blind love and deceit. But author Day Keene keeps a couple of neat tricks up his sleeve to make for an interesting climax. Kudos to Hard Case Crime for bringing these vintage masterpieces of crime fiction back to life.

A Long Lost Classic Who's Time Has Come!!.......2005-03-28

It's the mission of Hard Case Crime to re-introduce lost classic noir fiction to a modern reading public and nowhere is that mission better fulfilled than with Home Is The Sailor.

Day Keene, one of the all-time, yet sadly forgotten greats is at his best in this fine novel. Swede Nelson is as tough as they come but it is his overall decency which underpins this twisting tale of murder, theft and blackmail. The poor guy hits port after decades at sea with the idea of settling down to a normal, happy life and before his feet are wet winds up involved in a murder plot, helplessly in love then married to a mecurial femme fatale who may want Swede dead as much as she loves him. The action is great in this one, the characters unforgettable, the pace rapid-fire while never seeming thin. This book is everything that good noir fiction is supposed to be and Keene deserves a second chance with new readers.

It's easy to get to be blinded by the Big Three: Hammett/Chandler/Macdonald and overlook some of the forgotten greats who helped to make mystery fiction what it is today. Hurrah for Hard Case Crime and its mission and hurrah for Home Is The Sailor. It is a great novel that does not disappoint.

As Hard-Boiled As They Get!.......2005-03-22

I can't remember the last time I have had such an enjoyable reading experience!
This book is rather legendary in pulp fiction circles and I have read about it for years. I was really excited when Hard Case Crime announced that it was reissuing it after all this time.
HOME IS THE SAILOR utilizes every pulp convention in the book, and I think it is because of this that it works so well. This book would not be written now...it is definitely of its time. Then again, so are the movies "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and "The Big Sleep." This is a great part of its charm and I found myself nostalgic for a time I didn't live in and a world that probably never existed.
What is most interesting to me about this book is that, despite the wonderfully over-the top portrayal of its characters, it still shows that though times may change, the screwy aspects of the relationships between men and women don't.
For those who like this genre of fiction, I cannot recommend this book enough. For those who have never read classic hard-boiled pulp fiction, this is an excellent place to start. It's the template for every one you'll ever read, but like an original Muddy Waters song, it may have been done a thousand different ways by a thousand different people, but it was never done better.

A good introduction to an underappreciated master.......2005-03-22

Day Keene's name (itself a pseudonym for Gunnar Hjerstedt) isn't as well-known as James M. Cain, Jim Thompson, Dashiell Hammett, or Raymond Chandler, the acknowledged masters of noir literature. That's probably because Keene's writing isn't as generally palatable, tending toward an even darker tone than the others.

Even in a book with such irredeemable characters as Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice, there is a sense that they are at least aware that what they are doing is wrong. There is no such guarantee with Day Keene. (In one of his later books, for example, one character has molested his mentally-disabled sister so often that she stays in bed most of the time, just waiting.)

Home is the Sailor is, like most of its ilk, based on the common assumption that a woman who is good in bed can make a man do anything, and killing is just the beginning. Usually the men in these books are about half-witted, mostly unaware of how skillfully they are being manipulated until it's too late. Such is the fate of Swede Nelson, who falls into the clutches of young widow Corliss Mason and gets taken on the ride of his life, with options for the other kind, when all he wants to do is settle down and buy a farm....

Corliss is a lot of the draw that this book holds, her status as a femme fatale is secure, and Swede Nelson is the kind of fallible hero who is easy to identify with. I saw the revelation coming miles away, but I've been reading a lot of these kinds of books lately, and Keene more than makes up for it with the pace of the story (though it is a little on the long side once things start to wrap up). With Home is the Sailor acting as the springboard, I'll definitely be looking for more from Day Keene.

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Worth Every Cent, if You Can Get It!
A wonderful book of projects and ideas for sailboats
A fun book for Kids and Adults...

