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Coral Castle: The Mystery of Ed Leedskalnin and His American Stonehenge

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This book has the most in depth review/research of this, truly, amazing phenomenom. How this, supposedly uneducated, rail thin man could spend most of his entire adult life building a castle out of coral/stone, each piece weighing megatons, is the stuff of the supernatural.

Most of Edward Leedskalnin's life is a mystery. It is incredible that the authors (Mr. McClure and Mr. Heffron) found out so much about this recluse of a man.

I can see how difficult and daunting a task it must have been to write such a book, given all the references and interviews noted.

I would reccomend Coral Castle to anyone, not just history and supernatural buffs. I rate this a 5-star production.

I expected to hear some realistic theories on how Ed moved these stones and built the Coral Castle but I was sadly disappointed in that respect. I did learn a lot about this mysterious man as well as the castle. It has made me anxious to visit this place sometime when I'm in the area but there was not even some educated guesses as to how it was built. Neither did it give much information as to how this was done over a time span of years without anyone ever seeing the rocks moving or being dug up. All it said was that he worked at night and seemed to sense when he was being watched. Now surely sometime in the many years that he took to build and move them someone would have seen something. I just can't believe that in a populated area such as he was in that it could have been done in complete secrecy in an outdoor environment.

This book sheds some light on the mystery yet the important question is still unanswered: How did Ed lift 18,000 pounds coral blocks to those heights using simple primitive homemade tools?

The fact that the man worked mostly at nighttime proves he was hiding something, yet how a peasant from Latvia with no education had learned to successfuly use levitation and knowledge of the laws of antigravity?

I have read this book and find it interesting yet as most of the writings about Leedskalnin and his mysterious castle, the mystery is anybody's guess. The fact is that Ed continues to be, unless somebody either travel in time to in depth interview him, or astral connect with his mind: a profound mystery. He said he was motivated to build that thing after a heartbreaking rejection, and to ad injury to insult right at the altar, by a ten year his junior 16 year old girl.

The point is that he was logging in the cold forests of Oregon and Washington caught consumption then quitted and moved to South Florida where he got better, purchased a cheap lot of land and started building Coral Castle. His theme for his park was "lost love", not much different a theme than any other fun park in the USA and I am almost convinced the rejection thing was fabricated by him to attract more tourists to his park.

We learn here about Eds beginnings in Latvia, how he and others suffered political persecution by Russian Czars and class distinction between poor peasants and their castle dwelling lords. Obviously Edward was repulsed by the idea of a hopeless peasant on one hand and arrogant castle dweller lords on the other, so he built himself a castle in America.

Was Ed Leedskalnin familiar with and able to put into practice laws of antigravity? In spite of the mystery involved I am optimistic imagining someday we will be able to unravel the dilemma of Coral Castle.

I recommend this well researched book to everyone.

I have read many articles and books on Coral Castle and Ed Leedskalnin; this book is by far THE most complete and easy read hands down, plus it is all meat and no fluff. If you are interested in learning more about Ed Leedskalnin and his Rock Gate later known as Coral Castle, then this is the book for you and at a good price.

A must read for anyone interested in the history or mystery behind Coral Castle, mysteriously nestled in Homestead, Florida. I must say this is by far the most in depth research on this topic I have been able to get my hands on. An easy read with a realm of interesting facts and insights offered. Phenomenal research and well written.

I have been interested in the Coral Castle and Edward for a long time and this is the first book to take a nice solid look at it and present the story in an unbiased way. I just wish it was a little longer and it had more "experts" and their ideas of how Ed did what he did. I was expecting more about how Ed quarried the rock and ideas from engineers etc... Great book, great pictures, great story just wish I would have come away with a somewhat more informed knowledge of how he might have done this. It touches on the leverage (which I have always had trouble believeing) but nothing more than just touching on it. He could have spent a chapter or two on that topic alone. A chapter or two could have been spent on how he quarried these blocks or carved them etc... I am very glad the book was written though and I recomend it.

Ed Leedskalnin is a cult figure, yet predominantly unknown to the mainstream. I am so glad that I came across this book, and now know about this enigmatic man and his castle. Some put Ed right up there with Tesla and Einstein and yet his achievements are mostly unknown or forgotten. I praise Rusty for writing such a comprehensive and interesting biography of this highly talented man that deserves more attention in the history books. May his mysterious castle be admired for the marvel that it is.

The book was very informative and engaging. It is fascinating how this skinny, short Latvian immigrant was able to create this marvelous castle on his own. Coral Castle is a phenomenal story of a peculiar man, who suffered a lost love and left us only with this fascinating mystery and landmark. Thanks to McClure and Heffron, we are now able to delve a little deeper and form our own speculations on America's Stonehenge. After reading this book, both my wife and I now plan to visit Coral Castle next year.

I'm not a "reader". Whether it's not enough time, or being slow at it, I don't know. But I thoroughly enjoyed diving into "Coral Castle" and would recommend it.

Rusty McClure paints what seems to be an accurate, level-headed, and well researched presentation of the man who created the Coral Castle in south Florida. I'm fascinated by this story of a man who survived life threatening illness, to go on not only to build an amazing structure by carving out multi-ton blocks of Florida's native lime rock, but also move and re-erect the structure at a second location.

The story is well told, leaving the reader with good information, and lingering inquiry as to the truth to the mystery of how Ed Leedskalnin achieved these feats with simple tools and all by himself.

Having read the book, I now look forward to visiting the Coral Castle in person, and perhaps come up with my own theories of what happened there.