Book Description
"A land of wheat and barley, of grape vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey . . . you shall eat and be satisfied." âDeut. 8:8-10
A Celebration of Classic Jewish Vegetarian Cooking from Around the World
Traditions of Jewish vegetarian cooking span three millennia and the extraordinary geographical breadth of the Jewish diasporaâfrom Persia to Ethiopia, Romania to France. Acclaimed Judaic cooking expert, chef, and rabbi Gil Marks uncovers this vibrant culinary heritage for home cooks. Olive Trees and Honey is a magnificent treasury shedding light on the truly international palette of Jewish vegetarian cooking, with 300 recipes for soups, salads, grains, pastas, legumes, vegetable stews, egg dishes, savory pastries, and more.
From Sephardic Bean Stew (Hamin) to Ashkenazic Mushroom Knishes, Italian Fried Artichokes to Hungarian Asparagus Soup, these dishes are suitable for any occasion on the Jewish calendarâfestival and everyday meal alike. Marks's insights into the origins and evolution of the recipes, suggestions for holiday menus from Yom Kippur to Passover, and culture-rich discussion of key ingredients enhance this enchanting portrait of the Jewish diaspora's global legacy of vegetarian cooking.
Customer Reviews:
Awesome recipes!.......2007-10-05
I love this book. The recipes are so good, and are quite unique and easy to make. Instructions are well explained, and some are simply amazing.
My friends recommended the book and it is great (Written by Brett's wife!).
One of my favorite cookbooks.......2007-09-12
This is essentially an international cookbook focusing on cuisines of places which have historically had significant Jewish populations (although not much on Ashkenazi cuisine). Much of the cookbook is divided by vegetable. For many recipes, variations are presented, some of which transfer the recipe from one cuisine to another. The food is delicious and this is one of the only mainstream cookbooks with Ethiopian recipes. Highly recommended. My only warning is that Marks expects you will be feeding a large group, so singles beware... my huge batch of lovely Persian rice just didn't get finished.
A beautiful cookbook that deserves to be in every kitchen.......2007-06-15
"A land of wheat and barley, of grape vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey . . . you shall eat and be satisfied." Deut. 8:8-10
Tracing vegetarian Jewish Diaspora recipes is no easy task: Rabbi and chef Gil Marks has created a painstakingly researched cookbook that at times reads more like a history book. With recipes from Azerbaijan to Yemen, Olive Trees and Honey is a catalogue of the vast variety of Jewish vegetarian cuisines, including chapters on cheese and dairy spreads, pickles and relishes, soups, salads, savory pastries, cooked vegetable dishes, vegetable stews, beans and legumes, grains, dumplings and pasta, eggs, and sauces and seasonings.
Each section features fascinating information about the origins and spread of each type of cuisine, often with illustrative maps. Some examples include a map of which type of cheeses are popular in which Diaspora community, or the spread of stuffed cabbage from Persia. Each recipe contains a myriad of further variations to try. Every recipe is labeled Dairy or Pareve for those keeping kosher, and many recipes offer Pareve alternatives (which generally are vegan).
Some of the more interesting recipes that caught my eye were Moroccan Pumpkin Soup, Hungarian Wine Soup, a sangria-like cold soup (red wine and fresh/frozen fruit mixed with orange juice, lemon juice, sugar, cinnamon, and cloves), Middle Eastern Bulgur-Stuffed Cabbage, Sephardic Cauliflower Patties (perfect for Passover if made with matza meal), Indian Coconut Rice, Middle Eastern Wheat Berry Stew, and the classic Ashkenazic Sweet Noodle Pudding (Kugel).
Also included are suggested vegetarian menus for special occasions and holidays. This is a monumental work and one of the most beautiful vegetarian cookbooks out there, refreshing for the soul as well as body. I only have two small complaints: Rabbi Gil Marks wrote the excellent (and out-of-print) World of Jewish Desserts, with over 400 Diaspora recipes. I would have liked to see the incorporation of more of his well-researched desserts as a final sweet note (there are recipes for several pastry-based desserts included). Also, the large number of variations in addition to the core recipes (example: ten recipes for red lentil soup, many of which are minor variations of the basic Sephardic Red Lentil Soup) made this a bit overwhelming; although I enjoyed browsing through the 300+ recipes, I honestly don't see myself ever making more than a handful on a regular basis.
