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With the civil war on Romulus averted, Kirk is finally free to seek out the truth behind the death of his oldest and closest friend. Was Spock killed by the shadowy organisation known as the Totality? A generous offer from Starfleet provides him with the starship he needs in order to reach his goal. Their only proviso: that they can call on his help if they need him. But what happened to Spock is not Kirk's only worry: Joseph, his son, is rebelling wildly against the restrictions placed on him as the price of Romulan peace. Is the Totality somehow also linked to Joseph's rage? But before he can find the answers to either troubling question, Kirk receives a call from Admiral Janeway, telling him she needs him to save the Federation. Torn between his mission and his duty, the cause of the Federation must claim him one more time before he can turn his attention either to his friend or to his son.
Pop culture icon William Shatner returns with another breathtaking Star Trek adventure in which both generations must battle an unstoppable enemy for the existence of all life in this galaxy -- and beyond.
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Pretty Good!.......2007-10-08
Star Trek: Captain's Glory by William Shatner and his long time companion writing duo the Reeves-Stevens is the third and final book in the "most recent" trilogy that puts the former Captain of the Enterprise (Kirk) and the current Captain of the Enterprise (Picard) against various threats, each other and time. Again.
If you don't follow Shatner's Star Trek books the entire series starts with "Ashes of Eden" and ends with this book. It's not necessary to read those books, although I highly recommend it.
For those of you who DO follow Shatner's books then you'll appreciate that this is a return to the strengths of the previous six books. It doesn't leave you waiting around hoping that "something happens soon" as the action starts fast and keeps going. The book is fast paced with little downtime, so you'll finish it quickly.
The first book of this trilogy was "Captains Peril" and had Kirk and Picard vacationing on Bajor. There was a lot of downtime compared to the previous six books and that let a lot of people down. The middle book, "Captains Blood" was more of the same - as if the first book was just a prelude. Which it was.
The first two book were just a round about way of bringing the bad guys in this book to light - the Totality.
The Totality are shape shifters, of a sorts, but worse than the ones on Deep Space Nine, if you follow that series. They're kind of like organized religion - you're a terrible person and you're going to suffer all eternity, but they love you. Go Figure.
Overall, this book will leave you satisfied and wraps up most if not all of the plot lines left open in the other 8 books.
Shatner (and Reeves-Stevens) do a great job with the Kirk and Picard characters, and while some of the other crew members such a Worf are fairly flat, they don't have a lot to do with this story so it's no big deal. The Riker character (and his new wife) were handled well.
Overall this book is enjoyable and if you suffered through the first two of this trilogy, then you'll be happy to know that you didn't waste your time, this book makes reading the first two worth it.
Another good reading experience.......2007-09-08
Anyone who enjoys StarTrek books will most certainly enjoy this one. William Shatner does an excellent job of keeping his readers captivated throughout.
Captain's Glory (Star Trek).......2007-07-28
No one knows Star Trek like William Shatner! This is another excellent chapter in the greatest space saga of all time. I highly recommend this edition for those who seek a story about relationship of faith and adventure.
testosterone and boredome.......2006-11-08
The only interesting part is that regarding the skills of Kirk against Picard: two of the most different starfleet captain engaged in a battle against one another, where the only goal is that of inflicting the lowest damage.
The story is virtually inexistent, it seems there's nothing more to say... but Shatner says it anyway
Part IX of the Kirk Saga. What a great way to end the William Shatner Kirk saga!.......2006-10-13
I have read everyone of the Shatner Kirk books since Ashes of Eden and I have greatly enjoyed everyone of them. There is nobody better to write a Kirk adventure than the man that invented Captain James T. Kirk. I've read a lot of Star Trek novels in my life time and none have fascinated me more than Shatner's Trek novels. With that said I want to review Captain's Glory.
One of the greatest aspects of this book is the pace of the story. There are hardly any slow times during the book where something is not happening. From the beginning to the end I was on the edge of my seat wanting to know what was going to happen. The creation of the Totality is absolutely superb and what makes it so great is there has never been a villian quite like them. Norinda is such a great character and the interaction between Norinda and Kirk is excellent.
One of the things that Shatner has done better than any other Star Trek author is bridging the gap between the T.V. shows. Clearly, Shatner is a fan of Next generation and Voyager because those are the main characters in this trilogy. I really hope that authors in the future are able to do half as well as Shatner has with this aspect, and if they do there should be plenty of interesting Trek novels in the future.
Some have commented that the ending is not that good or not what they expected. I thought the pace and how Shatner brings all 9 of his Kirk novels into a final "finale" was excellent and very well written. The ending was very satisifying for me and I don't think Shatner could have ended his saga any better.
It's sad this will be the last of his Kirk novels but I couldn't have asked for a better bookend than Captain's Glory. Well done Mr. Shatner. Well done. Thank you for 11 great years of Star Trek "Glory".
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A Classic till this Day.......2007-10-02
This was the very first book I actually read all the way through with out zoning out when I was a kid. It held my attention and captured my heart in its true way of expressing a new way one has to live in a moment of tragedy. I was 13 at the time.
I was the kid that always fell asleep in class because absolutely nothing interested me. But this book changed all that...
Childhood Favorite..........2007-06-13
This book was my favorite book in 3rd and 4th grade. My best friend and I took turns checking it out from the school library, and often explored the concept of "disability" by taking turns pretending to be blind. This story is a classic story of overcoming adversity - it probably would made an excellent tv movie as well. It also is an excellent book for teaching kids about disability awarness, and that kids with disabilities can do lots of important things (like the challenge the main character overcomes in the story). My 9 year old daughter recently read it, and loved it too. She brought it to her 3rd grade class, and the class took turns reading it during free time. So, I think it is timeless!
