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Another Great Sedaris Work

Revisado: 08-20-22

This is another chapter in David’s life view and family story. It has been such a wonderful experience catching up with him on his life journey.

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A Facinating and Insightful History!

Revisado: 03-19-22

This book is a fascinating and insightfuil history into so much I really didn't know. The book is well presented, very chronological, accurate and detailed. It might bore some but not me. WOW! Any modern person that thinks FDR was the purveyer of big government has no idea what the Civl War and LIncoln and the Republican/National Union party did. Folks, it was for the better! Excellent!

As for the Audible rendition. It was wonderful too. Excellent.

Thank you!

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An Honest Story of an Honest "Showbiz" Family

Revisado: 10-30-21

Having not actually sought out this book I wasn't sure what to expect but had Audible credits so I tried it. I am so glad I did. So much so I also bought the print version as well. This is a story of an honest show business family that first off loved each other, worked together, had their trials but always, first and foremost, remain a family.

The narration by the authors, Ron and Clint Howard, make this book come alive. It is not by mere voice actors but the two real people who lived the lives. The story is organized, well written, well narrated. Understand this is a story of their family from the entertainment business side of their lives. An honest look into the private (often not so private) lives of a fine family, regardless if they were Hollywoodites or not.

Thank you Ron and Clint for sharing this wonderful account of your personal family story with the forever prying public. God Bless

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Holy WOW! Combined a Detailed History - GREAT!!!

Revisado: 08-10-21

Patrick Wyman's work and narration brought together so much I knew but didn't . He converged the history I thought I knew in a FANTASTIC work. It is so good I am re-listening to it to scrape up the details I missed. Well written, well narrated and fantastic. Patrick loves history and shares it with a zest! Thank you!!!!!

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A Powerful Story - Beautifully Narrated

Revisado: 09-09-20

Giovanni's Room is one if the most fantastic stories of love, self-denial, self-loathing, sadness & loneliness. There is little I can say other the author, James Baldwin, intimately knows the subject, the feelings and the tragic outcome. He presented them beautifully in a fantastic work. On the surface it may seem to be a shallow story. Far from it! It is a profoundly deep and meaningful novel.

The narration by Dan Butler is fantastic! Well read with proper inflection and feeling. Dan's reading added a new dimension to the story to make Giovanni's Room come even more alive! The story leapt off the printed page and into another dimension of reality. Excellent!

Brokeback Mountain is the work many contemporaries point to as being one of the greatest stories on the subject. Without reservation I say it is but Giovanni's Room, which pre-dates that work by four decades, exceeds it by multitudes. Maybe it's this reader's age and life experience that taints his lens but now having read (and listened to) Giovanni's Room I know I have found an even greater work with beautiful classical dimensions.

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Contemporary, Truthful and Insightful

Revisado: 08-04-20

Quite an interesting read and listen. Mary Trump does a great job of sharing her family, details and ideas about our president. Her book confirms much of what has been dancing around for years and even decades. As a student of history, the back story was more important to me than premise of the book. It's great! Her description of the Trump properties, timelines, interactions, etc. all fit with my own first hand knowledge of NYC and those times. It was like being there all over again.

Mary's analysis of DJT is pretty much what we all have known for a long time. Long before he became president. She just verified and even dispelled many of the rumors, guesses and innuendos. It all makes sense.

The saddest part of the whole book, for me, was her father, Fred Jr. He was a highly talented man that wanted to be his OWN MAN but could not escape the defined clutches of the family "Organization." Freddie paid the price with mental anguish, addiction and ultimately his health and life.

Thank you Mary for the book and, equally as important, for narrating it on Audible. Just reading it was one thing but hearing you read your own story made it so much more real.

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Well Presented Concise Story

Revisado: 07-12-20

This book is a as great presentation of well known facts in a new volume. I initally thought I might learn something new. I didn't BUT this is is a FANTASTIC BOOK that combines the volumes of what I realized I knew from many sources. It's a GREAT read and listen and I will enjoy it many times over!

I should add I have been a student of Mulholland and the LA Aqueduct for decades. Listening to this book I could hear multiple familiar stories, facts, figures, etc. All of a sudden I realized this was the first complilation of those many, many sources of material in one read! All the facts and material all met with every other book, pamphlet, report, etc. I have read over the years.

A great addition to my visual and audible library. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! It makes you realize this "When you touch water in the west you touch everything" as Colorado US Rep Wayne Aspinall said.

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A Great Rendition - What's not to love?

Revisado: 12-04-19

Barbara Caruso does much service to this fantastic work. You have to know US history and how this book reflected the time it was written but regardless. Barbara's inflection and style makes this book come alive with honest realism even in 2020. I'm so glad I spent the credit on it.

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A MUST listen, read and enjoy!

Revisado: 12-04-19

As a graduate with a degree in US history I was quite skeptical of a 34 hour audio book with some of the reviews about "too much politics". I splurged as I had a lot of Audible credits to use. Needless to say I could not be more pleased! This book is fantastic as a book. I bought the text to primer myself for the audiobook. I'd seen the History Channel series way back in the late 1990's so the framework was there. Neither the book nor the videos alone are a comparison to Robertson Dean's narration of the text. Wow, WoW, WOW! Yes, you have to love Robertson Dean's narration style but how can you not with this fantastic subject? His rendition of The Power Broker and this are FANTASTIC! Enough said on that.

As for the content of the book or audio book I was blown away with detail. Sure, for a quick read or listen these are not the book. For those that want a thorough understanding, read or listen to this. Also view the History Channel videos. I wish this book, audiobook and video series had been around when I did my undergraduate work in the early 1980's.. Every fact was spot on to what I learned through my own research.

Thank you David Halbertam and Robertson Dean for a great Audible Audiobook!

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Absolutely Love It

Revisado: 07-11-19

This book fell into my library because I liked Tom Brokaw's book on the same subject. Yes, sadly, I didn't have a clue who Ken Levine was (by name) but sure knew his work. The first time out I laughed and lamented not connecting the name to him long ago. Wow, what a writer and narrator. He needs to do more on his life and experiences.

As for this book, I LOVE IT, absolutely LOVE IT! Now I'm not as "mature" as Ken but still old enough to remember some of the end of the decade in my own ways. I came of age a decade later but the story, regardless of era, is fantastic, funny and a joy to listen to. I've enjoyed it I don't know how many times over the year since I downloaded it. Sure, it's all "Ken's" story but that is what it is...and it's also so many others from the same generation. I've shared the book with others who are the same age as Ken and they love it too. That says so much about the factual basis for the stories and the content and narration. Thanks Ken!

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