Boone Books

Love the book. But I sure do miss seeing Boone paying for the mariners

Kingdom Come is the deepest , most incredibly ,touching and dramatic book I have ever read. I was Laurie and my husband was Ben and we were lost together without each other, just as they were. I read the book to him and we laughed and cried and sighed together. All I can say is that it was perfect.

I ordered this book because of Doris Day as we share a love of animals. I now know my ability to communicate with horses & dogs can be increased and why we should learn along with our animals to enjoy creation. I have ordered another one to give as a give as I know the joy I found in awakening my inner being and how we can connect to all living things.This is a love story with a very happy ending!
Barbara Ann Bishop
Queensland Australia

A good story is all about interesting characters doing interesting things, and that's exactly what you'll find in Laurel Grove. Not having read Pamela Boone Miller's first novel, I can't compare this "Return to Rebel's Crossing" with its predecessor, but I can certainly say I enjoyed my visit to Laurel Grove immensely. The location is a quaint Southern town destined to see triumph and tragedy in the months following the end of World War I. Romance, betrayal, villainy, jealousy, murder - all these and more come calling on the Southern gentry who populate this work of historical fiction. Modeled somewhat on the town of Newton, North Carolina, the novel represents the author's attempt to recreate the lives of those who lived during this era. As a life long Tar Heel and a student of Southern history and culture, I could not help but be intrigued by such a novel, but I daresay you don't have to be a Southerner to find yourself captivated with the extraordinary lives of everyone you meet in this beautifully realistic setting.

The story is centered on the Knollwood family, but one could say the whole town is one extended family whose roots extend deeply into the past. Here, as in the entire South, the past is never truly past (and certainly never forgotten) - as old rivalries, snubs, rejections, and deceitful acts have a way of bubbling up into the present. In terms of the themes, there's an almost Faulknerian quality to it all. You have, for instance, Quin Knollwood, a rebellious young lady who somewhat impulsively marries an older man she really didn't know in the wake of a whirlwind courtship, a man who turned out to have quite a history back in Laurel Grove. She knows her husband was run out of town once upon a time, but she has no idea of the real story, one which intimately involves her own mother and father. When she finally returns home with her new husband, she sets in motion a series of events that disrupt and threaten to tear apart her family and indeed much of the town.

Love and marriage also prove difficult for young Kate Knollwood, who finds her longtime sweetheart a very changed man upon his return from the battlefields of Europe. Despite her own misgivings (and surprisingly warm feelings for another young man, one who was wounded in body but not in spirit during the war), she marries her sweetheart, hoping that her love can lift him out of his depression. The marriage, however, is a true nightmare that leaves Kate mortified and ultimately afraid of her husband. Vince Knollwood, for his part, seems to find real happiness in a local lass, but even this river of love does not run smoothly. His own brother is also interested in young Victoria, and the young lady's mother bears an old grudge against the Knollwoods, for personal as well as socioeconomic reasons.

That's only a taste of all the intrigues, revelations, and dangerous powder kegs that define the course of life in 1919-1920 Laurel Grove. With such a fascinating, complex story and a myriad of unforgettable characters, Laurel Grove pulls you right into the lives of this historically rich Southern town. If you're like me, you can't really identify with the wealthy lifestyle of the Knollwoods and their friends, but you cannot help but come to know many of the individual characters quite intimately, for the author paints them in the most realistic of colors. Being an old-fashioned kind of guy, I was particularly delighted by the traditional form of romance that defined some of the love stories here. Quin, not surprisingly, is a young lady ahead of her time when it comes to sexual mores, but the Victorian character of the love between Vince and Victoria, for example, is most refreshing.

From the author's attempts to accurately depict the society and culture of the era to the suspense of murderous intrigue and revenge to the old-fashioned romances that take root in the hearts of young lovers, Laurel Grove really has something for everyone. It's a thoroughly delightful novel.

