Book Description
At forty–one, Lance Herndon is at the top of his game. A self–made millionaire, he is the owner of ACCESS, Inc., a thriving information systems consulting company. As a prominent member of Atlanta's young, wealthy, and powerful set, he is surrounded by black Atlanta's "beautiful people" whom he wines and dines with finesse. But when he fails to show up for work one day, friends and family start worrying. Their worry soon turns to horror when he is found murdered in his own home, his head smashed in –– in what appears to be either an act of jealous–fueled rage or a seedier sex crime. Now, with a laundry list of ex–wives and lovers, competitors, critics and admirers in hand, detectives must break through the city's upper crust to discover his killer.
Part investigative thriller, part social commentary in the tradition of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Redbone offers a truly intriguing story that channels insight into one of America's great metropolises.
Customer Reviews:
suspensfully challenged.......2007-05-14
Good true crime story. However, while reading did not know if I was reading a fiction, editorial, social commentary or biography. Suspensful but not well written. Entertaining but jumped around too much ... got more from the Court TV synopsis on the internet.
Redbone: Money, Malice and Murder in Atlanta.......2007-04-01
Wait until this book comes out in paperback. I purchased this book and it was not filled with a lot of details. I watched this case on Court TV and this book came no where close to the actual trial.
interesting true crime book .......2007-03-21
While the 1996 Olympics placed Atlanta on a world stage, someone murdered forty-one years old ACCESS, Inc. computer consulting firm CEO Lance Herndon. Besides his once successful firm that was suffering from financial troubles, the victim was considered a star player amongst the affluent African-American jet set. Herndon was known to have quite the sexual appetite especially for "redbones" petite, light-skinned black women.
One of his redbones, Dionne Baugh, was convicted of killing him as the prosecution pointed out that she became outraged after they had sex because she learned he was not going to help her in court with a charge of trespassing at his home; so while he was sleeping, she killed him.
This is an interesting true crime book because of its close look at the power of affluent blacks in the New South. Thus the background and the victim come across three dimensional especially his sultan like behavior towards his harem. Though Herndon's convicted killer seems to nebulous except for her temper and court date motive, Ron Stodghill provides a solid entry that true crime readers will appreciate.
Harriet Klausner
True Crime Lover.......2007-03-20
Although the book is fairly well written, it left too many unanswered questions. I got more information by reading the Court TV files. I agree with the previous reviewer, its not worth the price. Wait for the hardback.
book lover.......2007-03-16
I was a little disappointed with the writing style of this book. It reads like a newspaper article or court transcript. The character development was weak. There was so much more to the personalities involved, but he barely scratched the surface. We know very little about the upbringing of the murderer and very little about the victim, although the author seems to have had plenty of access to close family and friends. With the back-drop of Atlanta, Black class and priviledge, southern culture, etc., this could have been an amazing book! Too bad.
Book Description
Debbie Bliss presents 20 adorable new designs for babies and toddlers--from blankets and booties to cardigans, twin sets, and coats--all using soft, snuggly yarns.
Customer Reviews:
not simple.......2007-10-06
Simply Baby
This was very disappointing. The first pattern I started had a mistake. I am an intermidiate knitter and should not have had any problems knitting this pattern. This is the second Debbie Bliss pattern in a row that has had a mistake. It seems as if Debbie Bliss is not concerned about customer satisfaction of quality control. I will NEVER buy a Debbie Bliss pattern book again, and am considering returning this one.
Beautiful.......2007-08-28
I've only knit the baby shrug so far, but as someone who does not have a lot of experience with knitting garments, I loved the instructions. Very clear, easy to follow. The yarns are gorgeous. Soothing to work with. I would recommend this to anyone. The book itself is nicely laid out with beautiful pictures of the knitting and the babies...
Cute but impractical.......2007-07-23
There are a lot of cute patterns in here, but many of them are impractical. When my daughter was younger than 6 months, we never put her in sweaters or cardigans. We just kept her in sleepers and bundled her in blankets.
Knitting for Baby: 30 Heirloom Projects with Complete How-to-Knit Instructions has many more practical use items like toys, diaper bags, sweaters for mom, blankets, etc.
Beautiful baby.......2007-06-08
What a lovely book - very easy to follow and very inspiring for any aspiring mother or grandmother or even great-aunt!
Blissful Knitting.......2007-05-21
I loved this book! The garments are simple, classy and timelessly classic. Any mom would be thrilled to receive one of these beautiful items. The directions are clear and concise. My only complaint is that the rows are not numbered, but written as "next row", but this is a minor complaint. I have purchased several of her books and they are all authored in the same thoughtful, well written manner.
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Buckhead : A Place for All Time
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Book Description
If there is one place in the United States where people have perfected the art of living with a harmonious blend of grace and gusto, residents and visitors alike would collectively agree that Buckhead, indeed, epitomizes superlative southern living.
Page by page, Buckhead, Atlanta's First Address echoes the pulse of this charming, yet vibrant area in Atlanta, exploring the community's humble past, portraying its effervescent present, and envisioning its promising future.
Published in cooperation with the Buckhead Coalition, one of the community's proudest and most benevolent supporters, Buckhead, Atlanta's First Address is more than just a book; it is a tribute to the people—from each era, at every age, and in all walks of life—who have worked tirelessly to ensure that Buckhead was, is, and will always be recognized and revered as one of the preeminent destinations in the state of Georgia and throughout the Southeast.
