Recollections of My Life
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Recollections of My Life
Santiago Ramón Cajal
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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ASIN: 0262680602

Book Description

Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934) made prolific and lasting contributions to understanding "the life of the infinitely small." Widely thought of as the founder of neuroscience, Cajal made remarkable explorations into the organization and function of the nervous system. His work is still referred to more than that of any other scientist in the field.

W. Maxwell Cowan's foreword to this edition conveys the excitement and energy of Cajal's life and endeavors, the liveliness and flamboyance of his engagements with the microscope. Cowan surveys Cajal's salient discoveries, noting that almost every important conceptual issue in neurobiology was foreshadowed in Cajal's work: the initial description of the climbing fibers of the cerebellum, the discovery of the growth cone, the concept of the "dynamic polarity" of the neurom an anticipation of the later discovery of axonal transport, and the prediction that new synapses may be formed throughout life to serve as a physical basis for learning and memory.

W. Maxwell Cowen is Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Interesting view on science in another age.......2002-02-20

This is an interesting but somewhat strange book. It provides a really amazing view of what it was like to do science in those days, in particular about the various political maneuvering that was required to navigate the old spanish academic system. It also provides interesting insight into the personality of one of the greatest pioneers of cell biology. Unfortunately, part of his personality involves telling us all how great he was, so sometimes I found the book a little tiresome to read. I was also kind of disappointed in that it took a long time before he got around to covering the time when he actually made his important contributions to science. Still, for anyone interested in cell or neurobiology, or in the history of science, I would recommend this book fairly strongly as something they will enjoy.

4 out of 5 stars Excellent.......2000-06-18

This book contained many valuable insights into the life of one of the most influential neuroscientists ever. This book was an excellent read.
Vanished Arizona: Recollections of My Army Life
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  • Experiences of an army bride in the Arizona Territory.
  • An unusual perspective on a very interesting time and place
  • Life wasn't easy for Martha Summerhayes in frontier Arizona
  • Must reading for biography lovers
Vanished Arizona: Recollections of My Army Life
Martha Summerhayes
Manufacturer: Cosimo Classics
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ASIN: 1596055510

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The seventh day after the birth of the baby, a delegation of several squaws, wives of chiefs, came to pay me a formal visit. They brought me some finely woven baskets, and a beautiful papoose-basket or cradle, such as they carry their own babies in.... [I]t was their best work. I admired it, and tried to express to them my thanks... -from "Chapter 13: A New Recruit" Martha Summerhayes was a respectable Victorian lady when she left civilized society behind, in 1874, to follow her cavalry-officer husband West, to the Wyoming Territory and then to unknown and inaccessible Arizona. Written "at the urgent and ceaseless request" of her children and first published in 1908, this compulsively readable account of her life on the frontier is a unique document of the American exploration and settling of the West, offering a little-heard woman's perspective on an historical era that continues to echo in contemporary American society. From the deprivations of her kitchen-where she has no choice but to make do with army pots and pans designed for cooking for dozens-to terrifying encounters with wildlife, attacks by Indians, and the challenge of giving birth alone, Summerhayes' indomitable spirit and sense of adventure shines through. American writer MARTHA SUMMERHAYES (1846-1911) was born in Massachusetts and spent two years studying in Germany before her life on the American frontier.

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5 out of 5 stars Experiences of an army bride in the Arizona Territory........2007-09-26


This is the autobiographical story of a young army bride who accompanies her husband to Fort Apache, one of the most remote frontier outposts in the Arizona Territory, in 1874. To accomodate to the vicissitudes of the transition from a sheltered New England home to the wilderness she must endure hardships in travel, hostile Apaches, lack of even basic amenities, and inhospitable climate. Her accounts of how she survived these problems and of her interactions with soldiers and civilians provide insight into the early history of the Arizona Territory as well as into life in the frontier army. The book is nicely annotated to provide extra detail on places and persons, and there is a good selection of additional references. It is well written and, in my opinion, a must read for those interested in this mostly forgotten part of our history.