An excellent guide to Vegetarian Jewish Cooking.......2007-04-14
'Olive Trees and Honey' is an amazing book. Not only will you get wonderful vegetarian recipes, but just the history and traditions that are explained in this book is worth the price of the book. Don't think that it's full of "talk" though!! It contains lots of wonderful recipes. Pages 1-34 contains a brief explanation of the various countries that Jewish people come from, the traditional Jewish foods eaten in those countries, the spices used, etc. Did you know that there are Jewish people in India? Ethiopia? Yemen? The rest of the book (about 400 pages of it) contain some very interesting recipes. The beginning of each chapter includes a little section on the history of that type of food, along with recipes from various countries, and some possible variations. This book is for everyone - vegetarians, vegans, meat eaters, Jewish or non-Jewish. I promise you will learn something from this book (and not just new recipes!) It's obvious that the author took a lot of trouble to research th background of the various types of Jewish communities before he wrote this book, and I wish I could give it 10 stars!
A Great Cookboook!.......2007-01-17
What a wonderful book! As a vegetarian, I cook primarily ethnic meals involving legumes. I truly thought I'd seen just about every legume-recipe variation... until this book. The recipes are varied and delicious! Along with Madhur Jaffrey's "World Vegetarian", this is my favorite.
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- Masterful Meadmaker
- instructional
- The Complete Meadmaker
- A book the Mead maker ought to have in their library
- Title is Accurate
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The Compleat Meadmaker : Home Production of Honey Wine From Your First Batch to Award-winning Fruit and Herb Variations
Ken Schramm
Manufacturer: Brewers Publications
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Book Description
Mead (honey wine) is the new buzz among beverage hobbyists as more and more consumers start to make their own. This up-to-date title tells the novice how to begin and the experienced brewer or winemaker how to succeed in this newest of the beverage arts.
Customer Reviews:
Masterful Meadmaker.......2007-01-05
This is THE book to have if you want make the magical elixer of Mead. Ken Shramm deftly show you how easy and wonderfull this amazingly complex beverage is to make and enjoy.
instructional.......2006-03-22
Was hoping for more recipes but gave plenty of information to formulate my own. It did explain all the basic information plus some extra
The Complete Meadmaker.......2006-01-29
Great book , full of everything to get you started making mead, and more. I am so happy that I bought this book, can't wait for the results.
A book the Mead maker ought to have in their library.......2005-11-29
I've gotten several beer brewing books from Amazon and decided to get this book on Mead because I like honey and wanted to learn something about making mead with it. I'd always heard about mead and was curious about it but if you're expecting a lot of recipes this book probably isn't for you.
Mr. Schramm puts out a lot of information on the history, styles of meads, the science and ingredients. I'm not sure if it has enough information to go out and brew the stuff (I'm still reading the book and have never tried to brew anything)if you're a complete novice but it might do it. When Mr. Schramm titled the book complete he meant just that, only 2 or 3 recipes in the first 158 pages- the rest of it covering anything else you'd need or want to know (there is a 9 page recipe section late in the book).
I liked the section on honey and other suppliers, 13 pages long and 9 of them cover mail order honey suppliers, the rest are for spices and other equipment.
I may never get around to making Mead but if I do I'll be glad I've got this book.
Title is Accurate.......2005-11-18
I have been been making homemade fruit wines for several years. I have read many books on wine making, and beer brewing. Yet in this mead book, I learned new things about wine making and the process I had not come across before. The book is holistic in its approach to understanding the brewing process, specifically with mead.
What is especially helpful is the author's command of the scientific understandings, that he relates in layman's terms. Portions read like an episode of "Good Eats" on the Food Network. This is a good thing.
As to the specifics of mead, I cannot imagine a more thorough book. To the qualities of varietal honies, to the methods for determining balance in adding fruits, spices, or grains, no stone is left unturned. Yet the book does not read like a textbook, I enjoyed it as a read, not just a reference.
Book Description
The odd thing about Walter Schoen, German born but now running a butcher shop in Detroit, he's a dead ringer for Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS and the Gestapo. They even share the same birthday.
Honey Deal, Walter's American wife, doesn't know that Walter is a member of a spy ring that sends U.S. war production data to Germany and gives shelter to escaped German prisoners of war. But she's tired of telling him jokes he doesn't understand—it's time to get a divorce.
