No comments about The Story of My Life.

No comments about Conscience and History: A Memoir.

No comments about Eugene Odum: Ecosystem Ecologist and Environmentalist.

1 comments about An Olympic Journey: The Saga of an American Hero : Leroy T. Walker.

1. Dr. LeRoy Walker has been referred to as an American Hero and after reading his story, I can fully agree. His story is about overcoming politics, poverty, and racism to eventually become the President of the U.S. Olympic Committee. His Olympic Journey was a remarkable triumph and one I'll always remember. Great book!

No comments about Fallen Prince: William James Edwards, Black Education, and the Guest for Afro-American Nationality.

No comments about Elizabeth Palmer Peabody: A Reformer on Her Own Terms.

5 comments about SUMMERS WITH JULIET.

1. This is a wonderful story of one man's memories of the beginning of his true love life. Roorbach is a compelling writer in the essay style of Russell Baker, who offers his readers much in terms of language and story-telling ability. We, too, learn to love Juliet and touch the unique feelings that make this couple worthy of our attention. Perfect reading outside on a summer afternoon



2. This book is a paper plane, it will take you away. From the first page, Bill Roorbach takes us on a wonderful journey during a time of his life, when he first meets his wife Juliet in Martha's Vineyard. It becomes a wonderful, weird, chaotic time for both. This book will make you honestly laugh out loud, and shake your head in disbelief, at the experiences and adventures that these two people take on. It is filled with nature in all it's glory, and sometimes not so glorious. This is a man that writes the way we think. The conversations that he has with himself are so lively, and funny that you will want to shake his hand heartily and say "Yes, Yes, I know just what you mean" Read it, it's worth every word.



3. This memoir records the struggles of a young writer trying to find his literary voice by portraying his distraction, frustrations, and devotions to his art through his adventures with his future wife as they encounter a variety of people and animals--turkeys, turtles, hummingbirds, and bluefishes--in many beautiful natural environments. Their adventures are always fascinating andamusing, and, at times, exciting.



4. This memoir records the struggles of a young writer trying to find his literary voice by portraying his distraction, frustrations, and devotions to his art through his adventures with his future wife as they encounter a variety of people and animals--turkeys, turtles, hummingbirds, and bluefishes--in many beautiful natural environments. Their adventures are always fascinating andamusing, and, at times, exciting.



5. I would easily put this book among the best that I have ever read. The images that Roorbach uses keep coming back to me even though it has been well over a year since I read it. The honesty of his writing is amazing, and there were many, many times that I had to pause because the emotional descriptions were so true. Read this book-- by the end you will feel like an old friend at Roorbach's wedding, and you will be glad not to have missed it.

No comments about Michigan State College: John Hannah and the Creation of a World University, 1926-1969 (Vol. 2: MSU Sesquicentennial Series).

1 comments about Straddling Worlds: The Jewish-American Journey of Professor Richard W. Leopold.

1. Measured, balanced, and readable "biography" by a former student at Northwestern. Based on extensive interviews with Leopold before his death. Harper writes so that the reader feels compelled to read on.
   
   Nicely done.
   
   Read this along with John Morton Blum's memoirs.

1 comments about Latino Sun, Rising.

1. I received this book still in the plastic and was very satisfied with my purchase.