4 out of 5 stars An unusual perspective on a very interesting time and place.......2006-09-16

Part travelogue, part coming-of-age story, a bit of a sociological study, and entirely a memoir of a woman's encounter with the unknown, "Vanished Arizona" is an introduction to a world most of us only know from John Ford westerns. In 1874, new Army wife Martha Summerhayes made the unusual decision to head west with her husband to his post on the Wyoming frontier. Further travels take them south through Colorado, Arizona, and other parts of the West. Along the way, Martha becomes a mother, meets Apaches face-to-face, and leaves behind the prejudices and presuppositions of her New England upbringing. This is a remarkable chronicle of the American Southwest from an all-too-rare perspective. Nearly a century after it was first published, it holds up very well for the contemporary reader.

4 out of 5 stars Life wasn't easy for Martha Summerhayes in frontier Arizona.......2006-08-22

Complain, complain, complain! Nantucket born and educated in Germany, Martha Dunham married John Summerhayes, a second lieutenant attached to the 8th Infantry, and in 1874 she accompanied him west to Fort D.A. Russell and then to Fort Apache in Arizona. This memoir recounts her experiences in the West (mainly in Arizona, but also including time spent in California, Nevada, Nebraska, Santa Fe, and Texas), and there is hardly a single positive thing she can say about her experiences. Forlorn, desolate, dreadful, unkempt, and disagreeable are adjectives often employed by Mrs. Summerhayes, and she is a constant complainer about the high temperatures, dusty conditions, poor living conditions, rattlesnakes, bugs, and just about every other inconvenience encountered on a western frontier military post in the 1870s.

Clothes are important to her: one of her first observations upon reaching Arizona is how old-fashioned the women are dressed, and one of the greatest tragedies confronting her was when a steamer carrying all her clothes burns to the waterline and she is left with only the clothes on her back. At one point she is so miserable that she questions whether marrying a soldier was wise for her, and she writes, "[I] decided then and there that young army wives should stay at home with their mothers and fathers, and not go into such wild and uncouth places." Her harsh opinions are somewhat tempered over time (and when her husband is assigned to "less primitive" posts such as Fort Niobrara in Nebraska), but it's clear her experiences were more an ordeal than an adventure. She must have been a pain, too, to others, with her demands about procuring good cooks and servants. Editor Dan Thrapp finds humor enough in her complaints (and in her "flexibility" in her responses to the complaints of others about her) that the reader "warms to her," but I found that not to be my response.

Interesting is Mrs. Summerhayes's decision not to write at all about the Indian campaigns or any other chiefly historical matters of her time and place. "I have given simply the impressions made upon the mind of a New England woman who left her comfortable home ... to follow a second lieutenant into the wildest encampments of the American army." Fortunately (for us, not her) her husband transferred frequently from one post to another, which gave the author different encampments and on-the-road experiences to relate. She paints quite a different picture than one would get in a military memoir, for example. And there's value to that, despite the negativity. Life was hard for the well-bred Mrs. Summerhayes, and she makes no bones about it in this memoir.

5 out of 5 stars Must reading for biography lovers.......2006-04-29

I first read this many years ago and have recently re-read about Matha's adventures. Living in Arizona for the past 30 years, I was amazed at the changes since Martha's time.

But as to the book, she writes clearly, simply and fairly. She was obviously a woman ahead of her times. At a period of time when there was so much socail structure, her ability to accept everyone at face value was refreshing. She begins her story with her time in Germany and at first it is unclear why, but do read these chanpters. They give you a reference point for her previous life before she meets and marries her husband and sets forth on her adventure.

I would recomment this to history buffs, Arizonans, bioraphy buffs and anyone who likes to read about interesting people, Martha Summerhayes certainly is!
My Mother's Bolivian Kitchen: Recipes and Recollections
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  • Una aventura en la cocina Boliviana
  • the warm and inviting aroma of home-cooked food
  • Memoir as cookbook
  • Dull
My Mother's Bolivian Kitchen: Recipes and Recollections
Jose Sanchez-H.
Manufacturer: Hippocrene Books
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ASIN: 0781810566

Book Description

More than a cookbook, My Mother's Bolivian Kitchen is a memoir of a Bolivian childhood. In addition to a comprehensive collection of Bolivian recipes, for everything from salteas (meat-filled pastries) and quinoa soup to picante de pollo (spicy chicken), Sánchez-H. shares many childhood memories. He takes the reader to his Aunt Nazarias sixty-ninth birthday party to feast on picante de pato con chuño (spicy duck with freeze-dried potatoes; to observe El Día de Todos Santos (All Saints Day) when bread is baked in honor of the deceased; and camping in the mountains where the memory of his mother's food leads him home. These memories, among others, demonstrate the importance of food in Bolivian culture.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Unselfish Beauty.......2007-08-07

As a fellow Bolivia-born american, I treasure the gifts and wisdom that is shared in the pages of this magical book. It holds ageless, priceless recipes that have been shared through time and generations by our Bolivian families. Within these recipes, Jose also tells a story of the culture and beauty of our country, Bolivia, that is full of passion, flavor and richness, much like the food.

