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Barriers Burned Away

Published in Hardcover by Native American Books Distributor (2007-12-28)

Author: Edward P. Roe

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A great first effort by America's greatest popular author.

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 1999-01-15

Roe was a chaplain and war correspondent during the Civil War. After the Chicago fire, he was moved to write this stirring account of that tragedy. The conflict between the two main characters is more mezmerizing than the fire! This is an outstanding book by my favorite author.

Truly one of the best christian novels I've read

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 1997-05-19

I'm a huge fan of Charles Sheldon. I read this book by E.P. Roe and was taken aback by how great it was, it rivaled Mr Sheldon's works in every way. If you enjoy reading religious novels you'll love this one

Historical-Romantic novel centered on Chicago Fire.

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 1997-02-11

Barriers Burned Away was the first novel by E. P. Roe (1838-1888), who later bacame the most popular American novelist of his day. As with most of his novels, the plot is built on an actual historical event: in this case, the Chicago Fire. The book was originally published in 1873, and has remained in print for over 120 years. A movie based on the book was made in the early 1930's

America's Greatest Popular Author

Helpful Votes: 5 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 1998-01-20

Edward Payson Roe served as a chaplain and war correspondent for the Union army during the civil war. A prominent clergyman in upstate New York, he was deeply troubled by the events of the Chicago fire. Although never having actually seen the tragedy, Roe creates a moving fictional account of the events during and following the fire. The majority of the novel, however, is spent on the most fascinating portion of the book -- a tale of two brilliant but unknown artists: Dennis, a young man of faith, and Christine, the worldly daughter of a skeptic. Although one might naturally assume that the terrible fire would be the climax of the story, the true climax takes place much earlier in the book as the two main charaters draw closer and closer to the inevitable collision of their disparate upbringings. 'Barriers Burned Away' is, by no means, Roe's best novel, but for a first effort it is truly remarkable. Roe's books are like buried treasure. By all means, search for them. They have the power to change their readers' lives. - - Monte Wilson

BREAST CANCER The Little Book of Hope

Published in Hardcover by Giannini Press, Distributor BookMasters.com (2008-03-31)

Author: Joyce Giannini

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Heart Felt

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-06-26

What an inspirational read! The author Joyce Giannini shares her personal trials and triumphs with her own battle with breast cancer. I can highly recommend this book as it will bring comfort, support, and even a few laughs with it.

Inspirational!

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-06-16

This book is an inspirational journey. It is truly "the little book of hope". A warm tone and honest approach makes it an easy to read very helpful. This book helped me change my way of thinking to a strong and positive direction. This book is a must have for anyone going needing a little help getting through a tough time. Thanks Joyce!!!

This Book - A Breast Cancer Buddy

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-06-14

I am a double mastectomy survivor. Reading Ms. Giannini's book felt like having a close friend hold my hand through the whole experience, from diagnosis through surgery. The book is written in a warm, engaging style, from the perspective of a woman who is able to walk you through the entire breast cancer journey with wit, wisdom, compassion, intelligence and humor. If you have breast cancer, or know anyone who does, this book will bring comfort, grace, and perhaps even a smile, during this time of trial. It has my highest recommendation.

A personal story of surviving breast cancer

Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2008-06-14

When I was going through a divorce, I clung to stories of others who had been divorced and were now ok and getting on with their lives. Joyce's personal story of how she survived breast cancer is very poignant and full of personal revelations. It is also filled with some good, solid, medical information and other helpful facts about keeping one's self-esteem intact. If I had breast cancer I would feel very comforted reading Joyce's story. It is well written and told with love and humor and does not indulge in self-pity.

A C language implementation of the SRO (Murdock) detector / analyzer (SuDoc I 19.76:87-158)

Published in Unknown Binding by U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey Books and Open-File Reports Section, distributor] (1991)

Author: James N. Murdock

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Delightful browsing

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-11-12

This is NOT an etymological reference work (for which I recommend Ayto), but rather a mentally stimulating 300 pages for browsing.

