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I only paid 60 cents in a used bookstore for this piece of tripe, but figured I used to live in Texas and like political stories, so ..... Then, I found the book so bad, so ridiculous I had to keep going to make sure it would be on my list of real stinkers. It is. Just because you write for films, doesn't make you an author. The writing was not bad, but I would suggest Mr. Richardson pay someone to give him a decent plot. Additionally, the stereotype description of Texas and its citizens is quite insulting - very Hollywood. So it's been sold and will be made into yet another bad movie. It is really a shame and I did not find it "fun" or "enjoyable" because it was not good satire, it was just plain awful.

You can be sure if this guy keeps writing (I see it did write another which sounds even worse), I won't be reading and anyone who has good taste should avoid his books as well.

This book isn't much more than a novelized screenplay -- kind of a "Cape Fear" in a political setting -- and I can't recommend it to anyone. But for those questioning its credibility: a state Senate candidate in Tennessee has just been charged with the murder of his opponent, a heavily favored incumbent who was killed on his farm. The parallels pretty much stop there, but it's still eerie.

It was intelligent, slick, and fast-paced. I couldn't believe the nerve of the Shakespeare McCann character! Even though I hated McCann, I could hardly wait to see what he would do next!!! I loved this book!! Thank you Mr. Richardson for your ability to provide characterizations and descriptions succinctly, yet still give the reader a clear picture of the events as they unfolded. You are a wonderful storyteller.

I am amused by some of the negative reviews which accuse this book of being too outlandish and unbelievable. I love to read, and when I pick up a book I want to be entertained. Reality checks are not a prerequisite. And there is a lot in this book that outrageously defies reality. Which is why it is so much fun to read. I zipped through this book, laughing out loud (which made my poor husband believe I had gone over the edge). Shakespeare McCann is so unbelievably evil you almost gotta love him. (I see Jack Nicholson playing him in the movie, if it is made). I don't think the author expects anyone to take this book as a serious indictment of our political system. This is pure and simple entertainment. To take it seriously is to ruin the fun. Just read it for the sheer enjoyment of a good yarn.

This book was an easy read and highly entertaining. Unfortunately there is no credibility. The antics that take place here could never happen, the press would go crazy over a candidate with no past, the people seem too gullible, McCann never says anything of substance, and the death of Hammond...well, a reviewer below said it, there is no way he would have been out riding a horse instead of at campaign headquarters. It gets to be too much, but it still was highly entertaining.

Generational conflict in China as the country undergoes dramatic political and economic changes. As relevant today as yesterday in understanding the Chinese people.

I got this book in a timely fashion and am looking forward to reading it.

The Good Earth follows the life of a farmer by the name of Wang Lung as he suffers life's trials and successes to build a dynasty that will span through many generations.

Sons picks up where THE GOOD EARTH leaves off and opens on the end of Wang Lung's life as he prepares to die and his sons inherit his properties and possessions. As the story progresses Pearl Buck no longer refers to the sons by their names but instead begins to call them names based upon their character and occupation. The eldest son becomes known as Wang the landlord because he makes his living by renting out his father's lands. The second son becomes known as Wang the merchant because he makes his living as a merchant. The youngest son becomes known as Wang the Tiger as he becomes a soldier and War Lord. SONS contains aspects of all of their lives but in particular follows the life of Wang the Tiger.

In THE GOOD EARTH Wang Lung made his living upon the land, and it was very important that his land be protected. He had seen the fall of the great house of Hwang as the family had ceased to value the land and the sons had become spoiled little princes who spent their money on Opium, women and gambling. Wang Lung wanted his sons to value the land but then gave his sons everything his newly acquired wealth and position could afford, and they too became spoiled little princes who did not know the value of the land. He charged them fervently never to sell the land. Upon his death in the book SONS Wang Lung's son's almost immediately begin to sell off the land and go through the inheritance that their father had left to them.