I am proud of this man for his unselfish desire to share this wealth of recipes and recollections with me and the world. I attribute this book and my final return to Bolivia after 20 years, with the start of my quest for a greater balance in my life. Thank you Jose!

4 out of 5 stars Una aventura en la cocina Boliviana.......2006-04-03

Really enjoyed the family recollections. Brought back memories of my own upbringing. For my birthday, I prepared the banana squash soup. It was a great success. I was almost embarrassed with all of the compliments that were given. The apple flan is
delicious! (not to be eaten very often because of the eggs)
Overall, the book is a wonderful adventure in the kitchen.

5 out of 5 stars the warm and inviting aroma of home-cooked food.......2005-12-09

A friend sent me "My Mother's Bolivian Kitchen," by Jose Sanchez as a Christmas present. What a wonderful book! I began to read it and I couldn't stop. The narrative is extremely captivating: a mix of history, anthropology and food recipes. It is written with great sensitivity and warmth inspired by the author's memories of his mother.

5 out of 5 stars Memoir as cookbook.......2005-10-17

Jose Sanchez is a resident of Long Beach, California. He is originally from Bolivia. My Mother's Bolivian Kitchen is memoir as cookbook. In it Sanchez tells stories about his memories of his mother, who was hit by a drunk driver in the late 1990's, his memories of childhood, his memories of family and how all three are intimately connected with food. I found his memoir about being lost at age five in the cemetery during Todos Santos day particularly touching. It's like that memory of seeing Dumbo or Bambi for the first time as a little kid and seriously considering what it would be like not to see one's mother ever again. Or for me, how real that pain still is as an adult when a beloved one leaves us either through death or through mental disability. The theme of La Carne reminds me, with chuckles, of Rebecca Goldstein's essay Looking Back On Lot's Wife in the anthology Out of The Garden. In both an elementary age child is frightened by a misinterpretation of how sinful everyday child behavior might be.

On October 16, 2005 Sanchez gave a reading from My Mother's Bolivian Kitchen at the First Congregational Church of Long Beach. After the reading attendees were offered samples of recipes from the book cooked by congregants. The food was delicious. You can hear excerpts from that reading by listening to Episode 11 of Adreana In Long Beach, which can be found at www(dot)AdreanaInLongBeach(dot)Blogspot(dot)com.

Sanchez is a filmmaker, a scholar and a professor. He learned to cook Bolivian food after leaving Bolivia to study in Mexico at the age of eighteen. He is also the author of The Art & Politics of Bolivian Cinema. He has a doctorate from the University of Michigan and he is a professor at California State University Long Beach in the Film & Electronic Arts Department.

1 out of 5 stars Dull.......2005-08-29

I was so disappointed in this cookbook. Bolivia gets overlooked, lumped into a group with Peru and Chile or misrepresented in so many South American cookbooks that I was anxiously awaiting this book devoted to Bolivian cooking. Bolivia is a colorful country, vibrant in culture and food I had hoped this cookbook would present this vibrancy. Instead, it is one of the dullest cookbooks I've bought. The stories are boring, the photos are black and white and of poor quality and the author makes no attempt to describe the uniqueness of some of the Bolivian ingredients nor does the author offer appropriate substitutions. I showed this cookbook to my Bolivian friends and they were also disappointed; they didn't even recognize many of the dishes this Sanchez included. I teach a South American cooking class and I do a better job of presenting Bolivian culture and food to my students than this cookbook did. Hippocrene should be ashamed of the product they published. The cover of the cookbook is in color and looks great so why didn't Hippocrene carry that into the interior of the book. I expected a better book from a native Bolivian.
Recollections of My Life as a Woman: The New York Years
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Recollections of My Life as a Woman: The New York Years
Diane di Prima
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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ASIN: 0140231587
Release Date: 2002-03-26

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In Recollections of My Life as a Woman, Diane di Prima explores the first three decades of her extraordinary life. Born into a conservative Italian American family, di Prima grew up in Brooklyn but broke away from her roots to follow through on a lifelong commitment to become a poet, first made when she was in high school. Immersing herself in Manhattan's early 1950s Bohemia, di Prima quickly emerged as a renowned poet, an influential editor, and a single mother at a time when this was unheard of. Vividly chronicling the intense, creative cauldron of those years, she recounts her revolutionary relationships and sexuality, and how her experimentation led her to define herself as a woman. What emerges is a fascinating narrative about the courage and triumph of the imagination, and how one woman discovered her role in the world.