Along comes Carl Webster, the hot kid of the Marshals Service. He's looking for Jurgen Schrenk, a former Afrika Korps officer who escaped from a POW camp in Oklahoma. Carl's pretty sure Walter's involved with keeping Schrenk hidden, so Carl gets to know Honey, hoping she'll take him to Walter. Carl then meets Vera Mezwa, the nifty Ukrainian head of the spy ring who's better looking than Mata Hari, and her tricky lover Bohdan with the Buster Brown haircut and a sly way of killing.
Honey's a free spirit; she likes the hot kid marshal and doesn't much care that he's married. But all Carl wants is to get Jurgen Schrenk without getting shot. And then there's Otto—the Waffen-SS major who runs away with a nice Jewish girl. It's Elmore Leonard's world—gritty, funny, and full of surprises.
Customer Reviews:
More Character, Less Action Than A Typical Elmore Leonard.......2007-10-05
The characters in this novel are vivid and large, with the good guys and bad guys mingling as if they're all at the same high school dance. Much less a crime novel than a talky character study, it is a compelling book, but not one for someone looking for suspense or thrills. Elmore Leonard is one of our best working novelists, and I did very much enjoy this book, but I found myself wishing there was a bit more gunplay, murder, or other typical crime novel devices.
Attitude.......2007-09-21
Not much action, but plenty of characters posing. Could have been a stage play with the twist at the end. People not wanting to do the jobs they are assigned, waitng for the war to end. It does make me want to research Otto Penzler.
Octogenarian Marvel.......2007-09-04
I remember reading an interview with Elmore Leonard in which he said that if a writer is constantly casting about for different ways to express the verb "said" he's wasting his time. The key is the dialogue itself, not how one describes its utterance.
As I marveled at Up in Honey's Room's succinct, unexpected, witty dialogue, I was reminded of Leonard's statement again and again. Sure, this novel features characters that are a bit too outrageous, and sure, a few of the plot developments are worthy of an eye roll or two. Is it his best work? No, but please, make no mistake: This is a lean, funny book.
I hope that I can appreciate good writing like this when I'm 82... which is how old Leonard was when he wrote this novel!
Uneven.......2007-08-24
This book is great when Honey is in the scene, but the scene's she's not a part of, which are many, tend to drag. The characters are strange, but rarely amusing. It's an OK book, but there are much better out there.
Don't go up to "...Honey's Room".......2007-08-19
By Far the worst Elmore Leonard Book that I have ever read. Elmore Leonard is one of the Best American Novelists. But like all of us he grows old, and has apparently lost his ability to write. This book is all about waiting around for something to happen with some VERY uninteresting, unsympathetic people. The only redeeming feature of this novel is the return of "The Hot Kid". But Carlos couldn't do it all by himself. If you want to read Mr. Leonard try "Unknown Man #89" or "City primeval" and of Course "Glitz".
Book Description
Everything you need from how to choose good books for your children to encouraging them to be avid readers, this fourth edition also includes an indexed and updated list of the best children’s classics ever.
Customer Reviews:
Wonderful Book.......2007-08-10
This book is fantastic, it is going to be my new baby shower gift for mothers. To quote Gladys hunt "reading should offer not just adventure, but the solace of hope and goodness of another world where truth and right triumph". What a wonderful gift to give your child in our modern world. I am so happy I found this book.
Keep and Share.......2007-08-06
Excellent excellent book. I found myself marking the books we had, then starring all the ones I want to look for in the library. Ms. Hunt reminded me of the many hours of joy reading gave me when a child, and how I want to give this same joy to my son. I am purging my library of the Disney abbreviations of classics, anxious to get the originals for him to enjoy after reading her actual comparison of text from each. This book is a wonderful tool to identify the best in classics for children by age and reading ability. She tells which have been reprinted, and discusses both authors and illustrators. A book I will keep as reference for my son and later generations.
Great aid in finding books for family.......2007-08-05
This book has helped me find age and subject appropriate books for all my children. The only drawback is that some of the books are hard to find.
Thorough list and reviews of wonderful books.......2007-07-26
Having "Honey For A Child's Heart" on my bookshelf is like having the wisdom of well read people at my fingertips. It's like having a library, stacked with all the BEST books ever written, available to me.
"Honey For A Child's Heart" is easy to follow and easy to read. It is a thorough list of wonderful books catagorised in a very user friendly way.