Customer Reviews:
Buckhead Puffery.......2007-10-01
Ron Marlar (a retired USAF officer, college professor, school teacher, living currently in Florida)
This is puffery - an overblown, biased, chamber of commerce view of an Atlanta neighborhood. For those of you with military background it is a base guide without the benefit of specific addresses, phone numbers or Internet means of reaching the offices of interest to you.
A measure of the quality of the book is in a recent statement by one of the book's featured photographers, "I will not produce a book like the Buckhead book."
Measures of the objectivity (truth) of the descriptions in the book are in the bio sketches of that photographer and the editor/corporate profile writer - a couple living in northwest New Jersey at the time - him "with his wife, children and three dogs," her "with her husband and two daughters, as well as three dogs, two frogs, and a cat." Further, after extensive searching, this reviewer has been unable to verify their claims to publication of other photography and writing/editorial work. This is especially true of his claims as author of a "novel [and] second nonfiction book," and of photographs in national news/sports magazines or Atlantic City in Living Color - another book like the Buckhead guide.
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You'll never fall into the tourist traps when you travel with Frommer's. It's like having a friend show you around, taking you to the places locals like best. Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go-they've done the legwork for you, and they're not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. No other series offers candid reviews of so many hotels and restaurants in all price ranges. Every Frommer's Travel Guide is up-to-date, with exact prices for everything, dozens of color maps, and exciting coverage of sports, shopping, and nightlife. You'd be lost without us! Frommer's is on top of all the latest developments in this fast-changing, fast-growing city. Unlike our major competitor, who only offers a skimpy pocket guide, we've got a complete and extremely detailed guide that's written and personally researched by a longtime resident. Inside you'll discover the city's best accommodations-from plush business hotels to gorgeous Southern-style B&Bs-and Atlanta's top restaurants, from sexy bistros and elegant steakhouses to the world's largest drive-in. And since Atlanta is the shopping capital of the South, we'll give you a complete shopper's guide to all the best malls, markets, funky boutiques, and outlets. No matter what your interests, Frommer's makes it easy to plan your time, whether you want to tour CNN's studios, find the best sports bar, enjoy a family picnic at Stone Mountain, or walk in the footsteps of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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You'll never fall into the tourist traps when you travel with Frommer's. It's like having a friend show you around, taking you to the places locals like best. Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go-they've done the legwork for you, and they're not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. No other series offers candid reviews of so many hotels and restaurants in all price ranges. Every Frommer's Travel Guide is up-to-date, with exact prices for everything, dozens of color maps, and exciting coverage of sports, shopping, and nightlife. You'd be lost without us! Frommer's is on top of all the latest developments in this fast-changing, fast-growing city. Unlike our major competitor, who only offers a skimpy pocket guide, we've got a complete and extremely detailed guide that's written and personally researched by a longtime resident. Inside you'll discover the city's best accommodations-from plush business hotels to gorgeous Southern-style B&Bs-and Atlanta's top restaurants, from sexy bistros and elegant steakhouses to the world's largest drive-in. And since Atlanta is the shopping capital of the South, we'll give you a complete shopper's guide to all the best malls, markets, funky boutiques, and outlets. No matter what your interests, Frommer's makes it easy to plan your time, whether you want to tour CNN's studios, find the best sports bar, enjoy a family picnic at Stone Mountain, or walk in the footsteps of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Customer Reviews:
Served me well while in Atlanta.......2007-06-10
Great map that served me well while in Atlanta.
Shows the highways and a few byways...most of Atlanta..downtown..central..southern...western..and some of the northeastern parts too! Any user can clearly ..quickly and easily see where they are.
Driving from outside the heart of Atlanta---into Atlanta for the days of fun and sightseeing will be easy as pie with this map !
Getting aroound Atlanta from the airport with be a snap..because you'll know where your going.
I do suggest it for all !
Excellent, you never will complete to visit all you want of it.......2007-03-09
It is a very useful friend in your business or pleasure travel. You will find reviews of anywhere.
A Good Guide To Atlanta.......2006-08-23
Frommer's guides are generally quite well researched, if a bit visually dull: the book is of the old school, and has no photos or catchy graphics, but does have good and detailed text about Atlanta. All areas of city life are well documented, and while everyone has personal lists of what are or are not significant enough for inclusion, the Frommer's staff generally strikes a good balance for most travelers, especially first time visitors.
I lived in Atlanta many years ago, and while a lot has changed, the attractions (like the Margaret Mitchell House and the World of Coca-Cola) and restaurants (like the wonderful Atlanta Seafood Market, which has a 65 foot tall copper fish weighing 50 tons standing on it's tail out front, making it quite hard to miss) that I have personally been to are well covered and accurately reported, giving me confidence in the rest of the book's contents.
I found the section on shopping to be sparsely detailed, and occasionally found the organization a bit difficult, especially in the restaurant section where restaurants are alternately organized alphabetically, by type of cuisine, or by general geographic region (which will be very foreign to newcomers.) I found the guide to hotels excellent, even though I am not a fan of the way the staff divided Atlanta into regions. I would have also enjoyed a few glossy inserts of photos like most other guides have to help judge if an attraction is something I am interested in or not. Those are personal preferences, though, and overall I find the guide quite utilitarian.
I picked this guide up for a business trip to Atlanta, and unfortunately, didn't get to see nearly as much as I wanted. You can bet, though, that the next time I come through Atlanta with time on my hands, I will bring the Frommer's guide with me.