"This journey of a young Italian American girl, through the minefields of her childhood in Brooklyn to her breakthrough as a liberated female intellectual decades before the modern women's movement began, is never less than honest and resounds with authenticity." (The Washington Post)

"These 'Recollections' are full of light and wonder." (San Francisco Chronicle)

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5 out of 5 stars The Real Thing!.......2002-12-16

This is a wonderful book, presenting a brilliant vibrant picture of a cultural movement and time, the Beats/Hippies, and a woman who embodied all the artistic and humanistic values in an incredibly pure form. To me, the book (and the woman) are inspiring in their dedication to the values of art, spontanaeity, love, and Zen naturalness. An invaluable read for women artists, especially, and also for artists in general, and people interested in a certain world view and life style.

5 out of 5 stars quite the life.......2002-10-27

I found this book to be captivating. I felt as though I was right along side her on her journeys. The eras she lived through were so richly detailed. She had so much hope and energy. I never wanted this book to end.

5 out of 5 stars Beat then and now.......2002-09-18

Diane di Prima is one of the most foremost and noteworthy female writers of the Beat generation and the 20th century. She has been affiliated with such writers as Jack Keroac, Allen Ginsburg and Robert Creeley. She wrote and inspired in a mans world bringing to life a new female perspective in the 1950's. She continues to write extraordinary poetry, essays, and amazing prose. Her writing style is original and still refreshing to read fifty years later. Diane in her latest book Recollections of My Life As a Woman : The New York Years, an autobiography, goes on to embrace all aspects of her life as a woman. It was an amazing book. I enjoyed it, and I think most will, even if your forte is not beat generation history. It's a good read for others who want to learn more about the beat generation, and it's a great book because of the excellent narrative, and the obvious love she has for writing as well as life it's self.

4 out of 5 stars I Cried.......2002-05-31

At the end of the book I cried because it was over. That happened once before at age 10 when I finished Black Beauty. This book hit nerves in me that hadn't been touched since On the Road. DiPrima's brilliance, toughness, honesty and forays into the unknown make me want to find her phone number so I can talk to her... this rare woman!

4 out of 5 stars More divine Di Prima.......2002-02-25

Di Prima is not really meant to be a novelist -- and that's the beauty of this volume. Whereas the backbone of "poetic" writers such as Anne Rice is brutally literary, Di Prima captures all of that grandeur without so much embellishment. It's her poetry all over again: gritty, surreal, heartbreaking, fluid, and ever returning to her theme of what it means to be a woman and how she sought to find that meaning. This is especially gripping in terms of being a bisexual street poet (and later a single mother) in 1950s America. In an era when "gray was the colour and vanilla the flavour" -- when any deviation in hemline or hair length labeled you a communist, her differences were painful. Even the New York beats had a male chauvanist hierarchy that considered themselves far too good for Diane's realism, street language, slang. It seems that every life lesson we have to learn is somehow couched in this book, even through experiences one would hope to never endure.
ENCOUNTER WITH AN ANGRY GOD: Recollections of My Life with John Peabody Harrington.
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    ENCOUNTER WITH AN ANGRY GOD: Recollections of My Life with John Peabody Harrington.
    Carobeth. Laird
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    ASIN: B000HD75MG
    My Confession: Recollections of a Rogue
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    My Confession: Recollections of a Rogue
    Samuel E. Chamberlain
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    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Lots of history and a little myth.......2006-03-07

    Sam Chamberlain is a rogue, all right, but not necessarily for the reasons that this book indicates. Chamberlain's accounts of daring-do sometimes read like the pulp fiction of his era. Some of what he relates bears the accuracy of an eye-witness to history and with good reason. He had, in fact, ridden throughout much of Northern Mexico during the United States' war with the country from 1846 to 1848 and was on hand to see the Battle of Buena Vista in 1847. But he's guilty of something not uncommon among writers of his era -- making first-hand accounts of events where he clearly was not involved. The best example of this is his description of American deserters (San Patricios) hanged during the last battles for Mexico City. His description does not match others exactly, because at the time of the hangings, Chamberlain was still hundreds of miles away, likely near Saltillo, Mexico. For a reality check, read the editors' footnotes; they do a pretty good job of separating Chamberlain's facts from his flights of fancy.