This is, without doubt, probably one of the best introductions to anthropology produced in recent years. Firstly, style: the author is witty and uncondescending. He treats the reader with respect. Secondly, content: the book is a work of synthesis but it is, simultaneosly, a work of great originality. Kuper links social anthropology to evolutionary anthropology in important and subtle ways. Recent trends in cultural anthropology - in particular the postmodern variety - have presented human beings in such a rarified way you would wonder sometimes if the planet itself was necessary for their existence. Culture has been conceived by this misguided trend as some kind of evanescent noosphere with no connection with materiality. Kuper is a wonderful antidote to this. On the other hand, his work is equally a powerful critique of the misguided trend known as `sociobiology'. In short, a wonderful subtle journey between the Scylla of biological reductionism and the Charbadis of idealist relativism. I very strongly recommend this book to all: specialists and general reader alike. It is yet another text in what is turning into something of renaissance of `Social' anthropology (one thinks of the work of Carrithers and Ingold as well.

Any fan of hunting big game will relish the short stories from the Boone and Crockett Awards, LEGENDARY HUNTS. It packs in over forty such tales recounting adventures hunting North American big game trophies: all appeared in the Awards books and were handpicked for their uniquely stellar descriptions, so expect lots of emotion, excitement and hunting insights, here.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

I checked this book out at the library. It's my favorite craft book, and I've seen a lot. It shows you how to make a whole lot of neat pioneer crafts. You'll like this book!

This book is a wonderful assessment of relational therapy and living in community with people who think or behave differently than yourself. All of us live in the "border" around someone who is behaving in ways that we seek to understand. This book gives hope and encouragement and also helps us to realize that we too have a responsibility to "clean up" our own "borders". Very Easy Reading!

This is an excellent introduction and travel guide to the southern states in and around the Mississippi delta region. It covers Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee along with information on towns and cities such as New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and many more.

I recently had the opportunity to travel through most of the region covered in the travel guide - before the hurricane in 2004. I drove my car (from Toronto) down through Louisville and into Tennessee, then on to Alabama, Mississippi, making a loop through New Orleans, going north through Louisiana to Baton Rouge and departing the delta into Texas at Shreveport, taking the interstate to Dallas. This whole delta region is a very unusual region. I was intrigued by the vast areas of swamps in southern Louisiana and the elevated interstate highways. These are constructed like continuous bridges elevated above the swamps. This region contains many beautiful southern farms and forests. I was a bit disappointed by New Orleans and think it is a bit over hyped as a tourist destination and it has a reputation of being a bit dangerous after dark. Having said that it does have its own charm, cooking, and unique culture, and it is probably the most interesting spot to visit in this area. It is a city that one does not want to skip.

The book is an excellent and a very well balanced guide. I was pleasantly surprised to use this book as a guide and resource. It has lots of photographs, maps, descriptions of things to see, places of interest, local culture including southern cooking, and more. The book has many things that communicate the unique lifestyle, history, and culture of the region and it makes for an excellent travel reference. All you need is this book and a book of state highways or download a Yahoo trip planner that gives driving instructions. I prefer the map book that are typically 8.5" x 11" that have one state map per page plus the overall intersate guide at the front.

The guide has the usual lists of hotels and restaurants, but I booked my rooms by the internet or just stayed a local places as I found them by car. Book your city hotels in advance. New Orleans and Memphis are sometimes very busy. In any case the restaurant guide is good.

Good buy and I highly recommend.

Daniel Boone is a man lost in legend, "Mythologised heyond recognition". His true story is certainly more incredible and indeed astonishing than anything fiction could dream up. Even in his own lifetime he was feted for his incredible abilities.

Boone's abilities were apparent from his earliest childhood in mid-eighteenth century pioneer America. He had an uncanny sense of direction and ability to find his way around. He kept moving west through Kentucky to Missouri and even went as far as Yellowstone Lake on one trip. Yet despite opening up vast new territories for new settlers he died without owning an acre of land. In that time he had worked with and fought against the Indians, served with the American's in the War of Independence, narrowly missing being captured, and seen at least two of his children killed before their time.

I loved this biography by Elliot. I felt he really stripped back the layers of myth, carefully weighing up different accounts and the veracity of them while telling his story. The result is a small insight into the private life of a private man as well as his amazing public acts. I often wondered if Diana Gabaldon read this biography when working on her Outlander series, or maybe she had a Daniel Boone-ish sort of character in mind to base her character of Jamie on when he reached America.