The Sailor's Sketchbook
Bruce Bingham
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These 76 projects for improving your boat include cockpit navigation centers and tables, a unique non-skid system, on-deck line stowage, bug screens and other "Velcroisms," wood-shelled blocks, a seagoing gallery, and portable showers. Bruce Bingham's wonderful drawings will inspire any sailor, no matter how inexperienced a do-it-yourselfer, to start tinkering on his or her boat.

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Worth Every Cent, if You Can Get It!.......2005-07-30

The illustrations in this book are first rate, as is the advice. In easy to understand steps this DIY book for sailors details such things as compass mounting, wood planking on fiberglass hatches, roller furling, dinghy towing, even how to build bookcases aboard. The printing is all done by hand and it is a joy to read. The project will save the cruisng sailor many more dollars than the price of the book. The tips, the drawings, the advice, it all comes together in this book that every cruising sailor who is handy with tools should have aboard. This book is worth every cent if you can get it.

A wonderful book of projects and ideas for sailboats.......1999-03-15

This book is a lot of fun. It contains many projects for improving sailboats and life aboard them, all drawn and described in a quaint "American Boys Handybook" style. As Bingham says, he did not expect people to copy his projects exactly, but rather to get ideas from reading about them and design their own projects. Either way, this book is a lot of fun.

A fun book for Kids and Adults..........1998-07-05

You know I've got to say I've enjoyed this book greatly. Not so much for myself as for my three year old son. He and I spend many an hour looking through the different sketches trying to find the mouse and the cat that are in many of the pictures in this book. We call it the mouse and cat book.

Oh yeah and the information in the book is great for any boat owner. He goes over lots of little things you can do to take your boat from just a boat to a yacht no matter what the size.

Anyway, just want to say that while there may be many books with more details or more information, there aren't many that are as much fun with useful information to boot.

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In 1897, a 21-year-old unemployed Californian named Jack London borrowed funds so he could make his fortune in the Klondike. His life prior to the gold rush had been a story of toil and lean days. He knew how to pitch a tent, start a fire with minimal effort and how to go without either a fire or a blanket if circumstances required. He had lived in close quarters with sailors before the mast, tramps on the road and even convicts in jail.

Though London set sail for the Klondike to accumulate gold rather than write about it, in the back of his mind lurked a resolve to become a writer. Everywhere he wandered, his alert intellect absorbed the experiences and observations he would later organize into mesmerizing stories. His masterpieces about the gold rush--The Call of the Wild and White Fang--remain to this day the finest record of the atmosphere, the overlay of the cold, the romance and the stark nature of survival in the wilderness.

Sailor on Snowshoes is at once a regional history, page-turning mystery and Yukon yarn--a ramble through Jack London's gold rush to find and preserve its tangible relics. In particular, it is the story of the search for a holy grail--the Yukon bush cabin in which London wrote his name--expertly narrated by northern historian and journalist Dick North, for whom an idle conversation in a saloon turned into a life's work. Through his painstaking research and keen intellect, North offers new insight into London as a young man and the far-off land that inspired his fame.

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A look at the creative roots and adventures of the legendary author.......2007-05-17

I probably wouldn't have purchased this book if I didn't know the author. That would have been my loss. This is an enjoyable book for anyone who likes adventure, is interested in Jack London, Alaska, the Yukon and its gold rush history. The book is well researched and the author's enthusiasm for Jack London and Alaska and his search for London's cabin in the Yukon makes for a very enjoyable read. Dick's style reminds me of another participatory journalist, George Plimpton.

Jack London Exposed.......2007-03-09

This is a great book... author Dick North actually trod the same trails as the immortal Jack London, found Jack's old cabin in the Far North, and introuces us to many of the men who actually worked and suffered with London. Complete with many stunning pictures, this is a remarkable story of one of the world's greatest writers (who, incredibly, lived only to age 40). Thank the Lord that author North has lived a bit longer than that! Long enough to bring us this intimate review of London and his works...