Don't expect to find a particular word and don't try to read it all at once. Instead, keep it by the bedside or in the car and read a page or two when you have a spare minute.

It's a bit dated, and some entries are obscure or unfamiliar, but Harry Potter fans will delight to find such words as basilisk and mandrake.

There are many such non-academic books on the stories of word origins, but this one among many has somehow captured my preference. The balance of etymology and history provides many delightful little ah-hah! moments of new insights and connections.

This is best illustrated by example:

I just now randomly opened the book to page 58, where we learn that the bird 'canary' is indeed from the Canary Islands, which are so named in Pliny the Elder's account of the journey, in 40 B.C., of Juba, the Mauritanian chief, through the Pillars of Hercules (Gibraltar Strait) to an island overrun with dogs which he named Canaria, Latin for 'Island of Dogs' (canine).

In the next 3 pages one learns (in much greater detail):

The Latin 'cancelli', for lattice, gave us the word 'cancel' from the appearance of hash marks in the days before erasers (whose usage gave us the noun 'rubber').

Roman candidates for public office wore white as a sign of purity (like brides today), so 'candidatus' (clothed in white) gave us candidate, candor, and candid.

When Christopher Columbus landed in Cuba, the people explained they were Canibales, a dialectal pronunciation of Caribes, from which we get cannibal and Caribbean.

'Canopy' comes from the Greek konops, mosquito, for the purpose of the net it held.

One 'canters' on a horse when riding leisurely toward CANTERbury Cathedral for a picnic at the grave of Thomas a Becket, who was murdered in 1170 by his pal, King Henry II.

'Canvas' comes from the Latin for hemp, cannabis.

'Caper' and 'caprice' describe the antics of goats, the Latin for which is 'capra' (Capricorn). Elsewhere he explains how the leap of a goat, cabriolet in Latin, gave us 'cab', with taxi (like tax) indicating the necessity of paying a toll.

That's a summary of just three pages. A different sort of example from page 203 describes the amphibian once called an efeta and still today called an 'eft' in some regions. By tonal similarity, this became eveta. Since v and u were written the same, it became eueta. Just as 'due' sounds like 'dew', it became ewta, then ewte. Finally, the 'n' migrated, so that 'an ewte' became 'a newt'.

If you've read this far and enjoyed it, you'll like this book. Otherwise, forget it.

It's uncanny how often these factoids subsequently turn up in conversation or on Jeopardy the very same week you read it.

Lots of fun and entertating

Helpful Votes: 2 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2001-07-08

I reviewed this book a few years ago but now that I have lived with it I think it is interesting and fun to read. The origin of many idioms and phrases is entertaining.

I've wanted my own copy for years and years

Helpful Votes: 22 out of 23 total.
Review Date: 2000-08-26

Today I again wished I still had access to THEREBY HANGS A TALE. I had read most of it years ago while staying with a friend and have missed its delightful insights into how our language grows and changes. Each word's origin is explained with great humor and insight. This time, however, instead of just feeling blue for not having it, I searched Amazon.com [bless them and their search engine] and by golly, Ollie, I found it. I can't wait to lay eyes and mind again on its wondrous pages. If you don't already love words and their deeper meanings, this may stimulate you into a grand new experience with one of life's simple pleasures.

You can learn something while reading for fun

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2005-03-28

I have always loved to explore word origins, which is why I love this book. While many of the origins are what you would expect, there are a few gems whose origin is most unusual. The word origins also show what a mongrel the English language is, with words developed using input from every corner of Europe, the Islamic areas of North Africa and Asia and even as far away as British India. It was fascinating to learn how so many of our words had a different form in one language and was altered two or three times before reaching the final form that we know today. I strongly recommend this to anyone interested in word origins or who just wants to learn something while doing some recreational reading.

