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Location:
SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FL USA
Reviewer Rank:
351
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Nickname:
writerrad
 
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SWP supporter.Pathfinder volunteer,single & searching, 1947 model African American, transit worker, adjunct English professor, guitar and banjo player, folk singer, fiddle player, fiction and poetry writer, living in the Sunny Isles Beach Florida. Founder and chief Slave of Black Banjo Then and Now, presided over co...[more]
Interests
playing old time music and blues on fiddle, banjo, and guitar. Reading. Jazz, Jazz Jazz, THE NEW YORK GIANTS, The Beach, loving living in Florida, fighting for a socialist world, Pathfinder Books
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Favorite Books

My most favorite books are the books published by Pathfinder Press, which maintains the heritage of working class, socialist, Black, women, and other fighters for justice, against capitalism, against Stalinism. I also love books that tell the truth about history and music that join Pathfinder among the many books reviewed here, as well as fine fiction and poetry that I rarely review.

Favorite Music

I love old time string band music especially Black string band music. I play guitar, fiddle, and banjo and am deeply involved in that scene online and am working to form a national non-profit foundation for Black Traditional String music players. I also love Jazz especially from the 20s through the fifties, am a fool about Western Swing, and could not live without the blues. I also own a couple Frank Sinatra Albums. Jerry Lee Lewis holds a special place in my musical heart!
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June 13
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Firestorm: Allied Airpower and the Destruction of Dresden by Marshall De Bruhl
June 12
Reviewed Firestorm: Allied Airpower and the Destruction of Dresden by Marshall De Bruhl and rated it Interesting but not thorough. [more]
 
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Firestorm: Allied Airpower and the Destruction of Dresden by Marshall De Bruhl

 
2.0 out of 5 stars Interesting but not thorough. , June 12, 2008
This book is often discussed in argument as if it were a deeply researched major contribution to the discussion about Allied terror bombing in WWII. It isn't. It is a very popular book that uses the subject of Dresden to draw the reader through discussions about bombing strategy among American and... Read More

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African American music revolution 1880-1920 (June 6, 2008)
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• Ragged but Right: Black Traveling Shows, Coon Songs, And the Dark Pathway to Blues And Jazz (American Made Music Series) by Lynn Abbott 5.0 out of 5 stars  (1)
• Out of Sight: The Rise of African American Popular Music, 1889-1895 (American Made Music Series) by Lynn Abbott 5.0 out of 5 stars  (2)
• Father Of The Blues: An Autobiography (Da Capo Paperback) by W. C. Handy 4.2 out of 5 stars  (4)
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