Orion Traders

Contrarian view of both sides

Revisado: 09-12-20

Why did the producers, directors and sound engineers not correct the constant mispronuciations in this book? From the names of people a.d places to common adjectives the narrator is lacking when it comes to correct pronunciations.

Additionally, the author seems to revel in putting forward ideas about the state of mind of the generals that would require psychiatric diagnosis. Even the well understood and settled history is questioned in and attempt to assign different motivations to those involved.

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Maybe a narrator that can actually pronounce the names of places and people next time?

Revisado: 08-25-20

I find it very hard to believe that no one in the process of recording this book knew enough about the subject to correct the mispronunciations of Mr. Cameron. His British accent aside, places like Appomattox are such a part of this history that it was excruciating to hear him incorrectly pronounce it each time. General Beauregard’s likewise is not some obscure name that should stump anyone. Potomac is another example and they are everywhere throughout the book.

Why did no one stop and correct these among many other glaring errors? Very sad to be so ignorant of a subject and still be a producer or director as well.

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Not quite the “best Civil War writer ever”.

Revisado: 01-26-18

Though the style makes good use of source writings such as letters from the participants, it leans on the writer’s biases to excess. Rather than simply telling the story he wants you to know how he feel about the personalities. Not sure how Catton is considered the best Civil War writer of all time by many. Many others have done much better work. Sears for one. The performance is rather dry, but tolerable. Might have been better with more to work with in terms of content.

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Another great book ruined by a poor reader...

Revisado: 10-31-16

The worst part is the phrasing, but the pronunciation is odd as though he is trying to pronounce a foreign language.

Too fine a book to be butchered this way...

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Horrible pronunciation

Revisado: 10-24-16

While the actual reading and cadence of the reader were very good, there should have been some attention paid to pronunciation. Mr. Petkoff obviously had no understanding of how to pronounce many of the Japanese names and terms. Japanese is a phonetic language that is based on Chinese characters. Each character has a very specific reading based on how it is combined with others. In other words, a particular character may have several pronunciations based on its context with other characters.

In any case, Japanese words are pronounced based on the syllabic division of the characters involved. A key Japanese character in the battle for Okinawa is Nakagawa. Two characters; naka and gawa. Mr. Petkoff reads it Na-kagawa. This, among many other examples grates throughout the read. If you speak Japanese, this is a difficult listen, though a great book. Good luck keeping the cringing to a minimum.

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