Follow My Leader Review.......2007-03-21
Follow My Leader is a book written by James B. Garfield. There are different settings in which the story takes place such as a baseball field. The main character in the story is a boy named Jimmy.
Jimmy becomes blind due to a fire cracker. A kid had lit up a firecracker and when he realized that he was in trouble he threw it, but it exploded in Jimmy's face. The kid who threw the fireworks is named Mike Adams.
Ever since the accident Mike became meaner and all of Jimmy's friends stopped hanging around Mike. Jimmy started learning about things that blind people had to do such as learning Braille, how blind people walk in doors, and how to walk with a white cane. But, when Jimmy got a guide-dog he didn't need the cane anymore. Jimmy went to the guide-dog school and after enough training Jimmy got a guide-dog that he named Leader.
At the school, Jimmy's roommate was Mack. Mack had told him to forgive Mike. Mack was a blind man and before he was also mad at the person who made him blind. Then he had learned about how sad the person who made him blind felt so he forgave him he told Jimmy about all of this but, Jimmy didn't, know what to do. What will happen, will Jimmy forgive Mike or will Mike have a guilty conscience forever?
Great book for kids .......2007-01-16
It is a good book because it makes you understand what it feels like to be blind.
I liked it a lot.
A 6th Grade Class Favorite.......2006-04-18
My 6th grade teacher read this book to my class back in 1973. It was a class favorite!
What stands out most vividly all these years later is a complete lack of a whiny, self-pitying tone, while still dealing honestly with the anger and bitterness that Jimmy at first feels upon going blind. The book also honestly captures the tension between Jimmy and Mike, the boy who threw the firecraker at Jimmy (not on purpose), and how the strain between them is eventually resolved.
The book is also a fascinating look at the world of the blind, and of guide dogs. I've never forgotten the scenes of Jimmy at the school for the blind before he gets his dog. Even eating can be tricky; the teachers use clock face references so the blind students know where the food is (e.g. meat is at 3:00, the peas are at 6:00, and the glass of water is at 10:00).
I am glad to see this book is still in print.
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James A. Garfield was one of the Republican Partys leading lights in the years following the Civil War. Born in a log cabin, he rose to become a college president, Union Army general, and congressmanall by the age of thirty-two. Embodying the strive-and-succeed spirit that captured the imagination of Americans in his time, he was elected president in 1880. It is no surprise that one of his biographers was Horatio Alger. Garfields term in office, however, was cut tragically short. Just four months into his presidency, a would-be assassin approached Garfield at the Washington, D.C., railroad station and fired a single shot into his back. Garfields bad luck was to have his fate placed in the care of arrogant physicians who did not accept the new theory of antisepsis. Probing the wound with unwashed and occasionally manure-laden hands, Garfields doctors introduced terrible infections and brought about his death two months later. Ira Rutkow, a surgeon and historian, offers an insightful portrait of Garfield and an unsparing narrative of the medical crisis that defined and destroyed his presidency. For all his youthful ambition, the only mark Garfield would make on the office would be one of wasted promise.
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Best president ever?.......2007-10-07
I suppose by some measure, James Garfield was one of the best presidents ever. After all, he didn't really mess things up. Conversely, he may be one of the worst, as he had no real accomplishments either. That's what happens when you occupy the office for around six months, much of which were with an eventually fatal bullet wound. In truth, even if Garfield had not been assassinated, he would probably would never have been one of more significant Chief Executives, just another in a line of minor figures to occupy the White House after the Civil War. Wedged in a group that includes Hayes, Arthur, Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison, Garfield would be similarly obscure had he not died in office.
Ira Rutkow's brief biography of Garfield (part of the American Presidents Series) does not have much to say about Garfield's brief tenure as President. Instead, the focus is on two things: Garfield's rise to that office and the medical bungling that did more to bring about his death than the bullet had.
After an uneventful childhood, Garfield eventually started taking education seriously and, after finishing college, briefly taught and practiced law before becoming involved in politics. This was on the local level until the Civil War, where he served as an officer and eventually rose to the rank of general (though his military career left little impact on the war's outcome). Even before the Civil War ended, he had moved on to Congress where he served for nearly twenty years.
Garfield was one of the more "radical" Republicans and parlayed his growing influence in the party to become a dark horse candidate in the 1880 Presidential election. He would win, but a disgruntled (and somewhat crazed) Charles Guiteau would shoot Garfield just four months into his Presidency. Unfortunately, the doctors who oversaw his care were essentially incompetent, ignoring basic rules of cleanliness that were well-known by that time, and they wound up causing far more damage than the original bullet.
Rutkow, whose background is in medicine, spends a lot of the book discussing late 19th Century medical practices and goes into great detail about the shortcomings of those who treated Garfield. He does a decent job, and given Garfield's limited historical significance, it is probably more appropriate for a medical educator to write this book than a regular historian who would probably be hard pressed to fill 150 pages with Garfield's accomplishments. If you're really interested in the life of Garfield, I know there are bigger, more detailed biographies out there, but this book is at least a good introduction, and for most people will provide all the information on the twentieth president that they would ever need.
Garfield's Lost Legacy Explored.......2006-07-28
Once again I found myself enjoying the strange politics of America's Gilded Age as I was introduced to a man who, up to this point, had remained a dim figure in my mind: someone who was famous only for his very short term as one of this nation's Chief Executives. It turns out that James A. Garfield did exist, and he was more than a footnote in history. He was a leading Republican (always a party man) who stood for a brief moment as the chosen voice of "the people" (or at least the voice of a very splintered Republican party).
Party politics was the defining, big-picture issue as Garfield came into the Presidency. Following U.S. Grant's term, which was tarnished by scandals, the men who held the highest office were by necessity forced to discuss (if not actually devote themselves to) civil service reform. Of course this only led to further deal-making and intrigue as both parties (a demoralized Democratic party that hadn't had a president in the White House since Andrew Johnson, and a Republican party at odds with itself over which faction should be in control) tried to vie for offices of importance. Enter James A. Garfield, a man who would, by his assassination, become a martyr to civil service reform.