Capital of the New South.......2006-02-11
These guide books by Frommer are always well researched and this one is no exception. Atlanta is covered from top to bottem and the book does a commendable job of getting the feel for this sophisicated city. Most of the top sites in Atlanta are in a relatively small area and this book covers them thoroughly. If you are going to visit Atlanta for the first time or have not been to the city in a while then I highly recommend this book to you, there is much to see and this book will let you get the party started right.
Book Description
In 2000 the United States began accepting 3,800 refugees from one of Africa's longest civil wars. They were just some of the thousands of young men, known as "Lost Boys," who had been orphaned or otherwise separated from their families in the chaos of a brutal conflict that has ravaged Sudan since 1983. The Lost Boys of Sudan focuses on four of these refugees. Theirs, however, is a typical story, one that repeated itself wherever the Lost Boys could be found across America. Jacob Magot, Peter Anyang, Daniel Khoch, and Marko Ayii were among 150 or so Lost Boys who were resettled in Atlanta. Like most of their fellow refugees, they had never before turned on a light switch, used a kitchen appliance, or ridden in a car or subway train-much less held a job or balanced a checkbook. We relive their early excitement and disorientation, their growing despondency over fruitless job searches, adjustments they faced upon finally entering the workforce, their experiences of post-9/11 xenophobia, and their undying dreams of acquiring an education.
As we immerse ourselves in the Lost Boys' daily lives, we also get to know the social services professionals and volunteers, celebrities, community leaders, and others who guided them-with occasional detours-toward self-sufficiency. Along the way author Mark Bixler looks closely at the ins and outs of U.S. refugee policy, the politics of international aid, the history of Sudan, and the radical Islamist underpinnings of its government. America is home to more foreign-born residents than ever before; the Lost Boys have repaid that gift in full through their example of unflagging resolve, hope, and faith.
Customer Reviews:
Must Read.......2007-01-27
I will refrain from giving a summary of the book, as a couple of other reviewers did a nice job of that previously. I will offer a few brief impressions of this work.
Having obtained a degree in African studies in the 1990s, I was well aware of the issues facing Sudan and the history of the civil wars in the country. Many times material I read about Africa is erroneous to some degree in its reporting of events. Bixler gets things right in "The Lost Boys of Sudan." Additionally, he does a nice job of weaving historical context into the story he tells of the young men from Sudan. I was expecting a couple of introductory chapters that would serve as a mini history lesson, but Bixler chose not to go that route. Instead, he took the time to skillfully give historical context as it was merited in the story of the "Lost Boys."
The actual story of the four young men is compelling enough on the surface, but Bixler doesn't try to glorify the subjects of the book, rather he tells it like he observes it. He writes in a manner that makes for an easy read, and allows the reader to get a good picture of the lives of these men.
There are now quite a few films and books about the Lost Boys, and I strongly recommend viewing one of the DVDs on this topic either before or after you read this book. While Bixler paints a really colorful picture with his words, nothing can take the place of actually viewing the camp from which they came and the people themselves.
Of all the books I have read on this subject, Bixler's is the one I recommend the most for a person interested in the "Lost Boys." It does a great job of giving the reader a lucid account of the story of the Lost Boys in America and the circumstances from which they came.
Modern slavery, boy soldiers and African Diaspora.......2006-07-05
This is a fascinating account of how orphaned Sudanese displaced in struggles with northern miltias, found new lives in the US. The volume is particularly useful because it shows the connection between wars of religion and region, the slaving expeditions conducted by janjaweed Islamic militias, and the politics of recruiting for rebel liberation movements in the south. Short on arms, money, soldiers and international sympathy, the southern Sudanese seek international attention to the problems of post-colonial boundaries and rights. They have learned to use the politics of refugee camps to leverage attention and forces. The fortitude of these survivors is amazing, no matter how complicated the story of their displacement turns out to be.
Full review of Bixler's book.......2006-01-22
The Lost Boys of Sudan: An American Story of the Refugee Experience, by Mark Bixler. The University of Georgia Press, 2005. Pp. 261.
The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God (Leviticus 19:34)
Imagine a cluster of tall, thin Sudanese young men waiting in an airport in Washington D.C. They are all wearing the same sweatshirt. They have spent the past four or five years of their life in refugee camps in Ethiopia. This is their first time traveling by air, seeing the U.S., eating chocolate. They are separated from their parents by war or death. They seem, as Mark Bixler remarks, "to have been plucked from another era and dropped into the hustle and bustle of contemporary America" (96). They anticipate another flight to Atlanta, Georgia, where they will begin a life they have been anticipating for some time- hard work in the hopes of saving up money, passing the GRE, attending college, and making a new life.
And it just so happens that other boys like them, also from the Sudan, have been featured on the CBS program 60 Minutes II and in The New York Times Magazine. On CBS you learn that these young men are committed to hard work so they can receive an education. Bob Simon in the 60 Minutes interview asks one young man how many hours he wants to work. The answer: Sixteen hours a day. Why? The answer: I need to have money so that I can go to school. In the New York Times, we see these opening words: This is snow. This is a can opener. This is a life free from terror." These are untypical, sympathetic men entering what is for them a strange new world. As a result, there are more than your typical number of volunteers calling up refugee resettlement agencies across the country asking, "Are y'all resettling these guys?"
Not all refugee groups coming to the U.S. receive the kind of media attention the Lost Boys of Sudan have received. In fact, most refugees arrive in the U.S. without any attention at all from the press. This is not surprising. Refugees have over the course of history been a marginalized people, and their "refugee" status has not always been recognized as such. In fact, the idea of a refugee as someone who needs protection from the state did not become prevalent until early in the last century. It was not until the formation of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees that a thorough definition of who a refugee is and how they should be treated was established.
