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Rick Harsch
is on page 589 of 752
once you get used to his voice, not really brilliant, but on occasion surprising...most importantly I would say honest, and just shy enough of master of self-insight for this extra layer I speak of to exist.
— Aug 30, 2020 01:58PM
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Rick Harsch
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Throughout the author uses repeated and extensive quotes from the subject, and that makes a great deal of sense, is a sort of revelation of a surprise layer of history in my view, now that I am relatively near the end (the actual end of the text is page 640 something) and can see what the overall effect is. This tactic works because the subject is a good enough writer, at first surprisingly good, but
— Aug 30, 2020 01:56PM
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Rick Harsch
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I really don't know what page I'm on but the book is still taking unexpected turns and leading me into new zones of history without undue force.
— Aug 29, 2020 01:13PM
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Rick Harsch
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Here's the hard part for the historian: presumably the lead up to the central crime of the book is long over and now we got the guy in prison and he's no Cool Hand Luke, rather a reforming con coming into his own.
So far, so good. Books like these when they are well written provide a scattering of knowledge you maybe could have or would have done without, but in good hands, like Daley's you keep learning.
— Aug 27, 2020 02:45PM
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So far, so good. Books like these when they are well written provide a scattering of knowledge you maybe could have or would have done without, but in good hands, like Daley's you keep learning.
Rick Harsch
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"Thomas Jefferson, governor of Virginia during the war, wanted to see the Ohio Shawnees exterminated or driven from their lands, and he advocated turning other tribes against them."
"Then they'd assign you a Christian name. Mine turned out to be Fred."
"Car crashes were common. It was a brand-new way to do die."
Those were in the first 43 pages of the book, part of an excellent contextul history.
— Aug 26, 2020 12:47PM
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"Then they'd assign you a Christian name. Mine turned out to be Fred."
"Car crashes were common. It was a brand-new way to do die."
Those were in the first 43 pages of the book, part of an excellent contextul history.