    4 out of 5 stars Tall Tales.......2001-11-18

    For those interested the Mexican War, this is a "must read" book and has been used by historians as a primary source for years, but his crude paintings are also a treat for the scholar, because Camberlain captures many scenes which have escaped photographers and those who made lithographs, including the massacre of Mexican civilians by Arkansas troops in a cave in Northern Mexico.

    Sam Camberlain was a 16 year old private from Boston who served in the elite 1st US Dragoons in Mexico and gives vivid descriptions with crude but animated paintings of Saltillo, Monterrey, and Northern Mexico. Although he was not at the savage fighting during the capture of Monterrey, he claims to have been there so the reader is left to wonder about his other claims and the accuracy of his paintings of the combat in which he lied about being involved. Perhaps he had contact with those who were actually there?

    Sam Chamberlain was in the Mexican War and painted some interesting small glimpses of life & death. Reading his book is almost like listening to a veteran who seems to have been everywhere and done everything (especially with women). Sam Chamberlain relates deaths of soldiers to Mexican guerrillas and duty in the occupation but more often than not, Sam Chamberlain proclaims preposterous pick-ups with a host of women. The reader almost senses the author is bragging to fellow high schoolers in a locker room or to anyone who will listen in a bar, hence the title of the book is fitting "My Confessions: Recollections of a Rogue". This book would probably be disregarded as pure fantasy if it were not or the fact that sometimes he does detail military and daily life senarios which are proved by others.

    Truth or Tall Tale? Read this book and you be the judge.

    4 out of 5 stars Meet The Judge.......1999-05-25

    Read 'My Confession' for a first hand account of the War with Mexico, as well as an eyewitness report on the notorious Glanton party. This is one of the most controverisal stories in American and Mexican history, and the discovery of these papers in the 1950s brought out an event that was otherwise best 'swept under the rug' of history. Cormac McCarthy pointed a spotlight on this whole affair when he wrote Blood Meridian, and fans of McCarthy may want to read this to confirm that he wasn't making everything up in Blood Meridian:The Evening Redness in the West. The basic storyline of The Kid, Glanton and the Judge's scalp hunt as set forth in 'Blood Meridian' is related here by the man who lived thru it all, General Samuel Chamberlin. I for one was disturbed to find the Judge among the cast of real characters, I couldn't imagine that such a horrible figure actually existed. Read the book to find out what really happened to Glanton, the kid, as well as 'the judge'. And keep your powder very dry.
    Social Life in Old New Orleans: Being Recollections of My Girlhood
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    • A delightful and personal account of historic New Orleans
    • A look back at an adventurous life
    Social Life in Old New Orleans: Being Recollections of My Girlhood
    Eliza Ripley
    Manufacturer: Pelican Publishing Company
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    ASIN: 1565544609

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    5 out of 5 stars A delightful and personal account of historic New Orleans.......2005-09-06

    In light of the recent events of Hurricane Katrina, I discovered this book by accident when searching the internet for information on historic New Orleans. I found and read an html text version of this book, posted on the internet. The posting was complete with scanned in pictures of the original 1912 first edition, including all of the book's illustrations (which were engravings). I am waiting for a hardcover edition to be delivered to me.

    This book has charmed me. If you love history, and are interested in a real historical perspective of old New Orleans, this is an excellent book to study. The story is author, Eliza Ripley's personal account of growing up in pre-civil war New Orleans, written in first person. Eliza Ripley wrote this at the turn of the 20th century, when she was an older woman.

    The writing may appear to be a little dainty and sentimental to modern readers. However, like historic novels, it is important to remember the time in which it was written. The detailed descriptions and open frankness of this book are delightful. It is as if she were speaking to you directly, describing details of her personal life, which took place during an important time in history. With the recent events of Hurricane Katrina, I was especially moved. Eliza Ripley writes, "I feel I am, for the fun of the thing, dragging forth a few skeletons from closets, but I do not ticket them, so no harm is done."

