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Classic Reviewer Rank: 2,532
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Well, OK, this book doesn't smell like the outdoors, but you're sure going to think you're sitting in duck blind or wading through a trout stream as you read these stories. This is the third (and final) installment of a collection of short stories written by Gordon MacQuarrie about fishing and hunting in northern Wisconsin from the 20s to the 50s. If you've read the first two collections, you're in for more of the same, and this is a no-brainer. If you haven't read the first two and/or don't know who Gordon MacQuarrie was, you're in for a real treat. Gordon MacQuarrie was an author and journalist who wrote about his outdoor adventures just before and after WWII. His primary interests… Read more
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The existing 5-star ratings and short review significantly overrate this story. This is a tale of a futuristic Foreign Legion that is stationed on a distant planet. The natives, relatively primitive compared to high-tech legionnaires, decide to revolt. Many of the legionnaires are massacred in the initial onslaught, many others are surrounded and cut off. The legionnaires have a huge advantage in firepower and discipline, but there are hordes of natives with relatively low-tech, but nonetheless lethal, weapons and it is an all out fight to the finish. This tale follows one company of the legionnaires as they initially defend their camp, then decide to make a perilous march back to the… Read more
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John Heidenry's recounting of the 1934 season, the pennant race, and the subsequent World Series between the Cardinals and the Tigers is a decent addition to the vast literature on baseball. In spite of the title, this is really more of a biography of Dizzy Dean and his brother than a detailed recounting of one of the great seasons of the St. Louis Cardinals (I agree with Dave Schwinghammer's review 100% in this regard). As baseball history, this book is fairly conventional. There are brief bios of most of the major players, a recounting of the ups and downs of the season. The latter half of the book is devoted to the pennant race and World Series. The World Series was probably great… Read more
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