Casi el Paraiso

Published in Paperback by Hispanic Book Distributors Inc (1986-02)

Author: Luis Spota

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THE GREATEST BOOK BY SPOTA

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 1998-01-16

THE BEST NOVEL BY THE ONLY DECENT POLITICAL WRITER MEXICO'S EVER HAD. A GREAT, BITING BOOK THAT MAKES MEXICO LOOK LIKE THE DUMNBEST PLACE ON EARTH, AND IT IS.

One of the very best books of Luis Spota

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 1997-07-15

Luis Spota is one of the best Mexican writers. He really describes how Mexico is. He's especially accurate in the portrait of the Mexican politicians. I reccomend "Lo de Antes" to anybody that wants to feel what it means to live in a third world country

An excellent book about Mexican society in 50`s

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 1996-08-29

This book is a novel to describe the Mexican society of the middle 50's and is very good to make out the Mexican non-written rules of the financial-politic world. I also suggest "Paraiso 25" the same people 25 years later!.

Almost Paradise, but...

Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2001-02-02

After the Revolution in Mexico, a new ruling class comes to power and money. Most of it is composed of people of humble origins, newly rich. Set in the middle of the "Mexican Miracle" of the 50's, the novel is an unforgiving account of corruption and the grose behavior of these naive yet ambitious and mean ruling class. An Italian handsome man, son of a prostitute, becomes a gigolo, specialized in rich old turists who give him money and are cheated, in exchange for good sex. With an American woman, he comes to Mexico, under the name of Prince Ugo Conti. His good looks and polished manners make him the "babe" of this snobbish and pretentious society, who swallow all the tale about his bieng a Prince. The utter stupidity and repellent social climbing of the rich and politically connected people takes him up the ladder, until the end. This is a fantastic mock and critique of those years, not at all gone by, in Mexico. Spota is cruel and mean to cruel and mean people. They all get just what they deserve in this social satire. Funny, dark-humored and rewarding, these novel should be translated to many languages. For stupidity, snobbism, ambition and self-delusion are no exclusive property of any particular society.

Como Ganar Amigos E Influir Sobre Las Personas, Edicion Revisada/How to Win Friends and Influence People

Published in Paperback by Giron Spanish Book Distributors (1986-06)

Author: Dale Carnegie

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How to Win Friends & Influence People

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2003-03-10

The book I read is How to Win Friends and Influence People, written by Dale Carnegie. One of the really interesting things about this book is that in the front cover on the book there is a section called "Nine Suggestions on How to Get the Most Out of This Book," (p. xx1-xxv) I think that this is a great thing to have in a self help book because when I first picked up the book I was thinking "How in the world will remember all of this about people?"

One of the great things I remember about this book is, "...that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound on any language." (p. 83) this is no the theme, but then again if you learn this and many other principles in this book you will reach the theme of this book yourself and agree. I think that the theme of the book is if you improve yourself then you will improve your quality of life and everyone's around you. I now really agree with this theme. I agree with it this theme because for years I never did any of the things talked about in this book and my life really [was bad]. I could not talk to people or deal with people well at all.
I would recommend this book to anyone who would like to improve themselves, their life, or improve relationships with just about anyone they know. This is one the first and best books of its kind. It has helped me and many of my associates.

How to Win Friends & Influence People

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2003-03-10

One of the great things I remember about this book is, "...that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound on any language." (p. 83) this is no the theme, but then again if you learn this and many other principles in this book you will reach the theme of this book yourself and agree. I think that the theme of the book is if you improve yourself then you will improve your quality of life and everyone's around you. I now really agree with this theme. I agree with it this theme because for years I never did any of the things talked about in this book and my life really[...]. I could not talk to people or deal with people well at all.
I would recommend this book to anyone who would like to improve themselves, their life, or improve relationships with just about anyone they know. This is one the first and best books of its kind. It has helped me and many of my associates.

