Reviews

Christmas Stones and the Story Chair

By Justin Isherwood - Published 1999

Genres:

Short Stories

Christmas Stones pays homage to a simpler time and place. Author Justin Isherwood recounts his family’s tradition of offering Christmas “stones” or ...Read Review

The Red, White, and Blue Murder (Hilda Johansson Mysteries)

By Jeanne M. Dams - Published 2000

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Dams’ second Hilda Johansson murder mystery (following Death in Lacquer Red) opens in 1901 with the assassination of President McKinley. The suspected assassin is ...Read Review

Been Here and Gone: A Memoir of the Blues

By David Dalton - Published 2000

Genres:

Saga

In what has to be one of the more audacious undertakings of the year, David Dalton relates the entire history of the blues, ...Read Review

Red Grass River: A Legend

By James Carlos Blake - Published 2000

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

John Ashley’s gang was mostly a family affair, a notorious crew of moonshiners, bootleggers and natural-born outlaws, thriving in the Florida Everglades ...Read Review

A Simple Shaker Murder

By Deborah Woodworth - Published 2000

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This is the fourth entry in the Sister Rose Callahan series, set in the Shaker Village of North Homage, Kentucky during the 1930s. ...Read Review

Heartsong of Charging Elk

By James Welch - Published 2000

Genres:

Biographical FictionWestern

The considerable power and impact generated in this novel come partly from the actuality behind Welch’s fiction. In 1889 a young Oglala Sioux (...Read Review

Sign-Talker: The Adventure of George Drouillard on the Lewis and Clark Expedition

By James Alexander Thom - Published 2000

Genres:

Biographical FictionWestern

While the story of the exploration and settling of the American West by white Americans in the face of stubborn resistance by red ...Read Review

Chang and Eng

By Darin Strauss - Published 2000

Genres:

Biographical FictionLiterary

In this enthralling first novel, Darin Strauss has combined meticulous historical research with imaginative storytelling to create a richly detailed, multi-layered account of ...Read Review

Death on a Silver Tray

By Rosemary Stevens - Published 2000

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Beau Brummell is narrator in this frothy Regency mystery. I am a bit surprised that his dressing ritual and the time he spends ...Read Review

Gone for Soldiers

By Jeff Shaara - Published 2000

Genres:

Biographical FictionMilitary

Gone for Soldiers does not echo Peter, Paul and Mary’s pacifism in the song which provides the title. Rather, it portrays General ...Read Review