( 5 reviews )
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Posted: Apr 20 2009
This is a wonderful, emotional read that struck me as did the movie, Field of Dreams. It evokes and recalls every man's personal father/son relationship. The story is woven through the historical facts of the day also making it a history lesson from the eyes of a young name, and not a reporting network. It is a book that you'll read (at least) again.
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Posted: Oct 8 2006
From its spare Hemingwayesque sentence structure to its Grisham like page turning courtroom drama this is a story that resonates.Anyone who has had an adolescence can identify with the central character. Anyone with a sense of history will be absorbed by the ensuing drama. And,as a bonus, in the enjoyable process of reading this wonderful book we get to learn something about a relatively unknown freedom fighter. A thoroughly enjoyable book. Highly recommended.
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Posted: Aug 15 2006
A surprising and an engaging story. The skill in developing the main character, Roy Harrison, is marvelous --I saw everything through his eyes, I listened to his comments, I felt the people and the events through him. I was delighted and rewarded with plenty of wonderful details and dialogue. The book communicated a sense of sadness and pensiveness, of terror and courage, and perseverance,... along with an underlying serious purpose of cultural history. A very fine and captivating book.