Immediate Motivation

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2001-03-01

This book offers a lot of motivation, because besides inviting you to practice what you have read already, the changes of people's attitude they can also be seen that surrounds you as well as in yourself immediately.

Create Irresistible Positive Feedback for Virtuous Success

Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2004-09-22

As a management consultant, I am always asking our clients and potential clients what their major issues are. It almost always boils down to persuading someone else to change. In many situations, the person describes the situation as getting worse rather than better.

As I ask more questions, I soon learn that the person I am talking to is totally thinking about the issue from her or his perspective, not the perspective of the person they want to influence. Carnegie describes a situation where he and his son couldn't get a calf into the barn. They pushed and pulled, and nothing worked. A maid came out, stuck her finger into the calf's mouth to simulate feeding and the calf followed her right into the barn.

As you can tell from that example, Carnegie is a student of the stimulus-response school of human behavior. The book is divided into four sections: Handling People; Getting People to Like You; Getting People to Agree with You; and Being a Leader. Each section is comprised of a few principles, which are each exemplified in a short chapter with a number of examples. Handling people has to do with avoiding the negative and unpleasant, appreciating the other person, and making the other person eager to accomplish some goal of their own.

Each section follows the same format. Basically, it's the same way that you train any living being. You provide positive feedback to the person which makes them feel better, the person responds positively to you making you feel better, you then help the other person to link what you want to share with them with something they want.

Many people will be offended by this idea. I have long studied that reaction and find that it relates to one of two basic assumptions: (1) the decision to act should be based on the objective merits (if I deal with emotions, I am being manipulative) or (2) I want you to acknowledge that I am right, that you are wrong, and that I am superior to you because I am right. Both of those perspectives get in the way of establishing warm human relationships. If you would rather do things without emotion, your life will be very dull. If you would always like to be right, you will be very lonely (even if you really are right).

Let's look at a more fundamental question. Can these techniques be used for questionable purpoes? Probably, is my answer. However, at some point, the person's manipulative game will be found out. See Robert Cialdini's book, Influence, on what happens to smugglers of influence over time.

The best results will come from those who have integrity and are principled. They and everyone else can see that they are pursuing something with another person that is in the best interests of that person, and that there are no hidden agendas. Here is where I think Carnegie is a little weak. You get the impression from the book that hidden agendas are okay. My experience is that all agendas should be totally upfront. Don't pretend you are trying to help someone, when all you are trying to do is sell them something they don't need. Do encourage them to get the information they need to make a good decision for themselves about your idea, product, or service. Leave the whole circumstance with a stronger, more trustworthy relationship than you started with. That's how I interpret the Dale Carnegie principles.

If you really would like to get better results in your human relationships, this book is essential reading. To skip this book would be like skipping reading and arithmetic in grade school. It contains essential tools that everyone needs to understand. Since these things are seldom taught in schools, this is a good place to start.

Modern gurus of human relationships and effectiveness like Stephen Covey and Tony Robbins have a substantial debt to Dale Carnegie. If you read all of them, you will tend to reinforce your new habits. I like the Covey and Robbins approaches as a complement to Carnegie, because both authors focus on having principles at the center of what you do. That will help reduce the risk of turning Carnegie into techniques that lead to suboptimal results, instead of a mutually reinforcing virtuous cycle for everyone.

Researchers consistently show that success in many fields (such as business, politics, and teaching) is very closely related to one's social skills. Many people will work very hard to be more successful, but skimp on the relationship aspects. That's a mistake. Work on the relationships first.

Enjoy having easier interactions with others, having more friends, being more influential on important subjects, being more open to being influenced by others, and leading where it needs doing!

Computer Lib/Dream Machines

Published in Paperback by Distributors (1974-06)

Author: Theodor H. Nelson

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Steal this book! Then sell it to me.

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2001-04-25

I discovered this book while working at Microsoft. They have 3 copies! It is the most profound book on computer systems, information networks and how to become a literate computer user/advocate ever written. If you find a copy I will pay top dollar for it!