A working definition of a refugee, one embraced by the U.N. as well as U.S. refugee policy, is summarized by Mark Bixler: "[A] person who has left his or her country and cannot or does not want to return because of a credible fear of persecution based on race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a social or ethnic group" (77). "Credible fear" is a general term that in the particular can mean a host of different things. The credible fear for these young men was often a mix of ethnic and religious persecution.
Their "credible fear" is often accompanied by an incredible story. These boys, many of them Dinka cattle herders, heard or witnessed men with rifles shooting their neighbors or family. So they fled east towards Ethiopia, often walking hundreds of miles, starving and thirsty, fending off lions when they crossed deserts and alligators when they swam rivers. Finally, they arrived dazed and half-dead at refugee camps set up by the UNHCR. They lived in these camps for years, receiving some education and a bit of food, waiting to be offered shelter by the U.S. or another nation.
In addition, most of them would come to the U.S. as "unaccompanied minors"- that is, minors who are admitted as refugees without accompanying parents or adult family members. Their status as unaccompanied minors makes them doubly important in the current conversation going on about refugee rights and resettlement.
So to the book. Bixler narrates the experience of a group of four Lost Boys (p. 16-35, 111-210), examines the historical realities that make modern Sudan what it is (p. 56-74), explores the phenomenon of "selective compassion" as it influences our refugee admissions policies (p. 75-80), tells the refugee tale as seen from the perspective of those in charge of admissions (p. 81-94), and tells the refugee tale again as seen from the perspective of those who volunteer with them (p. 95-110). It concludes with a summary chapter, the status at the time of writing of the refugees and the country from which they fled.
Bixler's brief history of the development of international policies for the treatment of refugees (pages 75-80) is just one shining example of why this book should be read not only by those interested in the Lost Boys of Sudan, but by anyone interested in the American story of the refugee experience. Two recent and relatively popular books have presented the refugee experience from, respectively, a literary and sociological perspective: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Ann Fadiman; The Middle of Everywhere, by Mary Pipher. Bixler's unique contribution as a journalist is his telling of a compelling story of these brave young men that also captures the entire breadth of the refugee experience. Bixler's approach is multi-faceted, narrating not only the personal experience of some of the Lost Boys, but also examining U.S. refugee policy and the political situation in Sudan past and present.
Any adequate account of the method, means, and reasons for refugee resettlement by organizations like Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (for which I am an Ambassador and volunteer) is an adequate understanding of the situation itself. Most of us simply have an inadequate understanding of who refugees are (because they come from another place and diverse cultures), how they get here (because the governmental and social agencies involved in their settlement are themselves complex, not to mention busy processing refugees), and what needs to be done for and with them once they arrive (because it is the ever-recurring sin of second and third and sixth generation immigrants to fail to understand the immigrants and refugees who come later than themselves).
Bixler's book goes a long way towards remedying these deficiencies in our understanding. Since his book follows some of the Lost Boys through their first two years of life in the U.S., we learn not only about their initial culture shock, but also about their first jobs, their enrollment in places of learning, their search for lost family, and their common life together. Bixler also observes, often with the candor only a reporter can muster, the relationship between volunteers, relief agencies, and the Lost Boys.
As a Lutheran pastor and Ambassador for Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), I was especially pleased to see that LIRS received positive mention by Bixler as an agency that provides exemplary care, especially for unaccompanied minors.
A story well told cannot be summarized, and this is true of Bixler's book. I cannot commend it highly enough. When I speak to church groups about the refugee experience and the ministry of LIRS, I am often at a loss how to share in a short amount of time all that is entailed in refugee resettlement. Book recommendations are my solution to that dilemma. Bixler's book is now at the top of my list.
Interesting Reading.......2005-07-27
Learned a lot about the area of Sudan and trials that a refugee faces cominginto the US when not working with a host family.
Great read!.......2005-06-07
The story of the Lost Boys of Sudan is like no other story ever told. It is a story about thousands of young children, particularly young boys, who became separated from their families due to the long running civil war between the North and South of Sudan. In all, these children walked over a thousand miles across the wilds of Africa in search of safe refuge. Their journey was a long and arduous one filled with suffering and horrors beyond ones imagination.
Through the skilled style of Atlanta journalist Mark Bixler, "The Lost Boys of Sudan" weaves their story with that of other refugees and immigrants who have also settled in our country, while never trivializing their incredible plight. And although "The Lost Boys of Sudan" focuses on four young men living in Atlanta Georgia, their stories are similar to those of approximately 3800 other Lost Boys who have resettled in various cities across the US. Like those in Atlanta, they too have had to come to grips with the fascinating sights and wonders of this strange land called America, while attempting to blend within our society. For the first time in their lives they are forced to work full time jobs in order to support themselves and those they left behind, while also attending school. The task of surviving in this strange and foreign land has proven difficult at best. The results of their labors however, as chronicled by Bixler, are both amazing and truly inspiring to us all.
Joan Hecht
Author of "The Journey of the Lost Boys"
Book Description
New 3rd edition includes Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, Gwinnett, and Cherokee counties!
