Bruce Cota

Abridged and mangled

Revisado: 09-07-19

I read the book many years ago. This version seems to be missing important chunks.

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Changed the way I eat forever

Revisado: 09-07-19

Pros: This book literally changed the way I look at food. I was raised to eat as cheaply as possible. Now I spare nothing to get good quality, healthy food.

I was also fascinated by the detailed history of how Americans turned into "Corn Walking"

Con: I actually found long stretches of the book to be boring.

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Long, Poorly Written, and Stupid

Revisado: 09-06-19

I liked Fountainhead, but I couldn't even believe this book was by the same author. She wrote a book about an artist who puts his art above everything, and then another about people who make money the measure of all thing. And ... and .. and .. the indispensable people in this book .. are CORPORATE CEOs HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA HOHOHOHOO HEEE HEEE you gotta be kidding me. The author has no clue about how the world works.

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Beautiful Book

Revisado: 09-06-19

The Film "Lawrence of Arabia" was clearly based on this memoir. There were some gratuitous departures of the film from the book. They were all mistakes, the book's account is better. Lawrence had a unique experience and was a brilliant storyteller. He was clearly a bit racist, but it was a different time. He was enthralled with the Arabs, but largely contemptuous of the Turks.

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A Necessary Book about a Neglected Period

Revisado: 09-06-19

When I went to school I learned about the French and Indian War, the Revolution, the War of 1812, then the Civil War. Somehow, in between the country got bigger and a lot of other stuff happened, but it was all kind of fuzzy. This book filled the gap.

My main take away is that the political debates we have today about the power of the central government vs those of the state vs individual rights are not new. We've been having the same debates, along the exact same sectional fault lines, for over 200 years.

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Interesting First Person Account

Revisado: 09-06-19

It's interesting to hear the ancient world described by somebody who was present. The perspective, and the attitude is different from that of a modern historian.

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Interesting story, but the reader puts me to sleep

Revisado: 09-06-19

I try to listen, because I'm interested, but I just can' t kep my eyes open.

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Wow -- How did I know about this guy???

Revisado: 09-06-19

This is, frankly, a really weird, inspiring, and surprising story. The most surprising thing is .. HOW HAVE I NOT HEARD OF THIS GUY?? A real life swashbuckler, born a slave, raised an aristocrat, a superhero soldier, a commander of armies, a key player in some of the most important events in French History and father to one of the most famous authors.

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Great book to read, maybe not for listening

Revisado: 09-06-19

I tried to listen to this, but wound up buying the book and actually reading it. It wasn't the narrator's fault, I just found the material easier to read than to listen to.

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Skip the movie, listen to this instead

Revisado: 09-06-19

This is really fascinating listen about history, slavery and, frankly, human nature. I found it very thought provoking.

I listened to this before watching the movie. I watched one key scene from the movie and found it totally misrepresented. I can't watch the film, now.

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