Nancy

Privilege, immunity and bad behavior of a dynasty: not a curse.

Revisado: 09-07-24

I thought I couldn’t be shocked any more by the endless stories and scandals of the Kennedy Dynasty that I’ve read about over my almost 8 decades on the planet. But the author here has compiled them all (at least that are publicly known) and drilled down in depth to provide the reader with an even broader picture of the family’s unceasing scandals, from womanizing, rape and other behavior demeaning women, to negligent homicide and outright murder…of women. It’s even updated to include RFK, Jr., just the latest Kennedy with Presidential ambitions.

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Nope - didn't work for me.........

Revisado: 09-03-24

Couldn't get into this book - will try to return it ) - : Just couldn't get the plot going !

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Full Credit To U.S. Grant For Taking On The KKK

Revisado: 09-02-24

For anyone who has any doubt about who was actually responsible for the failure of Reconstruction, the deaths and injuries of thousands of former slaves and their families as well as many so-called “Radical Republicans” sypathetic to the post war plight of the former slaves, this will address your doubts. Further, it gives full credit to U. S. Grant for first taking steps to stop the slaughter of innocents in the post war South. Unfortunately, several Presidents before Grant (Johnson) and after Grant’s Presidency failed to follow through with his actions. In many ways this is the history of the early Civil Rights movement in American… an unfortunate saga that is still misunderstood today.

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Unequalled Courage and Dedication to Mission, but in the end, only Human

Revisado: 07-07-24

The story of the Lewis and Clark expedition is a major piece of American History and should not be forgotten. This version is purely factual and is based on the daily diaries and later publications of several men in the expedition as well as the products of several researchers and biographers over the years. The smooth flowing and detailed narrative put this reader into the expedition in the early 1800’s as they were attacked by starvation, snow storms, hostile tribes of Native Americans, and never-before seen animals… Grizzly Bears. Through all this, they pushed on to complete the mission they were dedicated to. Truly world-class explorers, but they were all changed by the experience and their celebrity when they came back to civilization.

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Narrated by Marin Ireland killed it for me

Revisado: 09-18-23

She also narrated Mad Honey so this book was at a disadvantage out of the gate for me. I don’t know if it’s a mix between California girl or valley girl of some mix but she ruined it for me. It also had the obligatory little liberal side line which I resent. Guess I’m just old-fashioned.

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A Great Man Gets His Due Credit

Revisado: 07-18-23

Frank Church, as the author says, was a man largely known for “The Church Committee” but accomplished so much more. This book gives him the credit he deserves for a lifetime of service to the Nation and to his constituents. The book leads one to believe that we could probably use another Church Committee right now, and perhaps every decade to ensure the American People retain some level of control and transparency in Federal Government.

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Well researched, but….

Revisado: 06-15-23

You should probably read Speer’s Memoirs before listening to this book, so that a lot of what Martin Kitchen calls fabrications and lies will make more sense. You might also want to watch the 1981 movie, The Bunker, before reading this book, as well, since it appears to have been scripted by Albert Speer, himself. Makes him a real hero. Albert Speer was a slick dude, who got away with murder and talked his way out of being hanged. A true genius, but Kitchen doesnt let him get away with anything. Narrator is obviously and thankfully fluent in German, but didnt impress me with the overdone pronunciation. It did bother me that a good deal of the book is about pre-war European Architecture, which just takes up space. By the end of the book, I was saying “OK, OK, enough. You proved Speer was a liar and deserved to be hanged.

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Hopefully, not the last word

Revisado: 06-01-23

If you’re a JFK conspiracy junky, this book will fit nicely into many if not most of the other books, videos, films, interviews and lectures that are currently available by Mark lane and dozens of others. If you’re just curious and want to see what it’s all about, Lane’s book will be a good way to put your foot into the pool. Warning, it might start an addiction. This is the greatest murder mystery of our time or any other.

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Boomers will absolutely love this!

Revisado: 05-28-23

If you were born after WWII or even in the decade before that, this book will bring back a flood if memories from your childhood and young adulthood. But equally important, it could very well reveal what your parents and grandparents experienced in the years leading up to WWII, including the Great Depression, and why they were the kind of parents they were. Particularly if you’re into American History, Politics, and Culture, the hundreds of names mentioned in the book will have significance, perhaps more than when they were in the headlines. Brilliantly researched and narrated, one will have to forgive the narrator for a few mispronounciations here and there for names of people and places which were well known to those of us who lived through these “interesting times.”

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Not happy

Revisado: 05-24-23

The subject of this book is not revealed in the information out there without digging. Well written? Yes, narration good? Yes. That said the subject matter is not for everybody including me.

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