The city of Atlanta is home to some 425,000 people, but the entire metro Atlanta area boasts a population of 4.7 million, with newcomers arriving every day. Recent growth has centered primarily in northern counties of the metro area, although there has also been a resurgence of interest in the more urban, intown neighborhoods surrounding downtown Atlanta. Long been considered the commercial capital of the South, the Atlanta area is attractive to both established companies and entrepreneurs. Recognizing that many new arrivals both live and work entirely outside of Atlanta proper, and indeed outside the perimeter, this third edition extensively covers communities from Alpharetta to East Point, and from Marietta to Lawrenceville. The third edition also presents essential sections on Finding a Place to Live, Moving and Storage, Money Matters, Getting Settled, Helpful Services, Childcare and Education, Shopping for the Home, Cultural Life, Sports and Recreation, Greenspace, Weather & Climate, Places of Worship, Volunteering, Transportation, Temporary Lodgings, and Quick Getaways. A calendar of metro Atlanta events, a listing of Atlanta-related guidebooks, fiction, and nonfiction, and a directory of useful phone numbers and web sites round out this indispensable book. Three maps (Atlanta proper, neighboring towns, and surrounding counties) guide the reader to communities, freeways, and points of interest. In addition to being thoroughly fact-checked, updated, and revised, the third edition includes such new material as:
Cherokee County communities, focusing on Canton and Woodstock
An Immigrant Newcomers section
A Literary Life section
A thorough discussion of intrastate and interstate moves and consumer complaints
Customer Reviews:
very good but could be better.......2007-07-17
I really like this book, and I was glad to see that they included a bit of the rich histories of the neighborhoods of Atlanta. I wish, however that they had included more neighborhoods (no Cabbagetown? Reynoldstown?) and more detail on each of them. Also it might be helpful for newcomers to know more about crime rates by area, ratings of school systems, etc. than is included in this book.
Poorly organized, not worth reading........2007-06-01
The Newcomer's Handbook frustrated me repeatedly. Had I looked at it in a store, I never would have bought it.
The book is very poorly organized; while there are chapters, the index makes it difficult to find what you're looking for. The editors seem to have assumed that the reader intends to read the entire book from beginning to end; it's not usable as a quick reference guide.
Worst of all, the book fails to mention any other written source of information not already published by the same company. If the Newcomer's Handbook for moving to the USA is this bad, they're doing their readers a terrible disservice by mentioning it.
I strongly recommend the Not for Tourists Guide to Atlanta 2007 (Not for Tourists) instead. The real estate agent we worked with told us that it's one of the best, and I agree. See my review for that book for more information on why.
Interesting... but only if relevant to you.......2006-01-30
Newcomer's Handbook For Moving To and Living in Atlanta
Including Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, Gwinnett, and Cherokee Counties
First Books, Portland, OR
ISBN-13: 978-0-912301-61-7
ISBN-10: 0-912301-61-9
2005 US$24.95
Travel/Relocation
Reviewed by Frederick Noronha fred@bytesforall.org
http://goabooks2.blogspot.com/
Another book in the "Newcomer's Handbook" series from First
Books warns us that the United States has "a population so
big and so diverse" that making general statements about it
is "almost impossible". This title fills us in with the
specifics of Atlanta, Georgia.
First Books, now in its third edition of this guide, calls
Atlanta "a city that combines downhome southern charm with
cosmopolitan ambiance". It's probably better known worldwide
as the city that was birthplace to an unlikely trio --
Reverend Martin Luther King Jr, Coca-Cola, and CNN! This was
also home, a generation ago, to my first American pen-friend;
Mandy Burr, are you reading this?
There are ten other titles in First Books' 'Newcomer's
Handbooks' series. Atlanta's begins with a useful
introduction to the local lingo and history. Lingo includes
the pronounciation of "at-LAN-ah" (dropping the last "t"), to
concepts like The Bravos (the nickname for the Atlanta
Braves), CDC (the Centre for Disease Control, located near
Emory), the Concrete Campus (Georgia State University), Emory
(pronounced EM-ree, to refer to either the university or
hospital), and other locations, sobriquets for newspapers or
streets, and more.
For those wanting to know the background, there's an
all-too-brief background of how a Creek Indian settlement
called Standing Peachtree became a progressive and
influential city by the early 1970s, and is now battling
out-of-control urban sprawl and increased traffic congestion.
But this is not a history book. It's real utility comes out
of chapters dealing with the different counties of Atlanta
and its neighbourhood. Much value also comes from pages on
finding a place to live, childcare and education, shopping,
cultural life, locally-available greenspace, weather and
climate (including air-pollution and insects), and even
volunteering.
There's a good chance that those needing this book might find
the section on 'temporary lodgings' useful too. If maintained
accurately, the listing of useful phone numbers and web-sites
also come as a boon.
One's earlier review, of a newcomer's title to the USA as a
whole was more fulsome in its praise. This being a bit narrow
in its target -- meant exclusively for those settling in
Atlanta -- the appeal is obviously more specific. But surely,
there is quite some information of a useful nature here too,
provided your target is this city that attracts "a multitude
of newcomers".
Book Description
During the civil rights era, Atlanta thought of itself as "The City Too Busy to Hate," a rare place in the South where the races lived and thrived together. Over the course of the 1960s and 1970s, however, so many whites fled the city for the suburbs that Atlanta earned a new nickname: "The City Too Busy Moving to Hate."
In this reappraisal of racial politics in modern America, Kevin Kruse explains the causes and consequences of "white flight" in Atlanta and elsewhere. Seeking to understand segregationists on their own terms, White Flight moves past simple stereotypes to explore the meaning of white resistance. In the end, Kruse finds that segregationist resistance, which failed to stop the civil rights movement, nevertheless managed to preserve the world of segregation and even perfect it in subtler and stronger forms.