As with most of Pearl Buck's books it is not so much what happens in the story as it is the development of the characters and their lives as they unfold that is of particular interest.
Wang the landlord became a fat, glutenous, gambling, womanizer who struggles to keep the money from flowing out twice as fast as it flows in. Wang the merchant becomes a wise shrewd merchant and does quite well financially but does not value the land as his father did. Wang the Tiger sets forth to become a War Lord, using his father's land to finance his armies. The book follows his life as he conquers different lands and then tries to retain control of them. Wang the Tiger has a soft heart for a war lord and finds injustice difficult to stomach. He realizes that the one thing he is missing are sons as his brothers have, so he marries and finds great joy when he has a son of his own and watches his son's growth into manhood. He wishes his son to follow in his footsteps and become a Lord of War, but the boy, while he is obedient in his training, lacks the desire to be as his father. Just as Wang the Tiger did not desire to be as his father but instead chose another path, it is obvious that Wang the Tiger's son will also choose to follow a different path.

While I am not sure of the exact time setting of this book, it is clear that it is a more recent time in history when China stands upon a threshold of change to the modern instead of the traditional. Pearl Buck does a wonderful job in this book as in all her books of showing us a picture of Chinese life and culture. The book doesn't have to 'move' quickly with lots of plot twists because her characters are so interesting and real that it holds the interest of the reader.

Sons is worth reading if you have read THE GOOD EARTH because you find out what happens in the lives of the characters with whom you already have a connection. Compared with Pearl Buck's other works I was not as impressed with this book but did find it interesting.

Book jacket says that this work, a follow on the moving and thoughtful The Good Earth, is written as a chinese novel, with its structure and approach. I found it very tedious, with constant repetition of events of daily lives, (how many feasts can one describe in a single book?). I think this is perhaps more of a scholars book now, i.e. one used to illustrate the chinese novel than one which holds interest, or illuminates human nature. Characters are quite formulaic and stylized.

Having thoroughly enjoyed The Good Earth, I was really looking forward to this sequel. This sequel traces the lives of Wang Lung's three sons. With all due respect to Ms. Buck, however, I found this book to be a disappointment. The characters here are not as vividly portrayed or interesting as the ones in The Good Earth -- the characters here appear more one-dimensional and less likeable, and it was hard to sympathize with their plight. The writing style seems to differ from that in The Good Earth as well. While the style in The Good Earth was vivid, colorful, poignant and moving, the writing style in this book appeared verbose and awkward. Some of the sections of the book were plain boring and difficult to read through. Overall, love the setting, general story and Pearl S. Buck, but be warned that this book is not exactly like The Good Earth in terms of style and character development.

I just stated reading the cowboys series, and
I loved Luke..MR.(by the way is a man ) Greenwood wrote a pge turner, I thought "Drew" was kind of a little boring , the story didn't really go any where untill the end.

I was very disappointed with this story. I thought Buck was a bore pouty boy, not a man and I thought Hannah rather stiff. I thought there was little to the story even outside of Buck and Hannah. I didn't even finish reading the book.

Chet is nowhere near Jake's standard. In Jake, I was led to believe that the oncoming books in the series would be just as good, if not, even better. Chet wasn't a page turner...I felt that Ms Greenwood could have exploited Melody's anger towards Chet's stubborn refusal to accept her...or further elaborated on the estrangement that existed between Chet and his brother, Luke. This could have lend the story with a bit more depth than just the superficial issues that were focused upon in Chet.

Ms Greenwood seems to have lost her touch after Jake. By far, Jake is still the greatest amongst the series.

The characters seemed to have fallen in love too easily. There is no challenge, no suspense, no excitement. The only highlight of the entire book was when Melody joined in with Chety's scheme to frighten of her enemy.

I would rather wait for Luke.

The book was a great continuation of the 3 other books in the cowboys series. I really enjoyed the first three and I can't wait for the rest of them to come out.

I have read the Seven Brides series and just finished the 3rd in the Cowboy series, Buck. I thought Buck and Hannah's story was riveting. In fact, I read the last 100 pages or so without putting the book down! Ms. Greenwood has a way of making the characters so real, with real feelings and emotions, such as Buck's struggle with feeling the Maxwells were not his "family" because they weren't blood, and his longing to find his "real" family. All 10 books I have read by this author have been thoroughly enjoying and I am ready to start the next one. I have enjoyed all 3 Cowboy books I have read and even though Jake and Buck were fabulous, I think Ward has been the best so far.

