Books by Lee Sandlin
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review 1: Fascinating picture of Sandlin's kin who had neither the ability to articulate nor the urge to reflect on the meaning of their existence. They simply plod on, taking the blows of life in their stride with whatever small amounts of satisfaction and pleasure they can roust. It is c...
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review 1: Wicked River shares with Old Man River the failure to coalesce into any unified narrative. There just is no reason to read either of these books as a whole. The author here at least infuses his delight in the dark side of the folk history of the river, and the gore (and to a less...
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English
review 1: It's a book, about a river, and how past authors have interpreted it and its place in American history. I was a bit taken aback by the grandiose writing of the author yet it did contain quite a few gems, highlighting the symbolism of it especially during the US expansionist times...