Challenging the conventional wisdom that white flight meant nothing more than a literal movement of whites to the suburbs, this book argues that it represented a more important transformation in the political ideology of those involved. In a provocative revision of postwar American history, Kruse demonstrates that traditional elements of modern conservatism, such as hostility to the federal government and faith in free enterprise, underwent important transformations during the postwar struggle over segregation. Likewise, white resistance gave birth to several new conservative causes, like the tax revolt, tuition vouchers, and privatization of public services. Tracing the journey of southern conservatives from white supremacy to white suburbia, Kruse locates the origins of modern American politics.
Customer Reviews:
Important History of United States.......2007-03-26
This book is first, well written and then well researched. As someone who grew up in Atlanta during a good part of the time period covered by the book I'm impressed by the amount of detail and the level of accuracy that the writer provides. His analysis of not only what happen in and around the south but how it ties into the rise of the new conservatism is spot on. This should be required reading for all high school seniors as well as most politicians. To learn from the past we need more writers and researchers like Kevin M. Kruse to help illuminate the way. Please, please, please buy this book and read it.
Fascinating Read.......2005-12-09
I'm not from Georgia and I'm not a history guy, but I found this book fascinating. The "editorial review" provided by Amazon does a fine job describing the book, so I'll just give a few of my impressions. The book is well written and easy to read (which don't always go hand in hand - see James, Henry). I found myself not only learning about Atlanta but also better understanding the phenomenon of white flight in general. This book has really opened my eyes to the issues of the city versus the suburbs; I can see now that many of the struggles of the '50s and '60s are still continuing today, if in slightly different forms.
Don't let the title of this book mislead you; this is not a 350-page rant about how evil conservatives are. In fact, I was surprised at how often the "good guys" in the integration struggle, such as Mayor Hartsfield and his coalition of business elites, were motivated not by a sense of social justice but by capitalism: many of the so-called city fathers were just as loathe to integrate as the segregationists, but the image of Atlanta as a fully integrated city was just too lucrative for their businesses and the city's economy. The book is blessedly free of sermonizing, as the author simply recounts what took place and shows how those events have influenced the world we live in, both political and physical. Value judgments are largely left to the reader.
One last thing. When I think of all the material covered in this book, from violent flashpoints to school board meetings to segregationist poetry to newspaper advertisements, I can't believe I wasn't bored out of my mind - this stuff usually isn't my cup of tea. But instead of bogging it down, the author used the excruciating level of detail to breath life into the story, animating the people and events in a way that made me feel connected to them. Regardless of your ideology, I think you will find yourself entertained and enlightened by this book.
Specific details from Atlanta provide a better understanding of the many sides of the process that reshaped the South.......2005-11-15
Like many people, I was familiar with the big highlights of the civil rights movement and the phenomenon of white flight, but to see the detail Kevin Kruse provides on the era in Atlanta is eye opening. You get the stories about sit-ins and the first African American to go to this or that school, but the smaller things like neighborhoods and public parks becoming "black" really gives the reader a good idea of the glacial pace that change was taking place. The "freedom of association" idea presented by the author captures the strategy of segregationists to maintain their exclusive use of public places by shifting from outright racism to a broad appeal for individual rights. The latter idea is what the author presents as the basis for the recent success of the Republican party not only in the South but suburban areas throughout the country.
Well researched, insightful, and an incredibly engaging read.......2005-10-28
This book is incredibly well researched, insightful, and an incredibly engaging read. I don't often read historical books but I did enjoy David McCullough's "Truman" and "John Adams" and found this book equally well written and often times more interesting. The author, Kevin Kruse doesn't just tell you about the politics of the time but draws you in to the people who made history. Like characters in a novel I found myself invested in them and looking forward to the next page. I have no connection to Atlanta, but that doesn't matter because this is an American story more than just an Atlanta story and is strikingly relevant today for anyone interested in how modern conservatism came to be. Particularly compelling was Kruse's telling of how rural and urban voters were manipulated, and the politics of racism were balanced with uneasy alliances between black and white community leaders. From the start the author reframes the discussion away from the traditional perspective of what people were "against" to think about what people were "for", and in doing so paints a picture of the values that fueled white flight, the civil rights movement, and continues to drive much of our modern political ideology. Whether you are interested in the history, modern politics, or just a great story I recommend this book
Product Description
A collection of regional recipes, inspired photography, and lively, charming stories by renowned southern authors - people like Anne Rivers Siddons, Lewis Grizzard, Terry Kay, and Eugenia Price. Finalist in the 1995 James Beard Cookbook Awards. First Place Winner of the 1995 PMA Ben Franklin Cookbook Award. A 1995 National Winner of the Tabasco Community Cookbook Award.
Customer Reviews:
Amazing!.......2007-02-19
As a member of the Junior League and a collector of Junior League cookbooks, I have to say that this book is one of the best I have ever seen or used. While some of the receipes may be a little time intensive, they are worth it! The chicken pecan quiche and the spicy spinich pinwheels are to die for! You will not be disappointed with this book!
Disappointing.......2006-07-28
I expected some simpler Southern cooking because of the title. The recipes might have came from California instead from Atlanta. No thanks, this isn't Southern fixin's.
Coca Cola Recipe IS wrong!.......2005-06-28
The first recipe I tried from this book was the "controversial" Coca Cola Cake-& it was indeed a flop! In researching other versions of this recipe I found that for the icing, this recipe calls for 3/4 cup of cola whereas most others call for approx. 3 tablespoons! No wonder mine looked lake a "floating isle"! Now I'm not sure I trust the other recipes!