    4 out of 5 stars A look back at an adventurous life.......2002-07-23

    Eliza Chinn was born in Kentucky in 1832 and moved to New Orleans with her family in 1835. In 1852, she married James McHatton and lived at Arlington Plantation until Union gunboats arrived at their levee in 1862. They spent the rest of the War convoying cotton from Louisiana across Texas to the markets in Mexico. McHatton took his wife to Cuba in 1865, where they operated a large sugar plantation until his death, when Eliza returned to the States and married Dwight Ripley. The remainder of her life, she says succinctly, "was passed in the North." In 1887, she began publishing a series of reminiscences of her adventurous life which were first collected in book form shortly after her death in 1912. The chapters in this volume begin with Eliza's experiences as a boarding school girl in 1840s and stroll reflectively through social events and weddings, the music and songs of the mid-century, the celebrities her father (a judge) entertained, the astonishment of visiting Northerners on first encountering plantation hospitality, and what it was like being raised by a black "mammy." The author's style is relaxed and friendly, and you'll think you were being entertained in her parlor. The narrative is accompanied by some two dozen illustrations, many of them pen-and-ink sketches of high quality.
    The inner presence; recollections of my spiritual life: Nouveaux memoires interieurs
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      The inner presence; recollections of my spiritual life: Nouveaux memoires interieurs
      Francois Mauriac
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      Life on the Stage My Personal Experiences and Recollections
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        Life on the Stage My Personal Experiences and Recollections

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        Encounter With an Angry God: Recollections of My Life With John Peabody Harrington
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        Encounter With an Angry God: Recollections of My Life With John Peabody Harrington
        Carobeth Laird
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        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Angry God or Just Plain Jerk?.......2001-02-09

        ...or maybe a bit of both. This is a simply fabulous book that talks about John Peabody Harrington's noble fight to record the dying languages of the dying Southwest Indian cultures -- and his utter lack of understanding when it comes to the needs of humans, particularly his wife. It's got love, sex, drama, linguistics -- what more can you ask for in a book? I've read it over and over, yet I will read it again, I'm sure.

        5 out of 5 stars Encounter With A Wonderful Book.......2000-09-28

        I picked up this book not really knowing what it was about, but as soon as I began reading, I was hooked. This true story was written when the author was in her 70s. She depicts the life of a student of anthropolgy early in the 20th century, and the indiginous people on the west coast whose history she and her famous husband were trying to preserve. More fascinating, however, is the love story which creeps into the narrative almost without the reader realizing it. It is an intimate story of two people who, according to the culture at the time, should never have been together, but who found a simple and profound joy in being together. The author's strength of character shines through this book.

        5 out of 5 stars Carobeth had an ear for language which is why he chose her........1999-11-02

        I was married to Carobeths grandson. I disagree with the other 2 reviews. Carobeth was a proud, highly intelligent woman who's special ability to learn language was just what Harrington was looking for. He set her up to record the languages and moved on to the next village. The two of them compiled the only known documentation of many California Indian languages and mythology. True, he was obsessed, but aren't all researchers?

        5 out of 5 stars Sensitive, well paced autobiography.......1998-05-03

        Carobeth Laird was the wife of the legendary John P. Harrington, one of a group of "new" anthropologists rushing to record the fast disappearing culture of the aborigine Californians. Native studies was not considered respectable work by establishment academia.

        Field anthropology, with its hard physical work, was dominated by tough men. None were tougher and more determined than Harrington.

        Everything in turn-of-the-century California was changing at a breathtaking pace. What was happening to the Indians, the bulldozers were doing the same to this rural State.

        Into this maelstrom walked in Laird, a pampered middle class girl with her Sunday hat. How she coped, eventually abandoning Harrington for one of his Indian informers, is the story of this book. Sensitive sketches, tender recounts of the loves of her life -- Laird writes very well.

        5 out of 5 stars Passion or Fanaticism.......1997-03-10

        J.P. Harrington's drive to collect the words of dying American Indian languages pushed him towards obsession and frustration. Not content with his ability as a human to collect this information, he married one of his energetic students, Carobeth Laird. While the novel provides insight into linguistic field work, it also demonstrates the side effects of immersing oneself in work to such an extent that the every day in lost. Laird's account is not about Harrington alone, but also about her struggle as a woman within the burgeoning field of anthropology

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