A delicious resource for parents and teachers.......2007-05-21
This is a great resource for parents and teachers to use in locating the best of the best in children's literature. It also offers great insights on ways to encourage reading in our children.
Book Description
Grandmother's remedies may have been the best, and this encyclopedia identifies which old fashioned cures have been proven effective by modern medical research, and which ones may be bogus.
Customer Reviews:
Interesting herb lore.......2007-10-03
This is an interesting compilation of herb lore and common remedies that were routinely used to treat a plethora of symptoms and ailments before the advent of patent medicines. The book gives listings for common ailments, the herbal and natural remedies used to treat them and interesting information about the different ingredients used. Even if you don't try any of the remedies, it's entertaining to read about what our ancestors used to treat the maladies with which mankind is afflicted.
Folk Remedy Review..........2007-02-21
This book is not what I expected. I thought I would be getting advice on what natural ingredient to use for a specific malady. It is not like that at all. It is a common sense guide on to get/stay healthy. I gave it 3 stars cause it is well-written, it just isn't what I wanted.
Review.......2007-01-13
I like this book a lot, not only for the remedy tips, but also for the bits of trivia and other information. Easy to read. i like the fact that other health-related websites are also offered for additional information.
The Folk Remedy Encyclopedia.......2006-03-20
This was a gift for my mother. She uses the book daily for helpful tips for the entire family. I recommend this book to anyone that believes in old folk remedies.
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Tracey Emin
Tracey Emin , and
Carl Freedman
Manufacturer: Rizzoli
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Release Date: 2006-10-31 |
Book Description
The most highly publicized of the infamous Young British Artists, Emin has stirred as much controversy as she has acclaim, being both highly personal and extremely original in her art. Emin's work is engaging, titillating, disturbing, and startlingly confessional. One of her most famous pieces is Everyone I Ever Slept With 1963-1995, a tent appliquéd with names. Another notorious work, My Bedâthe scene where she spent four days contemplating suicideâwas exhibited at Tate Britain when the artist was short-listed for the Turner prize in 1999. Though denounced by conservative critics at the outset, Emin's work has attracted serious critical attention for more than a decade. In the words of Art in America, "What brought Emin to prominence was shock value, but what keeps her work powerful as she continues is the strength and nuance of its form and content." Compiled in close collaboration with the artist herselfâand unprecedented in its scopeâthis is the definitive book on Emin, featuring drawings, paintings, sculptures, appliqués and embroideries, neon and video stills as well as her own writing.
Customer Reviews:
An Artist's Artist.......2007-05-16
If we can assume for the moment that one of the most daunting enemies of art is fear, then Tracey Emin is contributing to the art world in ways that are anything but obvious. If art causes one to think, to wonder, and to move the artist's images in and out of one's own life, just to see how it fits, like furniture seeking its rightful position in the room, then the business of art is really all about seeding the imagination. Seeds must be honest, and honest art must be fearless. The art in this book is not always pretty and comfortable, but it is always thoughtful and honest and fearless. In the effort to appreciate art, people have cautioned that one should view the art - not the artist. That isn't possible in the case of Tracey Emin, because the art and the artist are inseparable entities. She is the art, and her honesty shines through like a diamond in a mud pie. I don't know Tracey Emin, but I do know that if I ever met her, I'd never forget her. This book might be most readily appreciated by artists who will not just find inspiration in images that haven't already been thought about as much as the ones thought about but supressed. If you're an artist, I can't promise that you'll feel good about the way Emin approches her art, but I'm reasonably sure that you'll feel good about the way you'll begin to approch yours.
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Global Focus: U.S. Foreign Policy at the Turn of the Millennium
Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan
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Binding: Hardcover
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Book Description
Global Focus offers a penetrating critique of current U.S. foreign policy through a series of original essays by leading progressive scholars. This volume portrays the challenges and questions facing Americans and their government at a time when a new global order is being defined by transnational corporations, when the dimensions of U.S. military power bear little relation to threats, and when most global crises call for international solutions. The volume outlines the principles, practices, and policy alternatives that would help to make the U.S. a more responsible global leader and global partner.
Book Description
Veteran reporter Richard Ehrlich and Dave Walker unfold a tale of love and lust in Bangkok's notorious red-light district. These interviews and correspondence with prostitutes and their patrons draw an intimate and touching portrait amidst the blaring lights and pounding music of Bangkok.