The best of the trilogy. Pearl S Buck creates a Tolstoyesque picture of Chinese agrarian life: harsh, simple, man vs nature. Important today in understanding Chinese roots and how far that huge nation has come in the past few decades.

A HOUSE DIVIDED is the final book of Pearl S. Buck's trilogy about the family of Wang Lung, the protagonist of THE GOOD EARTH. This book finds his grandson, Wang Yuan, son of the warlord Wang the Tiger, graduating from the war college at the beginning of the first Chinese Cultural Revolution. Yuan, a serious, thoughtful, but willful boy does not want to follow in his father's footsteps, but instead feels an affinity with the earth and growing things as his grandfather Wang Lung did.

Yuan defies his father and runs away to live in his grandfather's old mud farmhouse. This begins a chain of events which take Yuan across the world. He ends up in the coastal city where his half-sister and her mother live, as well as his uncle, Wang the Landlord, along with his spoiled family. Yuan gets exposed to, but never really embraces, the westernized party lifestyle of his half-sister and the revolutionary activities of his cousins Sheng and Meng.

After Yuan is arrested as a revolutionary, his family ransoms him and sends him to study in America, where he spends six years attaining an advanced degree in horticulture. Being a foreigner in a strange land causes Yuan to examine all his feelings, beliefs and prejudices. He is doubly introspective when he returns to China and sees his country anew through foreign eyes. Yuan is caught in a trap by his education, neither belonging wholly to either the old China or the new, his heart as divided as his family - half live in the modern coastal city and half live back in the country.

I thought this was the best of the trilogy because Yuan's introspection makes him the most well-developed and conflicted character in this multi-generational tale. However, Buck's plodding, biblical style is not for everyone and I will admit that every page seemed like as two or three (or more!) It took me several weeks to complete this novel.

It looks like it has some really old stuff in it that's why i think that i will like it.

I would say that this book could certainly stand alone simply because there was so much happening in this turbulent setting of the revolution. In many ways "A House Divided" was my favorite of the "House of Earth" trilogy, (still, The Good Earth was beautiful!) because it was an adventure that spanned the globe. Yet there was no lack in telling how the main character evolved emotionally and intellectually from the first page to the last.

Many times throughout the book, Pearl Buck successfully showed how Yuan's world was filled with black and white; no grey. For example, a person was expected to be 100% revolutionary, or a 100% traditionalist. Or one had to be 100% Chinese, or 100% foreign. Yuan was a very conflicted man from the start and struggled with these issues pretty much until the end. To me that was the most intriguing part.

I was fascinated with Yuan's six-year stay in America. He experienced racism first-hand, the confusion of living in another country, trying to assimilate, seeing and appreciating the beauty of the country and the friendliness and openness of some of its people, the freedom to pursue one's happiness and potential, but clearly his own traditions and culture prevented him from fully accepting the foreigners into his heart.

I think the author gave some real insight into the minds of people living during the revolution. Many people, like Yuan's cousin, Meng, were fevently passionate about it. It was clear that it took a certain kind of person, with a linear, unwavering focus in order to hasten a violent change. In this case, that meant one had to be filled with anger and hatred.

Also through Yuan, we were exposed to the hypocrisy of the revolution as well. While the ideology spoke for the common people, the revolutionists were frustrated and repulsed by the common people's ways of life, such as they were for centuries. Eventually, many gave up on the older generation, and focused on the youth of the poor, because they were more easily influenced. Of course, it touched on the fact that no one was permitted to question this new state. Those who followed the cause were expected to accept it blindly.

