No comments about With Wolfe in Canada - Or The Winning of a contient.

2 comments about Falling Hard: A Rookie's Year in Boxing.

1. Chris Jones showed the signs of a decent writer in this short book.I found it worth a read but it could have been better had he shown more depth.This ingredient could be found with a writer of some maturity.



2. Just because one is a sportswriter does not mean that they can cover all sports accurately. Not all sports have the same depth or the same level of needed understanding. It is all the worse when a sport is covered by someone who had neither a passion for the sport nor any intellectual interest in the sport. Chris Jones really doesn't have any knowledge of the history of boxing that delves deeper than a previous short newspaper clip or a 30 second sound byte.
   
   It would be nice if this author would attempt to write at least one complete sentence. How about an attempt not to use "sportswriter" jargon or "present slang". A professional examination of this topic would have been much more digestible.
   
   Latching onto the "feel good" character of Otis Grant was sad. The author only attempted to understand his history AFTER his assignment was given. Then he paints Mr. Grant as a helpless figure who is abused and tormented by the evil world of boxing. Oh yeah, forget that Otis Grant loved boxing...
   
   This is a read for those with a short attention span and no interest in the true history/reality of boxing. If you like boxing...and good writing...it will just make you sick.

No comments about Canada's Rumrunners: Incredible Adventures and Exploits in Canada's Illlicit Liquor Trade (An Amazing Stories Book) (Amazing Stories).

2 comments about Hunger in Holland: Life During the Nazi Occupation.

1. I was very interested in how the Dutch survived the Nazi occupation. This book brought it home in very clear terms. The book itself is cheaply printed. Also, the author doesn't follow a clear chronology but she is writing from memory and probably doesn't recall that much detail. The feeling one gets is that she was starving in 1943, nothing got better, but somehow it becomes mid-1945.
   Still, a strong recommendation if you find these kinds of war stories compelling.



2. This book provides a fairly objective view of the many domestic details of life under German occupation. Fuykschot was a young teen in Utrecht, Holland when her life was dramatically changed during WW2. She describes the struggle to keep warm, clothed, and nourished as basic supplies became increasingly scare. The focus is a personal and familial one as she recalls the events that impacted on her parents and younger sister, and to some extent neighbours and school chums. Hardship abounds but triumph is definite in the satisfying ending of liberation by Canadian troops in 1944.

No comments about Jesuit Missionaries to North America: Spiritual Writings And Biographical Sketches.

No comments about Doctors' Work: The Legacy of Sir William Osler.

No comments about Lumberjack.

No comments about Missing in Action: An Rcaf Navigator's Story.

No comments about The Great Dominion: Winston Churchill in Canada 1900-1954.

No comments about No Ordinary Woman.