Customer Reviews:
Not Great But A Classic.......2007-09-29
I first visited and fell in love with Thailand when I was 19. It was not till 1994 when I was 30 that I decided to go native. While helping out at my friend's travel agency, I discovered an interesting letter translation service that was offered in almost every other travel agency. When tour guides had no work, they translated "love letters" for Thai women who had foreign boyfriends. All letters told virtually the same story. Mother sick, brother in jail, buffalo died ... these are the bargirls. In the case of students and office workers, course fees, computer went caput, want to set up own business because boss is abusive and exploitative ...
It takes an insider to appreciate the size of this love letter industry. People who say that it's the same everywhere else in the world ain't seen nothing yet. It's quite amazing that authors Dave Walker and Richard Ehrlich dared to make these embarrasing letters public. I nearly tripped over my own toes when I saw this book in the bookstore back then.
Highly controversial but totally honest, this book reproduces the letters that bargirls sent to their foreign boyfriends. It's definitely a project that took more legwork than keyboard hours, but the authors did include interviews with insiders and also a foreward by a Thai sociologist.
The moral of the story? The line between true love and mercenary prostitution is sometimes blurred in the Land of Smiles. Prostitutes don't just charge a fee for service. They create an illusion of romance. It would be good if the suckers could read this book. It would be even better if they could watch a video of a Thai woman weeping in the phone booth telling her Western boyfriend how much she misses him and then smiles to her Thai boyfriend beside her immediately after hanging up. Still, those who think with the wrong "head" are often impervious to reason.
But anyone who has dated traditional Thai women would also have noticed that even good girls will ask for money. The root of the conflict lies in the difference in "money culture". The Westerner thinks that a woman who truly loves him will not ask him for money. The Thai woman thinks that a man who truly loves her will show it with money.
It's not a great book, but at a time when there was no other material on this subject, I thought it was a very good and courageous attempt by the authors.
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Wondering into Thai culture, or, Thai whys, and otherwise
great read.......2007-03-12
This one a must if your going to Thailand for R and R or I&I. The interviews with the woman are the best, wish they would have had more.
Hello My Big Big honey.......2006-06-28
A very well written book which is an excellent insight into the letters written by foreigners to thia ladies, primarily bar girls.
This book also includes the thai girls point of view in interview form.
Plus a few bar owners experiances.
A must for all travelers to Thailands bangkok streets, particularly Patpong but also relates to Nana and soi Cowboy with some referances to Pattaya.
Maybe if you travel to these areas of Thailand you will see something of your self in this book, you will surely see something of those you know whe travel there.
MISLEADING.......2006-05-09
Having been to Thailand on a number of occassions, I can say that this book is completley biased, and most of all, without any humanity whatsoever.
Rather than just parody or riducule the extreme of romantic or sexual attachement (which you can find in Los Angeles or Kansas as easily as Bangkok), it would have been useful to actually look at the people, their hopes, fears, joys.
Stereotypes are quite useless and misleading in this regard. There is a very wide range of people, both working girls and their customers. But in general I found the former to be very sweet, honest and good-hearted woman. And the later to be generally polite, respectful men, seeking care and affection. For both, there is suffering and sadness, as their is in married life, single life and geriatric life! The authors are so shallow and unintelligent themselves, that no real insight into the people and their liffe struggles and victories ever emerges...
truly one of the strangest and most telling documents of our time.......2005-09-26
Romance, pathos, despair...all these and more human frailties are on parade in the incredible, weirdly moving, sometimes pathetic and utterly unputdownable collection of love letters from customers to Bangkok bar girls.
At the core of this amazing document are the interviews with the bar girls themselves, whose attitudes toward their clients range from the rankist capitalist contempt to the most tender compassion.
Witness this sample from a 29-year-old veteran wearing bright white lingerie inside a Patpong bar. Question: Do you ever say to the men that you love them? Answer: "I say, 'Love! Love! Love! But not. I feel nothing. I say 'love,' but in my heart, nothing."
..."Hello My Big Big Honey!" is truly one of the strangest and most telling documents of our time.
-- Jerry Stahl's first book, the dope fiend memoir Permanent Midnight, was made into a movie starring Ben Stiller. His 1999 novel, Perv -- A Love Story is now available in paperback. His latest novel, Plain Clothes Naked (William Morrow), was recently released.