2006 is the 100th anniversary of the publication of Jack London's White Fang.......2006-10-04

2006 is the 100th anniversary of the publication of Jack London's White Fang, but few may realize many of his masterpieces about the gold rush stemmed from a pioneer who envisioned making his own fortune in the Klondike in 1897. SAILOR ON SNOWSHOES: TRACKING JACK LONDON'S NORTHERN TRAIL is indispensable for any who would understand London's world: it surveys his gold rush experiences, his search for riches, and also chronicles a search for the Yukon bush cabin where London lived. Northern historian and journalist Dick North retraces London's footsteps and adds plenty of historical background and literary reference to bring his times to life.

Fascinating true historical detective story.......2006-07-25

Dick North is a veteran Jack London researcher and a fine former newspaperman in the U.S. and Yukon Territory. This new book is an excellent companion volume to Franklin Walker's Jack London in the Klondike (1966).

The subtitle is actually Tracking Jack London's Northern Trail.

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Sailor's Home
Arjen Duinker , W. N. Herbert , Uwe Kolbe , Karine Martel , and Peter Laugesen
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An honest review for a book about the truth
PRAISE FOR A DEAD AUTHOR or A REVIEW FOR HOME IS THE SAILOR
A great story with a dynamite ending.
Read this book.

Home Is the Sailor
Jorge Amado , and Harriet De Onis
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An honest review for a book about the truth.......2003-12-21

While this book is filled with many of the same character-types that abound in many of his other works, it is somewhat of an anomaly that in Home is the Sailor, the central hero is a man of considerable wealth. This does not stop Amado from taking the obligatory swipes at the powerful but it is an interesting note to people familiar with his works. This novel is Jorge Amado's dissection of the way that truth is represented by those with a stake in it and by the saving graces of truth. As with most of his novels though, examining the concept of the book would do a great disservice to the remarkable story that unfolds around the idea.

The story follows two lines of concurrent history, both taking place over a half-century before the narrator has taken up the case. It is a marvelous joke that the mutually exclusive lines are both presented by the narrator as objective fact. On one hand there is the narrative of one Vasco Moscoso de Aragão, a fellow raised by his business-driven grandfather. He has no head for business but two heads for sporting houses. He is young, wealthy, and good-looking. The only thing that could keep him from the happiness that he is expected to carry is the lack of a title. In the corrupt political system of Brazil he could purchase the title of Captain and from the corrupt monarchy of Portugal he could purchase decorations and awards to prop the title up. The second story line involves one Vasco Moscoso de Aragão. He spent his life on boats from the age of ten rising in rank to Captain Vasco Moscoso de Aragão, Master Mariner, before retiring to the sleepy town of Periperi to enjoy his retirement from the seas.

Both of the tales are told by a dull-witted narrator who has trouble deciphering truths in the present tense, much less those which are fifty years in the past. He is involved in an amusing contradiction himself. His first person narrative parallels that of the Captain as well. He too is vindicated by the truth much as the protagonist he recalls. The narrator presents the only significant flaw that book has. He is inconsistently unknowing and omniscient. Both are used as plot devices but they would seem to be mutually exclusive. It's not a major flaw nor is it obtrusive but it should be recognized.

There is a sense of glory in each of the characters in this book that Amado seems almost uniquely capable of granting. The normalcy of the characters becomes grandiose and undeniably beautiful. There can be little left to doubt that Jorge Amado saw something inside of his fellow man that needed to be shared with the rest of the world. He succeeds in showing the humanity of unpleasant people but saves the glory as always for the truth and the poor. It is telling that the only two characters in this novel that are clearly painted as good people, Moema and Giovanni, are both poor. This recurring theme throughout his novels shows Amado's finest art, that of giving dignity to the people that society tries hardest to strip it from.