All this is easily found in most grade school history books though. What the author, Ira Rutkow, does in this fine biography is outline not only the political forces at work behind the rise and fall of the Garfield presidency, but the conditions of American medicine at the time...conditions that directly impacted the death of America's 20th President. The chapters that immediately follow the attempt made on Garfield's life examine the care he was given by his doctors and the unsanitary methods used (methods that, as a reader, I found both interesting and grueling). One wonders how Garfield would have faired had he lived in a later century.
Mr. Rutkow has done a very good job of bringing this unknown, little-remembered president back to life, if only for awhile. "For who was Garfield," Thomas Wolfe asked, "and who had seen him in the streets of life?" Here, finally, we have an answer.
Garfield: A Presidency Unfulfilled.......2006-07-09
In the grade school litany of the names of our nation's leaders, James Garfield does not even merit a pause. Amidst Washington, Adams, Jackson and Lincoln, then Roosevelt and Eisenhower later, the twentieth President gets little more in even High School U.S. History than does Pierce or Fillmore. Yet he was a complex and accomplished individual, a General in the Army and a most skilled politician.
Rutkow is a physician, and an accomplished author. He brings the eye of the surgeon to the treatment of the President after the assassination attempt while concisely reviewing his early life and run to the presidency with aplomb. At a time when the subject of errors in medicine is much with us, it is sobering to read of the "treatment" of the highest elected official. Rutkow validly makes the point that President Garfield was not simply maltreated: he was killed by the physicians watching over him, primarily one eclectic and ego-driven surgeon. Had Garfield suffered the same bullet wound in 2006 he might have been discharged from the emergency room and lived to a ripe old age.
Beyond this tome, the entire "American Presidents" series edited by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. now numbers 33 volumes and is a collective treasure providing brief but well written biographies of the men who have led our country.
Enlightening.......2006-06-30
A great job of bringing James Garfield into the limelight. The author's insight (medically)was very helpful.
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For almost three decades, William Shatner has portrayed STAR TREK's gallant commander of the legendary Starship Enterprise and her crew. Now William Shatner brings his unique blend of talents as actor, writer, director, and producer, to tell the story only he can, of Captain Kirk's greatest adventure...
The time: six months prior to the launch of the U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-B and the tragic loss of Captain James T. Kirk in deep space. The place: Earth, where the galaxy's most renowned hero must now face the specter of retirement and a life devoid of challenge and excitement.
But in the apparent twilight of his career, Kirk's path takes an unexpected turn when a mysterious young woman offers him an irresistible adventure--a perilous voyage to an uncharted planet where he will confront the ultimate threat to the fragile peace between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, and the ultimate temptation--a chance to recapture his youth.
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Part I of the Kirk Saga. The beginning novel of the greatest Star Trek saga ever written........2006-10-13
Like many great sagas out there the first chapter tends to be the best, and Ashes of Eden proves that theory to be true. The finale of the 10 part Kirk Saga "Captain's Glory" is absolutely superb too, but that review is on another webpage. Anyway, I read this book originally when I was 15 years old when it came out and couldn't put it down. I have recently reread Ashes of Eden as well as its two counterparts "The Return" and "Avenger." (these three novels make up the first trilogy entitled "The odyssey").
This time around I enjoyed Ashes of Eden ten fold. Not only is the book fast paced, full of action, and actually more of a love story, it has many things that trek fans love. Great interaction between the original crew, the Excelsior in action, and the true fate of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-A.
If you have never read a Shatner Kirk novel YOU MUST START WITH THIS ONE! William Shatner does a marvelous job building on each novel and when the day comes you finally read the concluding chapter "Captain's Glory", you will be grateful you read them all in order. There are 9 novels totaling the Kirk Saga.
Again, Star Trek Ashes of Eden is a superb novel and arguably one of the greates Star Trek novels ever printed. 10/10 A+.
Civilian Kirk Captains the Enterprise Again.......2006-10-12
This is the first Star Trek novel that William Shatner collaborated on. He has since collaborated on others and written many on his own, in addition to the successful Tek Wars, which was made in to a TV series. I read the original hardback version, which is now out of print.
Here we find a retired, now civilian, James Kirk in a new adventure to save an independent planet recognized by the Federation, but claimed by both the Romulan and the Klingon Empires. Kirk is once again asked to become the Captain of the Enterprise.
But the Enterprise is no longer a Federation Ship. She has now been decommissioned and stripped of much of her equipment, too top-secret to be allowed on a now-civilian vessel. The vessel has been bought by an independent planet, Chal, and handed to Kirk, for his new assignment. That assignment is unclear at first, but the full story gradually is revealed, and Kirk finds himself on a different adventure than he first imagined.
Kirk's former crew under Captain Sulu get caught up in a high-level plot to undermine the whole Federation, and the trail leads right to the top. A showdown occurs at the planet Kirk has been contracted to save, where Kirk's former crew are pitted against Kirk and his new planetary defense force.
Kirk finds himself facing down the Commander in Chief of the Federation, who shows up to join his special team, Sulu and crew, in a new twist of this strange scenario developing on planet Chal. Kirk in his new role on behalf of Chal, is captain of the private, remiliatarized Enterprise as a defense ship for the almost defenseless planet.
A secret treasure of information on the planet holds a key to interpreting this mystery, unexpected even by the beleaguered inhabitants who invited Kirk to develop a defense for them.
Surprisingly well rounded.......2006-05-14
Firstly, I love William Shatner, he is just someone I enjoy watching--he clearly takes a great deal of enjoyment from what he does also. The same is true to this book, it is at times easy to see through the prose to perhaps other more personal moments, as it is hard to seperate Kirk from Shatner--and it makes interesting reading to ponder what Shatner is thinking and saying though his most famous character.
