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I just read Patriotic Fire by Winston Groom. It's a history of the battle of New Orleans during the war of 1812. The book follows Andrew Jackson during the conflict and while I enjoyed it immensely, but a great deal of it was sourced to other authors. Still, he manages to frame the battle and its aftermath, which I knew almost nothing about, in a straightforward and understandable way.
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I also just finished The Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessan Boyle. The book is about the intersecting lives of two families in modern day S. California - one wealthy and the other illegal aliens. This book could have been great but you could see the gears at work. This is the part where we're suppossed to laugh, this is sad part. Boyle's dialogue sounded like forced political speech. Still, it's a book dealing with a very modern topic and it held my interest. I wouldn't recommend it for the story however. Also let me be immodest and say I have the best username in this forum.
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Nov 16, 2006 07:54
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