Dated classic, well worth reading

Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2002-12-12

When the first self-published edition came out in 1974, Ted Nelson's two-sided classic about the current and wished-for state of computers-as-cultural-tool had the memetic impact of a big ol' 2 x 4 to the forehead on the few who read it.

In an era when IBM dominated the industry, and the best most social critics could come up with vis-a-vis computers was an incoherent babble about punch cards and Big Brother, it revealed a side of computing few had seen, and dared to dream about knowledge-sharing networks and graphic interfaces.

In 1989, I bought two dozen copies of this book (Microsoft Press edition). I gave some copies to friends, but most went to my co-workers at a small home-PC company. It was a coolness test. People who talked about it, who GOT it, I had hope for. Those who didn't get it, or scoffed, I marked as duffers. Alas, this included many of the company's higher ups.

Why only four stars for what was once an utterly invaluable tome, a source of inspiration, a shining literary beacon of hope? Mostly because much of what Computer Lib / Dream Machines advocated has come to pass (albeit in ways that Nelson would probably not prefer). Partially because the battle to complete the job has moved into other spheres: Legal, commercial, and the nitty-gritty work of actual product creation.

If you see a copy, or either edition, BUY IT.

A bona fide computer culture classic

Helpful Votes: 8 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2000-02-01

Theodor Nelson is an academic and computer visionary who is generally credited with creating the term "hypertext" in 1965. While hypertext had been conceived of as early as the 1940s, Nelson was the first to construct it within the context of the emerging computer technologies of the 1960s and 70s as a new mode of publication.

The word "visionary" gets thrown around quite a bit when one talks about computers and the Internet: Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos ... all visionaries. And then you read this book, which originally appeared in the 1970s, based on ideas Nelson developed in the 1960s, and you discover what visionary really means.

Dream Machines is a bona fide computer culture classic; it is shocking that such an influential and important book is out of print.

inspirational

Helpful Votes: 9 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 1999-09-10

Ted Nelson has given us a vision. The vision, and this book itself describe a paradox: quaint and futuristic at the same time. It's two books in one cover, and it's easy to pick up and read at any point. Bring it back in print so more can enjoy it! This author coined the term "hypertext", and describes a universe slightly parallel to ours, where the WorldWideWeb is known as Xanadu, where electronic documents are linked and not embedded; where authors could receive monetary credit for citations or purchases. My copy of this book is from the Microsoft Press reprints in the 80's. I still fondle it often. It's one of those books that get stolen from your bookshelf, or you leave on the table for months. I find the author can explain computer science and computer graphics in simple, fun terms. This book is a classic computer book, and it explains the wonder and the pleasure that some people get from computers in a wildly creative way. It's a love story, it's a "punk hacker" story, it's a tragedy. The source code to xanadu has been released this year, revitalizing the questions raised in this book. Not everyone will agree with Ted Nelson, but I think this is a great book.

Dental assistant, advanced

Published in Unknown Binding by Naval Publications and Forms Center [distributor] (1990)

Author: Jeanne L Vitt

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Not as good as Hitler Moves east but still nice

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2000-05-15

Tells the odissey of the 2nd phase of the invasion of Russia, and, altough not as interesting as the 1rst phase (the invasion and the failure at Moscow), the Germans keep giving the Russians a hard time, untill their horrendous defeat at Kursk. The very best on both books is the soldier's letters and comments, that places you right in the front.

Excellent account of unmitigated disaster.

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 1999-09-19

Second volume of Carell's detailed account of the hideous conflict between Germans and Russians in the second world war. The Russians lost and lost and lost, but won. They lost 20 million souls. They prevailed.