I was impressed, first and foremost at how well he utilized the other characters. Chekov is given impressive amounts of page time, Spock and McCoy are well written and Scotty is the only member of the original crew who accompanies Kirk on his crazy mission (loyalty to the Enterprise afterall). I agree with one of the other reviewers, that perhaps this was Shatner's olive branch to James Doohan. The characters have several thoughtful conversations where Kirk admits to himself that he has often not listened to Scotty as he should have.
The plot isn't an end of the world one, its Kirk in the middle of an extreme midlife crisis, along with a good old dose of rivalry (an old Academy classmate of Kirk's who is now head of Starfleet). I did find at times that I felt the book was a little too long and so skimmed someof the more descriptive scenes.
The book is very thoughtful, even though it does have some action moments too, but it ties in huge amounts of the Trek Universe (I'm guessing alot of this is the work of Shatner's helpmates). It is also more thought provoking than most of the trek books out there.
I really enjoyed this book as of the original series books I have been reading so far this has some of the BEST characterizations I have seen. (I really was expecting alot more of Kirk in a blaze of glory but instead Kirk is a very well layered and human character, with very noticable flaws,more so than on film it seems)
Another opinion of 'Ashes of Eden'.......2005-12-23
'Ashes of Eden' is an interesting read. What's refreshing is:
This is NOT a 'save the universe' story nor a 'galactic civil war'. It well describes an older, but 'not retired from life' Capt.Kirk. A life he tries to adapt to immediately after hanging up the uniform. I enjoyed the written personal touches Shatner added and he really keeps Kirk in true form. Book reads as 2 stories, blending into one. We see our familiar chars from the original series, albeit on separate courses, eventually all coming to one. I could not put this book down. It is Kirks' attempt to be happy not realizing he is to be involved in one more 'grand adventure'.
Interesting to me was some elements of 'Star Trek VI' movie are adapted. You'll see as you read.
This would have been neat to see filmed as 'Star Trek VII' for it follows the natural timeline.
Ties in the original journeys from the series to the films!.......2005-11-18
This is definately one of the best Star Trek (original Crew) books I've ever read. Time & time again, the book continues to make references to major occurances that have happened in the Star Trek Universe past (U.S.S. Farragut, V'ger, David Marcus' death, Camp Khitomer...etc.) & relates them to the present day issue occurring in the book. If your a big fan of the first 6 films, you'll love how that material fits into the material of this book & how it relates to what Kirk now faces. I'm no Super-Trekkie who's read over 40 Star Trek books (I've probably read 4 or 5), but if your looking to read only one or perhaps your 1st, make it this one!
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Capitol Hill veteran Kenneth Ackerman re-creates an American political landscape where fierce battles for power unfolded against a chivalrous code of honor in a country struggling to emerge from the long shadow of the Civil War. James Garfield’s 1880 dark horse campaign after the longest-ever Republican nominating convention, his victory in the closest-ever popular vote for president, his struggle against bitterly feuding factions once elected, and the public’s response to his assassination is the most dramatic presidential odyssey of the Gilded Age—and among the most momentous in our nation’s history. This journey through political backrooms, dazzling convention floors, and intrigue-filled congressional and White House chambers, reveals the era’s decency and humanity as well as the sharp partisanship that exploded in the pistol shots of assassin Charles Guiteau, the disgruntled patronage-seeker eager to replace the elected Commander-in-Chief with one of his own choosing.
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A must read for American History Buffs, Gilded Age.......2007-10-11
I enjoyed this book so much, I sent this letter to the author:
"Dear Mr. Ackerman, I recently read and thoroughly enjoyed your fantastic book, Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield. I feel it is worthy of a Pulitzer Prize for History. I found your writing style to be engrossing as, even though I knew much of the history you recounted, I read each page of the book most eagerly. I had just finished Roy Morris' Fraud of the Century and, as much as I enjoyed it, I found your book to be a more compelling tale. Your character development is superb and I love how you tied the thread of the Conkling/Blaine feud of 1866 to events throughout the book. The final weaving together of the tale in Chapter 15 is a beautiful closure to a moving story that, as you accurately captured, impacted and captivated large numbers of Americans. Your research and documentation were extremely thorough and quite logically incorporated into the chronological flow of events. Your footnotes are pure joy for a politics and history buff (like me). I didn't really feel I had finished the book until I read the endnotes, as they added to my deeper understanding and appreciation of the events. Having lived through the Kennedy assassination, the comparisons with Garfield's demise are most intriguing and the distinctions also profound. Both were younger presidents who had won narrow victories to gain the White House. Both were succeeded by vice presidents who were clearly 'ticket balancers.' But Kennedy's assassination has forever been plagued with conspiracy theories, while Garfield's had no doubt as to the assassin. Alas, to pursue this line of thought would invite rambling on my part, but these ideas do cross my mind. I think your book would make a great movie, except for the sad reality that Hollywood would inevitably destroy a great story. Also, most likely, it isn't the kind of story that would capture much interest among our populace, at least in my judgment (keeping in mind the kinds of movies that seem to proliferate theater complexes these days). If only I were wrong about this! Your recapitulations of future developments of each of the prime players in the book (Chapter 15) are tailor made for the closing of a great film. I found particularly touching the telling of Mollie Garfield having married Joe Stanley Brown. Some minor observations, suggestions, and thoughts I have are as follows: - A table of the results of the 1880 Presidential Election and a national map of the results (as I have attached) might have been a good addition to the book. I did thoroughly enjoy your tables of the key convention ballots. (Obviously, my bias as a mathematician and cartographer is showing.) - I am working on a book (well, it is really more of a tutorial) of the History of Partisan Representation in the United States Congress. As you are well aware, the story of the evenly divided 47th Senate, in and of itself, is a fascinating one and your accounting of the battle for control of the Senate is