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Entertaining but dated

Revisado: 02-24-21

An adventure story set in the far north of Canada in the days of the Hudson Bay fur trappers. A popular adventure story when written but has issues common to popular novels of 100+ years ago. Gender and racial stereotypes are evident. The “hero” violates his oath to uphold the law, developed an unhealthy/unrealistic instant romantic attachment to the wife of the criminal he is hunting, and leaves an infant in a tent alone in the winter as he goes off to chase down an Indian woman and her husband to attempt to force them to return to care for the child’s mother who is stricken with small pox. This story has issues that don’t age well.

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The continued story from James Oliver Curwood’s Wolf Hunters

Revisado: 02-24-21

This is the continuing saga of the characters from the Wolf Hunters. It brings back good memories of my dad reading this to me and my sisters around a campfire decades ago. Good story from a top author of 100+ years ago.

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Wonderful tale of Northern Adventure

Revisado: 02-18-21

I first heard this story read by my father around a campfire. This performance brought back great memories. It’s a great story of adventure set in the northern woods in the days of the Hudson Bay company fur trappers. It’s kind of like jack London meets the Hardy boys. 😃

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Most excellent!

Revisado: 07-01-20

A perfect guide to having a life well lived!

Umbrella principles that can applied to all aspects of our lives: home, work and play.

Most fitting for these divisive times.
Whether your beliefs be more conservative or liberal, whether your politics is more red or blue, whether you live in a rural area or an urban center, if we all apply what is taught in this book, we will see the world changed for the better!

Thank you Dr. Brown!

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A man like Nelson Mandela

Revisado: 09-29-19

As I progressed through this book, I was struck with the similarity between Anthony Ray Hinton and Nelson Mandela. Both were wrongly imprisoned for decades and Mr. Hinton with the ever present threat of execution. I am in awe that after this, men such as Nelson Mandela and Anthony Ray Hinton could emerge as a compassionate forgiving human being. They do not forget the wrongs done to themselves but use those experiences to continue working to make the world a better place. God bless Mr. Hinton and the memory of Mr Mandela.

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Balanced review and worth the time

Revisado: 09-12-19

This is definitely a long read/listen but one of the most detailed and balanced reviews of Barack Obama’s rise to the presidency. Details of the actual presidency are limited in comparison to rise to presidency. This however is to be expected as the title states. The very extensive bibliography gives detailed references for future reading and for those who would choose to verify information. I’d recommend purchasing the paper copy as you listen to the audible narration. The narration, while excellent, does not have the nearly 400 pages of bibliography and detailed index that add greatly to this scholarly work. Kudos to David J. Garrow for a well written thoroughly enjoyable book.

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Excellent narration of an inspirational life.

Revisado: 03-18-19

It was wonderful to have Michael Boatman’s narration to help me with many words and names which were unfamiliar to me. There are so many similarities between the life of Nelson Mandela and George Washington. Mr. Mandela’s life is an inspiration as to who we can be.

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Inspiration from yesteryear bringing hope for today.

Revisado: 03-05-19

As we sometimes get caught up in today’s political outrages this narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass shows that while there is still tremendous work to do in ensuring equality of all people, progress has been made and has lasted. As we all are, Frederick Douglass was an imperfect person yet he was able to be a force for great improvements by constantly standing up and calling out wrongs those in power perpetuate upon those who are subject to their power and at the same time he called for individual accountability and responsibility. This book is well worth the time spent reading/listening to and thinking about American freedom and responsibility.

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Fun story

Revisado: 09-21-18

Great story, fun to listen to and yet deals with some serious issues that many kids have to deal with. Thanks for doing this Jack Gantos😃

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A great American story

Revisado: 09-17-18

Sharon Washington, Thanks so much for sharing your story. Your narration really brings it to life😃

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