Scorched Earth The Russian-German War 1943-1944

Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2000-02-13

This has to be one of the best books ever written on the Russian-German War. Paul Carell has a way of making you feel like you were there with the troops. Very hard to put down. I have read this book twice, and will read it somemore

A view of the Russian Front from a front-line perspective

Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 1999-07-17

Paul Carrell's book covers the war in Russia from the end of 1942 (post-Stalingrad)to the collapse of Army Group Center in mid-1944. The book is written from the German perspective but is intermixed with Soviet history sources and accounts. The book deals with important battles and retreats of the German armies from an individual perspective. Reading the book will make the reader truly visualize what the landsehr and the panzer forces of the German armies dealt with in trying to resist the great Soviet juggernaut. While the book may ignore attrocities and other low points of the Great War now amply covered elsewhere, it gives the reader a fascinating perspective on the war in Russia, where contrary to popular belief in the U.S., WW II was really fought. An excellent read all in all.

Distribution Inventory Management

Published in Hardcover by Natl Assn of Wholesale Distributors (1988-06)

Author: Gordon Graham

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Excellent Book

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2004-03-28

As a consultant that works with distributors on inventory management I can highly recommend this book.
bob@smarterdistribution.com

Strong Inventory Management Pricipals

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2001-01-19

Our company sells a software product in Minneapolis, that is on Gordon's list of recommended softwares. I have been implementing his principals in distribution companies since the mid 1980's. His pricipals work! Customer service increases as inventory levels become more accurate and therefore sales increase. Inventory levels may drop as you get rid of excess inventory.

His book explains these principals in a clear and easy to understand manner. If you are in distribution, you need to look at this!

Certainly a must read for distribution inventory managers.

Helpful Votes: 12 out of 12 total.
Review Date: 1997-11-10

Gordon Graham brings his quick wit, and common sense approach to distribution inventory. His book gives the reader a wide variety of approach methods, formulas, procedures, and thought process for use in distribution inventory. Even the most experienced inventory manager would be irresponsible by ignoring this work. With Graham's casual matter of fact manner, and obvious self confidence in inventory practices that have proven themselves time and again the reader is quickly exposed to at least one method of approach to serving the customer, and the bottom line with equal respect and care.

Strong Inventory Management Pricipals

Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2001-01-19

His book explains these principals in a clear and easy to understand manner. If you are in distribution, you need to look at this!

Drug Information Handbook for Dentistry, 2001-2002

Published in Paperback by Rittenhouse Book Distributors Inc. (2001-08-15)

Authors: Richard L. Wynn, Timothy F. Meiller, and Harold L. Crossley

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Reference for every dentist

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2006-11-10

This excellent reference should be on the desk on every practicing dentist. It provides concise useful information on pharmaceuticals and their interactions with dental anesthetics and epinepherine.

A real sleep stealer

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 13 total.
Review Date: 1999-11-17

For action packed info this is the book for you

Excellent reference book

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 1999-03-24

This is an easy-to-use and small-enough-to-handle volume for the dental professional. It is alphabetically arranged by brand name and generic name--no need to first look in an index. The information is concise and is directly related to drug interactions and dental treatment, especially dental anesthetics. Very good book to have handy in the dental office.

Clinician's Review

Helpful Votes: 5 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2002-07-07

I've used 4 different drug reference books including the PDR. For the Clinical Dentist this is the best one I've ever used. The pertinent information the dentist needs is concveiently written in red. There are other very useful chapters in the back of the book. Excellent choice.

The family of John Pike of Newbury, Massachusetts (some descendants), 1635-1995

Published in Hardcover by A.R. Pike [distributor] (1995)

Author: Allen Raymond Pike

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Excellent detail on Pike and allied lines.