most illuminating. Your description of the tie-breaking (precedent setting) votes of Chester Arthur is great drama. -- In this vein, while you point out that one of Arthur's first actions as President was to call the Senate into special session to choose a President Pro Tempore, you never related who they selected for this position. My research indicates that Thomas F. Bayard (D-DE) served from October 10 to 13, 1881, David Davis (Independent-IL) from October 13, 1881 to March 3, 1883, and George F. Edmunds (R-VT) from March 3 to December 2, 1883. Perhaps with the Senate evenly split, this particular tale was too complex and off the focus of your storyline to include. - Not to nit-pick, but in case your book is ever reprinted, some minor points: -- on page 205, last line of paragraph two, the spelling of 'ungentlemanly' missed the editors gaze, -- on page 234, end of line 15 should probably read 'In fact' instead of 'If fact.' -- the last endnote 'I am a poor hater' should be attributed to page 453. - If space had provided for it, including the White House family portrait on the cover of the book would have been wonderful. Just viewing this photo (in the context of the murder of Garfield and all you shared about his wife and children) truly conveys the personal tragedy that occurred, separate from the great loss to our country. - Indeed, as you note, we do need a solid, contemporary biography of James G. Blaine. Equally, I would welcome one of Chester A. Arthur. While a product of machine politics, as you described him, he showed character, spirit, decency, and integrity that made him attractive. I would enjoy reading more about him. Again, please accept my thanks for your superb work and for sharing this wonderful tale. Sincerely, R. Bruce Telfeyan"
--By the way, he did write me back a substantial note of thanks. As did other reviewers, I subsequently visited the Garfield NHS in Mentor, OH, and his burial site (really a beautiful shrine) in the eastern part or Cleveland, OH.
Well done tale of political intrigue.......2007-03-23
This is a fascinating look at a little known president in American history. It covers the convention that nominated Garfield where he was not even a contender. Garfield was a representative for General Sherman who was against General Grant and James Blaine. This convention was one of the most interesting in our history and shows how the freedom of delegates can result in a compromise that gives a candidate acceptable to many. While none would wholeheartedly jump behind Garfield he was able to take a nomination. The New York crowd who backed Grant was particularly bitter. Roscoe Conkling who is made out to be the great villain in this story provides an interesting foil. Chester Arthur is shown to be a man even more unlikely than Garfield for the presidency and it is telling that after his term is up he is hardly even considered for another. The election process also proves to be interesting showing a time before TV and radio when stump speeches reigned supreme. Garfield's assassin turns out to be one of his campaigners who want a political appointment. He feels that by killing Garfield he will be rewarded with a patronage position. Garfield's election seems to bring about a divide in the country that is already distrustful after the election of Rutherford B. Hays. Ironically it is the death of Garfield and the unlikely ascension of Arthur that will heal the nation. This dark horse unified the country in his death and paved the way for civil service reform. For those who have an interest in the Gilded Age this is a must read. For those who are fascinated by political history they will find this a riveting tale that cannot be put down.
Very Readable History Lesson.......2006-10-27
I read this book desiring a biography of James Garfield. This book failed at being a true biography. What I received instead was an excellent description of a year and a half of American history, starting with the 1880 Republican convention that eventually nominated Garfield to President Chester Arthur's taking office following Garfield's assisination.
This book reads like a novel. It also contains numorous historical nuggets. It is fair to each of the people dealt with. For example, Senator Roscoe Conklin is not very likeable, but it points out he was one of the few to welcome a black senator.
The focus of this book is the division in the Republican party at this time, which was a factor of Garfield's assisination. While there is no effort made on the part of Ackerman to give a warning to us today, one can learn from the intense hatred that existed in this time, and try to avoid the same in our present day.
Excellent look at a near forgotten time.......2006-10-12
Ackerman did a superb job in peeling back many layers of politics that few people understand. While keeping it interesting and easy to read, he informs and educates the reader on a little known/understood time in our history.
A very informative and well-written book.......2006-04-10
I have for some time been interested in James A. Garfield, one of the most intelligent people to have held the office of President of the United States. He was a distinguished academic (who created an original proof of the Pythagorean Theorem, though that gets no mention in this book), a successful Civil War General, and an equally successful politician. But although this book only covers a period of less than two years, from Garfield's nomination by a Republican convention deadlocked between supporters of Ulysses S. Grant and James G. Blaine to his assassination by a mentally-deranged office-seeker, Charles Guiteau, it told me a lot that I did not know about Garfield and about 1880s-era politics.
The book is rather thick, given the short chronological span that it covers. But it's all fascinating reading; I couldn't put the book down at night when it was time to go to bed. The author does some things that I am very happy about: when he describes something, whether the geography of Washington, D. C. or the inner workings of the U. S. Senate, that was very different in 1880 from now, he gives a good description of the differences, helping the reader understand the context in which things are happening in the book.
His description of the feud between the two factions of the Republican Party -- the U. S. Grant/Roscoe Conkling "Stalwarts" and the Blaine "Half-Breeds," provides a major explanation of the political happenings of that era. And following the political maneuverings between Garfield, once elected President, and Roscoe Conkling (the powerful Senator from New York and leader of New York's Republican Party) gives me a great appreciation for how politically savvy Garfield must have been. He could have been a great President, I believe, if he'd been allowed to live.
Ackerman makes a good case for the thesis that medical malpractice, not Guiteau's gun, was the cause of Garfield's death. His claim that, even with the rudimentary state of medicine in 1881, Garfield would have survived if the doctors had treated him differently, is hard to dispute. This is enough to give one some reason to think.
This is a very good book, and I echo the other reviewers' recommendations.