Book Description
The Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier: Coat of HoneyâHeart of Gold is the newest, most complete reference for every current and prospective Wheaten owner and for anyone seeking expert, reliable information on this breed.
The chapter topics include an absorbing history, the breed standard with an in-depth explanation of all its requirements, acquiring a Wheaten, keeping your dog happy and thriving, grooming and trimming, showing, performance activities, breeding and much more. Five appendixes provide important information every Wheaten fan must have, and a detailed bibliography and index round out this splendid resource.
Howell Best of Breed Library
Customer Reviews:
A Must Have For Wheaten Terrier Fanciers.......2007-01-06
This is the one book that anyone interested in Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers must have. It is accurate, informative, delightful to read and a beautiful book to own.
Thorough History.......2005-10-29
This is a good book to read if you want to know more about how the Wheaten came to be, tracing its history and breeding from Ireland to the US. It also offers some great information on grooming and showing the breed. It's a lovely book which includes some very nice color photographs, written by a woman who definitely knows what she's talking about!
The Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier .......2005-08-03
It's very nice & informative BUT most of the pictures are Black & White...All Colored pictures would've been Better! Out of the 177 pages it had Only 8 (in the middle) were colored.
!great buy!.......2004-02-13
even there's no color...
a complete book from choosing a breeder to taking care of a 10 years old dog!
Book of Gold.......1999-12-28
I do not yet own a soft coated wheaten terrier, but I found this book incredibly helpful. It backed up most of the information I had already learned about wheatens. There were a few questionable comments (diet, grooming) but the book was well-written, and easy to understand.
Book Description
The definitive history of the epic struggle for economic justice that became Martin Luther King Jr.'s last crusade.
Memphis in 1968 was ruled by a paternalistic "plantation mentality" embodied in its good-old-boy mayor, Henry Loeb. Wretched conditions, abusive white supervisors, poor education, and low wages locked most black workers into poverty. Then two sanitation workers were chewed up like garbage in the back of a faulty truck, igniting a public employee strike that brought to a boil long-simmering issues of racial injustice.
With novelistic drama and rich scholarly detail, Michael Honey brings to life the magnetic characters who clashed on the Memphis battlefield: stalwart black workers; fiery black ministers; volatile, young, black-power advocates; idealistic organizers and tough-talking unionists; the first black members of the Memphis city council; the white upper crust who sought to prevent change or conflagration; and, finally, the magisterial Martin Luther King Jr., undertaking a Poor People's Campaign at the crossroads of his life, vilified as a subversive, hounded by the FBI, and seeing in the working poor of Memphis his hopes for a better America. 16 pages of illustrations.
Customer Reviews:
Recalling memories.......2007-07-13
As one who lived through the history recalled in this book,I found it excellent.It is great to read a book in which you personally knew all the people written about and recall all the events.Michael Honey has done an excelllent job.I highly recommend this book to all students of the civil rights movement and Martin Luther King jr. Especially I recommend it to all residents of Memphis and Tennessee.May we never allow this history to repeat itself
A Measure of the Men.......2007-01-06
This might be the finest book written on Martin Luther King: it certainly is the best one that I have read about him. Honey is a splendid writer, with a style that I find more accessible than Taylor Branch's. No doubt that Branch has written the seminal history of King and his times, but his writing can become tedious due to too much detail and meandering sentences.
Honey is an award-winning historian who has written two previous excellent books that demonstrate his skill as an oral historian. The outstanding feature of this book is the numerous interviews he conducted with important figures, which keep the book always absorbing.
King receives much attention, but Honey shows that the Memphis strike was led by local workers and union officials who were fighting to escape the living hell of dangerous working conditions (the strike grew out of the deaths of two sanitation workers who were mangled in a malfunctioning garbage truck when they sought shelter from a rainstorm).
In addition to the stories about the local workers and organizers, King is portrayed as an important influence who was struggling with internal fighting among black civil rights groups, includng the NAACP, the Urban League, SCLC, and SNCC, the FBI, Lyndon Johnson, who was angered by King's anti-war proclamations, and most whites who thought King was moving too fast. Any reader who questions King's leadership and selflessness, needs to read this book to have those views dispelled.
Ultimately, the Memphis strike paved the way for labor improvements throughout the South.
This superb book should be considered for all major book prizes. For King scholars, it is essential and for all other informed readers, it is an excellent narrative of King and his times.
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