Dean C. Hernandez

Well balanced

Revisado: 11-23-23

The reviews all fall into one of two camps - Michael fans who object to anything other than a total vindication and everyone else who are interested hearing the full story. The former will not like the comprehensive review of his life, career, and the accusations but, the latter will find it compelling.

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a fascinating personality assessment via the game

Revisado: 09-21-22

Great book made better for being read by the author. The author's personal stories are made better coming in his own voice.

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a poor delivery erodes a good book

Revisado: 10-12-19

This may be a very good book but, the presentation makes it impossible to be sure. The reader mangles so many words that you cannot buy that the work is expressed from a position of knowledge and insight. From names of prominent generals to important roads to common objects, the pronunciations are just wrong.

The military unit is "cavalry" and not "calvary" ( a term based in Christian theology). The road is the Chambersburg Pike and not the Chalmbersburg Pike. General Ewell's name is pronounced "ewe-well" not "eee-well" or "ay-well". The list goes on but, these are three critical words in the story of day one at Gettysburg and take you out of the narrative.

You could forgive all of this (ok, maybe) if the narrator made up for it with a passionate or immersive deliver but, he does not. He just reads the work.

Across dozens of books, many about the Civil War, this is both my first negative review and the first book that I failed to finish. As a student of both Gettysburg and General Buford, this was a massive disappointment. I hope the book warrants being rereleased with a better narration.

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A must read, and I use that term sparingly

Revisado: 02-02-17

If you are fascinated by space flight or exploration, you will love this book. If you look up, in the night sky, and wonder what would it be like to no longer be Earth bound or governed by what is, rather than what can be, you will love this book. Apollo 13 and From the Earth to the Moon give short insights into this world but, this book completes the picture with the world in which the astronauts lived and the world on which so many lost their lives in furthering man's exploration beyond Earth. A book of wonders and a wonderful book.

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