Book Description
Geary explores the first assassination of one of our presidents in the hands of an obsessive-compulsive stalker, a deluded loser who thought his action would bring him national glory. Once again, beyond a mere presentation of facts, the author surreptitiously peels for us a bit of our national psyche.
Customer Reviews:
Not really a "Murder".......2007-02-02
I'm a fan of this series. There are good entries and less good entries. I discovered them with the Jack the Ripper volume which I like to read at night before bedtime. There are two aspects of that book I wish Geary would return to. The first is that the crime is scandalous and unsolved (as is the Borden case), the second is that none of the victims was a president!
This is really not about juicy, low Victorian murders which I would think is the appeal of a series with that title. Once a president is involved you're into assasinations, which to my mind are a different thing. Curling up with a book about an assasination in which the killer is known & villified for his failings, the victim lingers, and in which all the answers are found before you're done just doesn't hold the same appeal.
People who are seeking history seem to like the book.
Fun way to learn history.......2002-01-27
When I ordered this book, I thought it was a short textual history of the assasination of President James Garfield. It turns out that this book is in comic book format with the story being told by dialogue and cartoon illustrations. However, I really enjoyed the book and learned a lot about Garfield, his assasin, Charles Guiteau, and Garfield's slow death.
Guiteau was basically a loser in life and had even served time in jail. He was constantly skipping out on creditors and and he showed signs of mental illness. He was dillusional and thought that Garfield would apppoint him to an ambassadorship. He literally stalked both Garfield and Secretary of State Blaine in an attempt to secure the appointment. When it was not forthcoming, he stalked Garfield (this was in the days before the secret service) until he had the opportunity to shoot the President.
The wound caused a rupture in an artery but an aneurism sealed off the opening so he did not bleed to death. Garfield lingered for many weeks until the aneurism ultimately ruptured and Garfield died. The location of the bullet had not been located and the aneurism had gone untreated. Today, Garfield's condition would have almost certainly been diagnosed through an MRI and he may have survived delicate surgery which would have saved his life.
In reading history, we generally get a line or two about Garfield being assasinated by a "disappointed office seeker." It was enjoyable to learn more about this event, particularly in such an unusual literary format.
A true eye-opener...........2001-09-28
As a history buff, and a fan of Rick Geary's, I knew I'd enjoy this book, but I had no idea how much! The book tells the paralell stories of President James A. Garfield and his stalker (and eventual assassin) Charles Giteau, an abysmal failure in every aspect of life; indeed, his ONLY success in life was the murder of President Garfield, and he almost botched that up, too. Garfield lingered for months after the attack, dying perhaps more as a result of medical incompetence than Giteau's efforts.
Geary's wonderfully cartoony art is reminiscent of claymation; it gives a true illusion of depth and form. He is truly one of the underrated geniuses of the Comic art form. His meticulous research gives us many interesting facts, such as The President being allowed to walk around Washington D.C. unescorted (No Secret Service yet), Abraham Lincoln's son's association with Garfield, and too many others to count. Do yourself a favor- read the book!!
Excellent introduction to this little-remembered event.......2000-11-23
This entry in Rick Geary's series on Victorian murders examines the assassination of President James Garfield by Charles J. Guiteau, a megalomaniacal failure at preaching, the law, and almost everything else he had tried. The drawings are evocative of the time and place, and give a clear idea of the events. The lives of Garfield and Guiteau are traced, and Guiteau's mental illness is made quite clear; today, he would almost certainly be sharing a room with John Hinckley. I'd like to see this whole series reprinted: one of them is out of print and apparently unavailable.
Customer Reviews:
Escalante: Si.......2005-05-15
A visiting nerd from Mars might well decide that sports was the cult/religion of choice among Americans. This conclusion would work if the visitor compared Sunday TV-tube activity with, say, church attendance. It would also make sense of activity at many American high schools, with its cheerleaders, heros and stars.
After his success at teaching calculus to (yep, here we go again) mostly poor Latino students was dramatized in the movie Stand and Deliver, Jaime Escalante became the closest thing to a star in the little world of education. His story intersects the American sports-obsession in a number of important ways.
Escalante, who considered school sports a distraction for his students, in his own classrooms took the teacher-as-coach metaphor way beyond the 100-yard-line. A Bolivian immigrant and Lakers fan, he had a lot of sympathy and understanding for his students. But as an accomplished, determined professional, he had no time for their excuses or laziness: He used threats and jokes, camaraderie and charisma, insults and incessant drill, much the way a football coach does. He also had the "big game", a clearly defined goal with visible results: The advanced placement (AP) test that high-school students attempt for college credit. Better than basketball as a ticket to a future.
Like many sports coaches--and very few teachers--Escalante got 110% from his team. Starting from zero in 1978 (when he arrived there), by 1987 Garfield High was fourth in the United States in number of students taking AP calculus, and accounted for about a quarter of all Mexican-American high-school students who passed the test.
Journalist Jay Mathews starts with Escalante's childhood and teaching career in Bolivia, but spends about 2/3 of the fast-moving narrative on Garfield. It includes numerous vignettes of students dealing with Escalante's personality, his rigorous calculus teaching, and crises (or simply grinding poverty) in their lives. Mathews goes easy on generalizations, but here are his first two "lessons" near the books conclusion: "Teachers who bring students up to high standards are precious commodities. Leave them alone.... If left alone, teachers who work hard and care for their students will produce better results than ten times their number dutifully following the ten best recommendations of the ten latest presidential commissions on education."
Nancie Atwell says Shut your door and do what you need to.
The Garfield mascot, which became Escalante's symbol for himself and his students, is a bulldog. I believe that we are still "a nation at risk," especially where the education of poor and minority children, the life of our cities, is concerned. Jay Matthew's book, the story of a few determined teachers (and their principal!) will not hold the same lesson for everyone, but is an extremely valuable encounter.