PRAISE FOR A DEAD AUTHOR or A REVIEW FOR HOME IS THE SAILOR.......2002-10-21

Abridged review: HOME IS THE SAILOR is a beautiful book. You should read it. Review with more depth: HOME IS THE SAILOR might be the best book I read this year. Perhaps I'm underestimating the quality of the books I've yet to read (just under one-hundred days left in the year after all!) but I doubt it. HOME IS THE SAILOR is a magnificently woven story set in northern Brasil. The story concerns Cpt. Vasco Moscoso de Aragão, either a trust fund playboy or a veteran sea dog, it seems no one is immediately sure. His splendid stories of his travels on the seas enthrall his new neighbours in the vacation town of Periperi where he has mysteriously appeared, along with his incredible past filled with dangers, romance and adventures awakening the passion of the old-timers in the city with whom he passes the days. Cpt. Aragão has overshadowed however, the former favourite storyteller Chico Pacheco who plots to paint the good Captain a fraud! The story is told years after the death of the Captain by a young narrator trying to earn a prize for writing, and a spot in the bed of the Judge's mistress Dondoca! An immensely passionate novel filled with eloquent prose that survives the translation flawlessly. The characters are developed to such richness that for just one moment, you'll take to preferring them to your friends outside the book. This will last for only a moment though as it is Amado's style to make the mundane grand and the grand whatever he wants it to be. You'll realize quickly that the your friends are the characters in the book and you'll love them the more for it. I cannot possibly recommend this book highly enough nor for that matter, many of Amado's other works.

A great story with a dynamite ending........1998-12-27

This is one of Jorge Amado's most intriguing stories. It differs from his earlier sociological and ideological works. It is a story of a man who lives a life based upon his own created self image. It explores the idea of what is reality or truth and at the same time presents a wonderful picture of the culture of Northeastern Brazil around the early part of this century. The adventures of the protagonist are hilarious and the ending is surprising and very satisfactory. I have read many of Jorge Amado's books and I find that "Home is the Sailor" is the most readable of all his novels.

Read this book........1996-07-12

If you read fiction, you must read something, perhaps everything, of Jorge Amado's. Romance? Humor? Adventure? Fantasy? The man is a master of many genres. Oh, I suppose I should be recommending Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands for your first Amado read, but Home is the Sailor has the stuff of a classic. I ran across it on the bookshelves of a restaurant in West Virginia and begged the proprietor to lend it to me. He did, bless him, and I returned it with a gift of Larousse Gastronomique.

The Civil War and Yadkin County, North Carolina: A History With Contemporary Photographs and Letters; New Evidence Regarding Home Guard Activity and the Shootout at the Bond School House; A Roster of

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The war within the war in western North Carolina.

The Civil War and Yadkin County, North Carolina: A History With Contemporary Photographs and Letters; New Evidence Regarding Home Guard Activity and the Shootout at the Bond School House; A Roster of
Frances H. Casstevens
Manufacturer: McFarland & Company
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0786402881

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Located in the western piedmont of North Carolina, Yadkin County was hardly a hotbed of rebellion at the start of the Civil War. Many of the 1,200 men from Yadkin who served in the Confederate Army did so with distinction, but a number deserted. When the militia attempted to arrest them, four were killed and several others were wounded. This is a comprehensive accounting of how the county responded to the Civil War and the effect it had on Yadkin's citizens, civilian and military alike.

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Must Have Book for Yadkin County Genealogists.......2007-04-23

This book was well researched, nicely written and contains wonderful facts and stories about Yadkin County, N.C. before, during, and after the Civil War. It presents actual letters from the people of that era giving their personal accounts of the horror of the Civil War and how Yadkin County residents coped with the changes that the Confederacy and War brought to them. If you are studying the family history of someone in or around Yadkin County, this book will really help you understand what your relatives went through in the early days of this section of our country.

The war within the war in western North Carolina........1999-01-29

A small western Piedmont county in North Carolina is the subject of this very unusual Civil War history. Written by a local historian with a rich knowledge of the county and its people, the book weaves the colorful threads of local characters and events into the big picture of the greatest war in our history. Battlefield stories and army life are recounted, partly in letters writen home by Yadkin soldiers in the field, but the most intriguing events are those that occurred on the home front. In a region of sharply divided loyalties, the woods of Yadkin County soon filled with "bushwhackers", men hiding out to escape concription into the Confederate army. The book tell of the locally famous shoot-out between some of these men and the Militia, of their arrest and the jail breaks that set them free, of executions by the Home Guard, and of the treks to Tennessee to join the Union army. In the last days of the war a Yankee Cavalry division led by George Stoneman rode through the county and Cassstevens treats us to previously unpublished stories of his famous raid.

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