A culinary wealth of delicious home-style cooking.......2003-10-14
Compiled by members of The Junior League Of Atlanta, True Grits: Tall Tales And Recipes From The New South presents a culinary wealth of delicious home-style cooking ranging from traditional faire such as Fried Chicken and Buttermilk Biscuits, to original, mouth-watering offerings such as Pan-Seared Crab Cakes with Lemon Linguini; Kiwifruit Frozen Yogurt; Peanut Butter Chocolate Drops; and more. Helpful hints and enjoyable anecdotal tales in the margins add a friendly and enjoyable touch to this excellent and savory recipe guide.
Five's not enough -- make it 10 stars........2002-07-18
Jr. League cookbooks have come a long way since the first little spiral-bound paper products of some 40 or 50 years ago. I don't know if the Atlanta Jr. League was the first to come up with the cookbook moneymaker project, but I do know their cookbooks have been much respected over the years -- venerated, even.
In this one, though, they've outdone themselves. Even if the recipes were awful (and they're not), there's still enough entertainment in this book to make it worthy of the price. And that's not counting the gorgeous illustrations that place it firmly in coffeetable display status.
It's the stories by famous Georgia writers that kick this volume into the stratosphere of pleasure.
Ferrol Sams's double-take as he watches Katie Couric brave a glass of horse's milk on the Today Show, for example, is bound to split a stitch or two.
Then there's the late Lewis Grizzard on his prowess at the grill. "I come from a long line of outdoor grillers," he says, "My Uncle Jerome still holds the American record for consecutive days grilling out, 178."
Reconstructed Yankee Bill Diehl holds forth on how he came to love the South. He quotes his mentor, Ralph Gill of the Atlanta Constitution, "We must work to make a better North, South, West or New England, because in so doing we make a better America."
The inimitable Anne Rivers Siddons holds forth on the difficulties of finding a bowl of real Southern grits while on book tour in the great Fly-Over Land.
Stuart Woods, Eugenia Price, and Valerie Richards Jackson are just a few of the star-studded literary lights who shine in these pages. What a great idea to showcase Georgia's finest literary talents along with its best culinary talents!
I'll vouch for the recipes, too. I've been married to a full-fledged (and also reconstructed) Yankee for more years that you can count on all the digits of several people and when his side of the family came to visit recently, of course they expected Southern food from the only bona-fide Southerner in the family. So I served Crème Fraiche Biscuits with Chevre and Country Ham Butter, Spicy Grits Casserole and German Pancake with Peach Compote when they converged on me for a reunion brunch. They loved the food, asked for recipes and when I showed them the cookbook, they enthused over that, too!
Every recipe I've tried from TRUE GRITS has been delicious and has garnered raves from my family and friends. Therefore, I can unequivocally give it the highest recommendation from a cook's point of view as well as from one who values -- indeed, treasures -- a good read.
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- Matzo balls and memories
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- Too much starch in the matzo balls
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Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the Jewish South
Marcie Cohen Ferris
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Since early colonial times in America, Jewish southerners have been tempted by delectable regional foods. Because some of these foods--including pork and shellfish--have been traditionally forbidden to Jews by religious dietary laws, southern Jews face a special predicament. In a culinary journey through the Jewish South, Arkansas native Marcie Cohen Ferris explores how southern Jews embraced, avoided, and adapted southern food and, in the process, have found themselves at home.
From colonial Savannah and Charleston to Civil War era New Orleans and Natchez, from New South Atlanta to contemporary Memphis and across the Mississippi and Arkansas Deltas, Ferris examines the expressive power of food throughout southern Jewish history. She demonstrates how southern Jews reinvented traditions as they adjusted to living in a largely Christian world where they were bound by regional rules of race, class, and gender.
Featuring a trove of photographs, Matzoh Ball Gumbo also includes anecdotes, oral histories, and more than thirty recipes to try at home. Ferris's rich tour of southern Jewish foodways shows that, at the dining table, Jewish southerners created a distinctive religious expression that reflects the evolution of southern Jewish life.
Customer Reviews:
Matzo balls and memories.......2007-05-24
As a Deep South Jewish expatriate, I can't say enough about how thoroughly Marcie Cohen Ferris did her research. There is no doubt that she has covered the differences-and similarities-of the various southern states with great heart and accuracy! The sheer volume of names of those she got family information from is more than admirable. The book belongs in every Jewish household-northern and southern! And non-Jewish readers will get a wonderful picture of the influence food had in Southern Jewish homes-part of American culinary history.
Okay book.......2007-05-15
Good book if your into a history lesson but I was looking for more receipies.
Outstanding & interesting.......2007-05-13
This book is a wonderful compilation of Jewish history of the South and Jewish food of the South. Fascinating reading about the history and excellent eating. Enjoy!
Too much starch in the matzo balls.......2006-07-10
Fascinating subject matter as I grew up in an area where Jews were a vocal and very assimilated minority. The author's extensive research came to the same conclusions in every chapter: it was hard to keep Kosher in the South and black household help did much of the cooking. As a Jewish woman I am proud of our reputation for a sense of humor and delicious cooking. There are very few recipes; even those were not particularly tempting or typical. The book's major flaws lie in the author's dry, labored, one-note writing style that had me laboring to stay awake.
A Wonderful Read and a Surprise.......2006-04-19
I expected a cookbook (which is why it's 4 stars instead of 5, and that's the *only* reason), but got a history book instead.