It will Change your Life.......2002-12-17
If this book doesn't make you want to quit your job and do something meaningful with your life, nothing will.
Stand and Deliver Dedication.......2000-09-16
In a culture where if one is asked have you read such and such book and the reply is "no but I saw the movie", then I 'll reverse the question. Did you see "Stand and Deliver"? Well this is the story of the man the movie is about. In the movie, Edward James Olmos takes the lead as Jaime Escalante, an unlikely hero who immigrated from Bolivia and changed the lives of countless Chicano students in East LA. This is the story of dedication, underpay and a determination by one man to change the course of students views of themselves. A teacher with a vision beyond the classroom. He wanted to change the perception of Chicanos and their role in the education process, they could be capable of taking college prep math. While teaching at Garfield High in the 80's he created quite an uproar amongst his peers by making Chicanos believe in themselves, that they could take AP Calculus and succeed. It would require hard work. A great motivator, who used all his skills, he proved the naysayers wrong. This is a great true story that is more detailed and probably more accurate than the Hollywood version. The background information on the principal of Garfield and various students is much richer than the movie version. This is a feel good book that students,teachers and parents alike should enjoy since they are all participants in the deucation process. A motivational tool to be shared by all who believe in the power of determination. An American success story for all.
Shows the power of a dedicated teacher and high expectations.......2000-04-14
Actually, the review title pretty much says it. This is the book that was the basis for "Stand by Me." A slightly less dramatic, but more accurate and detailed account of the amazing results when one man believed in his students and helped them learn to believe in themselves. Also includes a section on the value of high standards exams such as the AP Calculus test to showing that the ability of students from disadvantaged areas can be a match for students from anywhere.
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- Part II of the Kirk saga. What a great ride!
- Finally!
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Book Description
Veridian III: A world has been saved, the U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-D lies in ruins, and one of the galaxy's greatest heroes rests beneath a simple cairn of rocks on a lonely hillside. But as a legendary Vulcan ambassador comes at last to the grave of his best and dearest friend, the adventure is only beginning.
The Borg and the Romulan Empire have joined forces against the Federation, and their ultimate weapon is none other than James T. Kirk, resurrected by alien science to destroy the Borg's most formidable enemy: Jean-Luc Picard.
Customer Reviews:
The Shatnerverse is just warming up!.......2007-02-12
Who better to resurrect Kirk than the man who made the character who he is today? I wasn't 100% thrilled with Return to Eden, but this is one of thse Star Trek novels that I've read over and over--and I'm sure I'll read it again. William Shatner, along with longtime Trek consultants and novelists Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, begins an Odyssey which incorporates many beloved facets of the Star Trek Universe.
Part II of the Kirk saga. What a great ride!.......2006-10-13
I remember reading the end of Ashes of Eden how it talked about the return of kirk from the dead. I couldn't figure it out but The Return does such a great job bringing Kirk back to life that I had no quarrels what so ever. It's not your typical comic book brought back to life story either. Without giving too much of the story away let me tell you that the Borg are involved in this chapter, and it is a great thrill ride from beginning to end.
Finally!.......2006-06-03
I allowed myself to read this after really enjoying "Ashes of Eden", this book however has a completely different tone than the last. While Ashes was all about giving Kirk, his crew and his ship one last hurrah, Return is about bringing back to the now (Picard now, that is).
Kirk's body is absconded by a Romulan/Borg alliance and brought back to life. Shatner, this time around takes alot of liberties with the Borg, however--he does one thing that I wish Voyager or one of the other visual mediums of trek had done (something I had said since the begining of the whole Voyager Borg crusade) he links V'ger with the Borg.
Kirk is a little bit more super-heroy in this than he was in Ashes--I personally attributed his extra powers to the Borg technology that was used to reanimate him.
There also seems to be another effort on Shatner's behalf to apologise to James Doohan, within this book, it is mentioned several times about Scotty's unwavering search for his captain after the Veredian III incident, something none of the other crew members undertook.
I wasn't as excited to get back to reading this everytime I put it down, so many characters and so much action I found myself skipping alot of ship manouvering paragraphs and such. Overall though, a very interesting read.
Good for comedy value- nothing more!.......2006-04-29
Ok.. ive been reading these rave reviews... Have I slipped into an alternative universe where this book is actually good? Ok, I think its probably quite well written, but please! The story is so so stupid!
This book is just a shrine to Shatners ego. He makes Kirk into a god-like superbeing who whoops Worf's puny ass before exposing Picard as a bumbling buffoon...
Oh yeah, then he defeats the borg.
If your a serious Sci Fi or TNG fan, then I promise you... your jaw will drop at the sheer stupidity of this book!
I love Shatner...It's hard not to! I have his Rocketman video s aved on my hard drive and I often leave Kirk impersinations on peoples answerphones...
Buy this book if you want to have a laugh! If you want sci fi... leave it well alone!
Frank opinion of 'The Return'.......2005-12-23
I read this novel. It is a story that soaks you up, tickles your curiosity to finish. It reads like 3 stories, takes you in 3 directions at once. Each one keeps you interested.
Pros: It has great action, interesting mix of familier characters from Next Generation as well as some surprises from the original series.
Con: Kirk sort of written 'larger than life' in 1 or 2 scenes.
You keep reading, you'll know what I mean. Eventually authors try to involve too many familier chars into one novel, thus short changing and making it hard to maintain relevance of having so many.
Pro: It all blends in, story comes to a finale. You'll see how some elements were used from and in a couple ST Movies. Clever use I thought.
Book Description
Following the explosive events of Star Trek® Nemesis, the Romulan Star Empire is in disarray, and Ambassador Spock attempts to render aid by launching a last-ditch effort to reunify the Romulans with their distant forebears, the Vulcans. But when Spock is publicly assassinated at a Romulan peace rally, Starfleet and the Federation are unable to search for the criminals responsible without triggering an intergalactic war.
