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Fordlandia
There is nothing new about the idea of man pitting his wits against nature and failing. In the right hands,…
Drowning Ruth
Drowning Ruth is a mystery, a story of self-revelation, a look at the mores of a town and its residents…
The Houseguest
It’s a good feeling to open up a new book and know after reading the first words that I’ve “discovered”…
Thunder On The Mountain: A Novel of 1936
The “Thunder” of the titles can be explained in at least different ways. (1) Thunder Oil of Pennsylvania, a family…
South Of Eden
Billed as an “ecological thriller”, this novel lives up (or perhaps down!) to its description. Back in 1905, conservation of…
The Advocate
This is a military mystery set in WWII England: the mystery concerns the shooting down of an American Airforce fighter…
White Out
With its main action set in WWII, White Out explores the conflicts of man vs. nature, man. vs. man, and…
The Bottoms
This novel of Depression-era East Texas is reminiscent of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Rich in description and period…
The Colony Of Unrequited Dreams
This is a difficult book to review. A fictionalized life of Joey Smallwood, the last Father of Confederation in Canada,…
Women In Evidence
A man lies shot and dying on a beach. The events leading up to this moment are recounted by eight…
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