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History Decoded (2013)

by Brad Meltzer(Favorite Author)

3.48 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0761177450 (ISBN13: 9780761177456)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Workman Publishing Company

review 1: I really enjoyed this book, as it had some "unsolved " or questionable things about our history that I have always found interesting. I like books that have unsolved items in them, since it gives the old brain a workout, trying to piece things together .Out of the 10 chapters in the book, the ones I found most interesting were :The possibility that John Wilkes Booth wasn't killed after soldiers found him hiding in a tobacco barn, that there was an imposter that was found instead . This one could be solved by DNA ,but no one can get the government to do it . Why, I'm not sure, unless they feel it easier to leave history as we have learned ,and not try to dig up something from so long ago . I'd never even heard this theory before and being a Civil War Buff, I found it fasci... morenating reading, whether true or not .DB Cooper .and whether he possibly survived his jump from the jet with his backpack full of money . They did a good job on this one and made a pretty convincing story of who they think actually did it, why, and the possibility that he actually did survive and live for quite a long time afterwards .Roswell and the case For or Against UFO's . The jury iis still out on this one for me . I do believe in UFO's ,but not sure what is going on in Roswell. It's a pretty securely guarded area with little chance of "sneaking" in . There have been many interviews of the guys who worked there or lived nearby who swear they saw a crashed aircraft of some sort, and also some very small grey bodies being carried into the back of a van and taken away . Not sure on this one, but I think it's possible .And of course,the number one was the Kennedy Assassination . I have never believed in the conspiracy theory with this one . I think the story we've been told all these past 50 years is the true one , and all the others a bunch of hooey . So many possible enemies, motives, etc. anything would be feasible, but I still think they got the right guy ,he was an excellent shot, hit the target ,but was caught a short while later and killed before he could ever be tried . A very odd turns of events, but anything is possible .All in all, if you like this sort of thing, the writing is good, there are some photos and it makes your brain think a bit . If you've seen the tv show, a lot of the stories very closely match it, but it doesn't take away from the enjoyment of the book .
review 2: I had to quit during the third conspiracy. I couldn't stand the "made for TV" feel of the writing anymore. It seems well researched at first but there are dumb errors that also bothered me (like saying century-old carvings on a tree trunk would be dozens of feet up in the tree canopy by modern times despite having been carved at eye level. I thought it was basic elementary-school knowledge that carvings don't grow "up" because bark grows in layers). less

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