Thus, it falls to James T. Kirk, now retired, to investigate his beloved friend's murder. Given clandestine assistance by Captain Will Riker of the Starship Titan, and accompanied by his good friend Jean-Luc Picard, Kirk travels to Romulus as a civilian, along with his five-year-old child, Joseph, the cantankerous Doctor Leonard McCoy, retired Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott, as well as several members of Picard's crew, still waiting to return to duty on the badly damaged U.S.S. EnterpriseTM NCC-1701-E. But on Romulus' sister world, Remus, Kirk unexpectedly encounters an alluring enemy from his past as Picard and he discover that Spock's apparent murder hides an even deeper mystery, literally reaching beyond the limits of the galaxy.
Trapped on a deadly, alien world on the eve of a Romulan civil war that could plunge the galaxy into a civilization-ending conflict, Kirk's investigation at last brings him to the heart of a staggering conspiracy. Now, he discovers the true threat facing the Romulans, and is forced into the heartrending realization that for peace to prevail, he must sacrifice the freedom of his son, whose very blood holds the secret to his startling destiny.
Captain's Blood is a return to the sweeping action of William Shatner's greatest Star Trek adventures, bringing together both generations to face an unstoppable enemy in a battle for the existence of all life in this galaxy, and beyond.
Customer Reviews:
Wake me when it's over..........2007-10-15
There are two Kirks. The Kirk from the original series, and the Kirk from "ST III:The Search for a Script" and beyond. The Kirk in this novel is the latter. As such, he is superior to all others in the novel and represented as the guy who knows the truth and Starfleet is in his way. Part of this Kirk is having no depth. He is a cardboard hero who solves all the problems with little difficulty.
What is more annoying is the premise, from Spock's ideas to StarFleets. I'll not give anything away, I'll just say I had a few roll my eyes moments.
Now, if you can get past the innane plot, and the shallow characters, you definitely have an ok read that is really the prologue to the next book.
very good read.......2007-09-08
A very good book by THE captain himself. Anyone who enjoys StarTrek will enjoy this book. I recommend reading all three books written by William Shatner.
Part VIII of the Kirk Saga. William Shatner has given us another great entry........2006-10-13
Much like many other people who were not fans of Enterprise, I took a break from Star Trek all around. I have been watching and reading Star Trek since 1987 consistantly and felt it was time like many to give Star Trek a break. I had read Shatner's other books starting with Ashes of Eden to Preserver, and had greatly enjoyed them. They were all among my favorites. But, when I saw Captain's Peril on the shelf I didn't buy it. What a big mistake that was...
I picked up Captain's Blood 2 months ago and was blown away by how great this book was. The character development Shatner has put into this book is amazing and from beginning to end I was enthralled in one of the greatest Star Trek adventures I'd read. Luckily for me I didn't have to wait but a month or two for Captain's Blood's sequel Captain's Glory, and wow was that an amazing book.
Anyway, Captain's Blood is phenominal and highly recommended. I am reading Captain's Peril right now and wish I had read it first. READ the trilogy in order and the enjoyment will be ten fold. Again, Shatner has done another fine job with Captain's Blood.
Better than "Captain's Peril".......2005-07-30
William Shatner and his literary collaborators Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens have done a fine job writing about the "resurrected" James T. Kirk in several novels, of which this may be the best yet. It is certainly a major improvement over the first book in the current trilogy, "Captain's Peril". Shatner and the Reeves-Stevens have tied quite nicely the events of "Star Trek: Nemesis" with those in this novel. I found this a brisk, often exciting read, suitable for light summer literary entertainment.
Set in the aftermath of the events chronicled in the film "Star Trek: Nemesis", retired Starfleet captain James T. Kirk leads a secret Starfleet mission to Romulus, hoping to discover who was responsible for the public assassination of his old friend Spock, who was trying to foster unification between the Romulans and their distant Vulcan cousins. Soon he and his crew, including retired Captain Montgomery Scott, and his new dear friend Captain Jean-Luc Picard, will unexpectedly find themselves prisoners of the Remans and their Romulan allies in the Farr Jolan peace movement. Together they will unlock a secret and deal with an ancient enemy who holds the key to starting a devastating Romulan civil war which could destroy both the Federation and Klingon Empire. And Kirk will come to grips with the uncomfortable truth that his young son may be the person whose existence may or may not stop a potential Romulan-Reman civil war.
Kirk and Company reunite in the 24th century.......2005-07-30
This is the middle book of a trilogy about Captain James T. Kirk, the captain of the USS Enterprise. Oddly enough, for the uninitiated, this story is set in the 24th century, that of Picard and company. Kirk was resurrected by Borg technology, Scott survived the ride from the Original Series years in a transporter beam and Spock and McCoy simply live through the years, Spock naturally, due to a long lifespan and McCoy with the help of a LOT of technology.
Now, this crew unites with that of Picard's Enterprise and Admiral Janeway to combat a new threat to the galaxy. Someone is trying to start a Romulan civil war and the first thing they do is assassinate Spock, who has been working tirelessly in the effort to reunite the peoples of Romulus and Vulcan.
Kirk's son is believed to be important to the population of Remus, the sister planet of Romulus. While he tries to investigate the death of Spock, the slaves on Remus demand that Kirk turns his son over to them. Also, Kirk encounters an alien from his past, a story that is told I the 1st installment of this trilogy, Captain's Peril. Read that to learn more about the alien and the origin of the young human-romulan-klingon hybrid that the Kirk's son.
With all of this going on, how and Kirk and Picard and the rest prevent a war that may sweep across the galaxy? We all know they will, the fun is in finding out how.
This book is easy to read and moves along well. When the final part is published, I intend to see how it turns out.
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