It's an amazing book. My grandmother worked for Jewish families in the 50s and 60s and I remember accompanying her to their homes when I was a youngster visiting her in NC. There is a certain nostalgia there as the Jewish people always treated her with respect and dignity. All the while they were walking their own precarious tightrope between the gentiles and the black people.
I also found something more while poring over the pages of this book and that is a link to my family's own Jewish past. I have the utmost respect for the amount of research done by Marcie Ferris. It was a herculean task!
Oh. And the recipes (the few) are pretty terrific.
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The March to the Sea was the culmination of Union General William T. Sherman's 1864 campaign during the American Civil War and was a devastating example of "total war." Confederate hopes in 1864 hinged on frustrating Union forces in the field and forcing Abraham Lincoln out of office in the November elections. However, this optimism was dampened by Sherman's success in the battle of Atlanta that same year.
Riding on the wave of this victory, Sherman hoped to push his forces into Confederate territory, but his plan was hindered by a Confederate threat to the army's supply lines.
After much delay, he boldly chose to abandon these, forcing the army to live off the land for the entirety of the 285-mile march to Savannah, destroying all war-making capabilities of the enemy en route, and inflicting suffering not only on Confederate troops, but also on the civilian population. Despite the vilification that this brutal tactic earned him, the march was a success.
Supported by contemporary photographs, detailed maps, bird's eye views, and battlescene artwork, this title explores the key personalities, strategies, and significant engagements of the march, including the battles of Franklin and Nashville, and the ultimate fall of Savannah to the Union, to provide a detailed analysis of the campaign that marked the "beginning of the end" of the American Civil War.
Customer Reviews:
A top pick for any military collection strong in Civil War history........2007-07-07
SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA 1864: ATLANTIC TO SAVANNAH by David Smith tells of a grueling march - nearly three hundred miles - in which the army lived off the land and destroyed all war-making capabilities of the enemy. Photos, maps, and art examines the major participants, strategies, and campaigns of the last months of the Civil War, making for a top pick for any military collection strong in Civil War history.
Sherman and the March To The Sea in a Nut Shell.......2007-06-08
David Smith in less than a hundred pages provides the best short volume available regarding "Sherman's Renowned March To The Sea". Providing a short biography of each key player, the reason behind the campaign, including Grant's fear that it would fail, Smith writes in a very readable fashion. I recommend it for the beginner or the seasoned reader who wishes to understand the impact that Sherman had on ending the American Civil War. Further, while Sherman did not invent "total war", he brought it to the United States. The lesson of the "march" is timely for today, especially the fact that war involves civilians, no matter how one attempts to paint the issue otherwise.
The book reads like a well-crafted novel and should be purchased without resveration.
Two Campaigns for the Price of One.......2007-04-16
In Osprey's Campaign No. 179, Sherman's March to the Sea 1864, author David Smith describes Sherman's campaign across Georgia and Hood's campaign across Tennessee in late 1864. This is a phase of the American Civil War that often gets short shrift, due to the lack of `popular' large-scale battles, but it was nonetheless decisive in determining the outcome of the war in the West. Smith manages to deftly weave together the two campaigns into a coherent narrative that nicely adds to our understanding of this crucial phase of the war.
The opening sections on the origins of the campaign, opposing commanders, opposing armies and opposing plans are good. Smith's section on commanders provides capsule bios of 6 Union and 3 Confederate leaders, while the opposing armies section details the forces in both Tennessee and Georgia. The campaign narrative proper is sub-divided into two chapters on Sherman's march across Georgia and one on Hood's invasion of Tennessee. Graphically, the volume is complemented by five 2-D maps (After the fall of Atlanta, September-October 1864; March to the Sea, Part 1, 15-26 November 1864; Hood's Tennessee Campaign, November-December 1864; the Battle of Franklin, 30 November 1864; and the March to the Sea, Part 2, 28 November - 21 December 1864), two 3-D BEV maps (the Battle of Nashville, first and second day, 15-16 December 1864) and three battle scenes by Richard Hook (the Battle of Allatoona Pass, 5 October 1864; a Union foraging party; and Fort Mcallister, 13 December 1864). The volume also has rather lengthy orders of battle for both campaigns, totaling 7 pages. Notes on the battlefields today and bibliography are short, but adequate.
Southern readers may find Smith's description of Sherman's march to be a bit anti-septic, in that it seems to downplay the harm and injury inflicted upon Georgia's civilian population. Sherman's march was an emotional, gut-wrenching experience for the Confederacy to witness a Union army moving unmolested through the heart of its territory and the psychological damage was complemented by a vicious scorched earth policy. Smith's account is lucid but lacks some of the emotive weight that provides the historical context for this campaign. Even Sherman realized that his operation was far more than a mere march or a plundering raid, but a deep stab into the South's vitals. Indeed, Sherman's march was an early example of a new philosophy of warfare, that held that attacks upon regular military forces was merely a precursor to the execution of decisive attacks against an enemy's civilian economy (e.g. Julian Corbett a few decades later). It was also interesting to see the author's discussion of the Confederate use of buried land mines outside Savannah, which posed a threat not unlike the IEDs in Iraq today.
The author also covers Hood's campaign effectively and avoids any pre-determination that the campaign was foredoomed. Indeed, the author suggests that under better conditions, Hood's invasion of Tennessee might have succeeded in diverting at least part of Sherman's forces (but for how long?). Readers thirsting for action while find their appetite sated by the sanguinary battles of Franklin and Nashville, which ended any chance for the Confederacy to retrieve something from this campaign. Overall, a good volume.
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