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Review Date: 1999-03-14

Very well written and documented history of the Pike lines stemming from John Pike who came over from England in 1635 and settled in MA. His lines spread mainly through New England and the book covers twelve generations. A genealogy of this type will be of interest primarily to those who have the Pike name in their ancestry. However, if one is starting to prepare a published account of a member of their line, this is an excellent source for study and how to organize material. It is a large book, some 875 pages. However,it is well done and attractive. There is a significant amount of information here that may prove to be of immense value. Different typing fonts are used very effectively in high lighting names, dates, and lines of decent. In many cases, short biographies of numerous individuals are given. This adds an unusual slant and offers an insite into the lives of the people discussed. Wills are reproduced where available and in several cases weddings are described. An appendix is attached and gives family lines for allied groups which tie into the Pike line. Examples are the Carr, French, Bradbury, Plummer, Stockman, Cutts, Worth, Bloomfield, True, Fletcher and Coolidge families. An excellent bibliography is given along with a complete every-name index. Mr. Allen R. Pike is to commended for assembling this material into a usuable and interesting form. It had to be a monumental effort and the result is an exceptional addition to the family history library.

This book is the most comprehensive known summary of John 1.

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Review Date: 1999-03-14

The book begins with John 1 Pike arriving in America in 1635 and proceeds to share with us twelve generations of the descendants, along with excerpts from some of the more well known Pike personalities. The author, a tireless searcher of the past, gives us a well sourced, factual genealogical look at one of the more important families of Newbury, MA, and Woodbridge, NJ. Along the way there are real life stories of our ancestors, telling us what life was like in the past, that we might more fully be able to comprehend the joys of living today. You will know the thrill of hearing one of your ancestors tell you about his or her struggles and then as you share that joy with other new found cousins you will be blessed again. This book is truly a classic which will bring joy to countless generation in the future. It is well indexed and contains the names of other Pike Family members researching other lines. The author has given us a base to build a more complete genealogy of the Pike Family. With 800 plus pages and thousands of persons at your fingertips you will soon be wanting to add your ancestors and descendants to his lists. You then can pass this on as a gift to the future. Thanks to Allen for the thousands of hours of labor he has given to our family.

Excellent book on a Pike family and relatives.

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 1999-04-12

In 1635, at the age of 62, John Pike embarked from Southampton, England to Suffolk, Massachusetts with two grown sons and three daughters. This book looks at their descendants who, after 14 generations, have spread through the United States from the shores of New England to the Gulf Coast and to the Pacific Ocean, covering over 350 years. Families are organized and presented within generations. Brief family histories and individual biographies add greatly to the well-presented family group and personal information. The author's personal insights and explanations increase the book's value and understanding. The index includes some 14,000 names. (Genealogical Helper, May-June 1997, p.198)

Definitive work for all Pikes to trace their geneology

Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 1999-03-15

The ansestors of John Pike of Newbury, Massachusetts owe a debt of gratitude to Allen R. Pike for the substance, content and joy contained in his book. He strikes out from the first ship's manifests, journals, wills, deeds and letters of John and his family upon their arrival and generation by generation builds upon the family story and connection.

Included in this line are: Major Robert Pike, whose force of personality and logical defenses finally put an end to the public madness known as the Salem witch trials; General Zebulon Montgomery Pike, known for his exploration of the southern reaches of the Louisana Purchase lands at the same time that Lewis and Clark explored the north; he who was to discover Pike's Peak in Colorado, the mountain top that provided the inspiration for the song "America" and which provided the early settlers traveling east with a beacon and a slogan "Pike's Peak or Bust"; or there was General Albert Pike, commander in the Confederate army, who resigned his commission rather than carry out an order to enlist the Indians to attack the Union army and he who later became the most celebrated Freemason and whose statue stands at the corner of Third and Indiana Streets in Washington DC.

Family members and historians seeking to know and understand the impact of an early American family on the shaping of the country will find many samples in the stories of the men and women of this family. While not a narrative per se, tracing the lines from generation to generation gives a great account of the forces at work and the personalities.

Decendants should take to heart the importance of keeping a record of the accomplishments and notable accounts of their family members for archive and future studies of the family heritage.

Marshall Pike, Acting Sec.-Treas., Pike Family Association of America