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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
More relative today than when he wrote it., November 20, 2008
Dannenmeyer's book seems to have raised a few hackles by reviewers here, but I can only say that, having been written in the late 1980s, his book is far more relative today than it was when he first penned it. Much of his seemingly dire predictions are coming true, as witnessed most recently by the Prop 8 situation in California. Shadow in the Land is an important piece of literature because of is prescience, if nothing else. We now have children's books about my two daddies or mommies, educators wanting children to sign gay pledges in grade school, and gays picketing and disrupting houses of worship and places of business, intimidating customers, publishing gay "hate" lists on the internet. Dannenmeyer predicted all of this and he was spot on.
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6 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Hateful, Vile, and above all, Ignorant, August 7, 2005
The only thing I can say that would expand upon my headline is that Amazon.com should be ashamed of itself for carrying this "book," and that Dannemeyer's constituency should be ashamed of themselves for electing someone to our government.
This book chronicles some interesting events, but unfortunately, Dannemeyer's editorial and perspective lose all credibility.
What will his next book be about? How the Earth really isn't round?
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2 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Unfortunate waste of a good ISBN number written by a novice researcher, January 9, 2006
The author does a spectacular job of citing works and noting the origin of quotes. He would, therefore, receive high marks in the proper way to cite sources. Most (if not all) sources used, however, are one-sided and pathetically bias, not to mention violently radical. For that, he receives EXTREMELY low marks in source balance.
This is a shameful example of subjective prose written by one who is obviously angry at something. It is therefore not useful to anyone making an honest effort to learn anything.
Basic Rhetoric 101 teaches one to balance the basis upon which the thesis is built. This work is dangerously lop-sided, leaning much too far (and radically) to the right. Beware when approaching: harmful debris may topple upon you.
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