Great Jerusalem Artichoke Circus: The Buying and Selling of the Rural American Dream [Paperback]

Joseph Amato (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press; 1 edition (September 9, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0816623457
• ISBN-13: 978-0816623457
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #774,601 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sometimes wanting to do the "right thing" isn't right., January 17, 1997

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1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Almost as good as the Necromennon, June 25, 1997

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What can we say, obviously this is a book that any full-blodded American can relate to. I consider this book the finest example of pure literary skill at its finest. I especially enjoyed the chapter describing the fair as "rambunctiously Christian" with "people praising the lord at all corners". Chapter 9 says it all about the book in the 3 little words of "I love God", well, I love this book. The only reason I gave this book a 9 is because the forward by Paul Cruchow was not the best example of grammar that I would expect, even from my 3rd grade class, such phrases as "Yuck yuck, you'll love this book." and "Why if I knew how to write as good as Mr Amato I'd be a pure literary star, chuck full of star stuff, yup I wanna be like Amato, or as I like to call him, TAmato." I mean what kind of a run on no sense sentance is this? Well, I guess the rest of this book makes up for Paul's illiteracy. I would encourage the reading of this book to any person of any age. "The Great Jerusalem Artichoke Circus" is also makes a great gift. I thank Mr. Joseph A. Amato for this wonderful literary treat.

1 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Book in the World. And I mean it., June 30, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Great Jerusalem Artichoke Circus: The Buying and Selling of the Rural American Dream (Paperback)

A 10? Can't we go any higher? This book is definatley a 12. I cannot even explain how entertaining this book was, I have read it at least 6 times since I was given this book last March. I will only say that this is definatley one of those books that should be on the required reading lists for all schools. Overall I should say that this book is an all time best. Definate 12