In keeping with his torn mental state, Yuan's hesitation to decide where he stood in terms of the cause was understandable. His experience gave him first-hand knowledge of how frustrating it was to live under the old filial rules, yet he'd also witnessed the softer moments with his father, and others who represented the old world. He at least was mature enough to realize that people were deeply complicated, which made it impossible for him to truly believe that "rich people are evil, poor people are good." At the same time, as much as he loved the land, and found peace of mind working among the common people, he was at times, disgusted by their surroundings, their "odor" permeating his space no matter where he went.

Pearl Buck eloquently described the same black and white issues of the heart in Yuan. Time and time again, he wished to be emotionally open, yet didn't dare. Yuan was repulsed by the display of free behavior of the new generation of China and the young Americans. Again, his reaction to the American women who danced with his cousin Sheng was an interesting glimpse into his perception of himself. Although Yuan hated the white women who ignored or rejected Sheng because he was Chinese, he had no respect for the white women who did dance with Sheng. And he felt ashamed for Sheng for "lowering his standards" to such women.

Yes, perhaps the end was unrealistic, but as a hopeless romantic American, I can appreciate it. However, one can see the huge circle this book fills out with the trilogy. Yuan is ultimately the one who understands and respects his grandfather's efforts with the land, back in the first novel. Yuan is the one who finally repairs the ties to his father and ends the cycle of broken relationships. The trilogy ends as his father, the Tiger, spends his final days in the earthen house where he was born.

When I read certain books, I sometimes imagine what they would be like on film, and I think it would be fantastic to see it done with the entire "House of Earth" trilogy. But then again, is it even possible to make a film that would do this epic justice?

The final book in the House of Earth trilogy was my least favorite and most disconnected of the three. She jumps into the third generation and third book with not a whole lot of background or character development (except for Yuan), so I cared the least about the characters, their situations and trials. The story was interesting, but I found that I could not relate as well to the characters or understand their plight. But I think she did a marvelous job at showing the differences between the generations and how exposure to new ideas, cultures and technology can quickly change the traditions of a culture; sometimes the change is good and beneficial, sometimes it's detrimental. I also like how she juxtiposed Yuan, who tries to hold on to his tradition and country and resists change, to other family members who embraced the change with all their hearts. I think that The Good Earth is a brillant read, but if you missed the next two in the trilogy it wouldn't be a tragedy.

I really enjoyed this book. As a parent myself you only want what is best for your child.Sometimes you make choices as mother did with her daughter that you cannot forsee and in your own heart you cannot forgive.Life for mother was a hard and painful at times yet she found the good too.

For those who didn't like this book as much, I believe they missed something. I thought this was great writing and in many ways her best. The lack of The Mother's name is insignificant. You know when you're reading who is being referred to. The story is the important part.
This book involves much about honor and "saving face" and how important that was to the Chinese and in the peasants case, they had little else. When the mother starts her web of lies, to hide her shame, one lie leads to a bigger lie and before she knew it, she had spun some very sophisticated lies with props to go with them. As many believed, rich and poor, in that time and place, the sins made the Gods angry and the Gods got even. The mother believed it was her sins that caused her ultimate tragedies which were inflicted on those she loved most.
I was absolutely intrigued with this story and believe that a woman might appreciate and understand it more than a man. A woman's life was so much more meaningless than a mans and once her sons married, she suddenly became more insignificant with little say in anything and little to look forward to. A good read.

In Pearl Buck's autobiography, "My Several Worlds," she reveals that she almost destroyed the manuscript of "The Mother", feeling that it was not worthy of publication. Had this happened, literature would have suffered a great loss. The characters that Ms. Buck created here - the tragically blind daughter, the grandmother who wears her own shroud in anticipation of death, and especially the mother - are exquisitely drawn and memorable. The suffering of the mother, whose life after the strange disappearance of her husband seems an endless series of heartbreaks, is almost unbearable for the reader. But ultimately the mother is comforted, as is every mother, by the birth of children and grandchildren. This is the story of a seemingly insignificant woman, worlds away from me, whose dreams and longings and difficulties are not so very different from my own. This book is definitely and very enthusiastically recommended.

For any woman who's feeling a bit put-upon, a bit hard done by, "The Woman" would soon shake her back into perspective.I know that this has ever been the lot of women in poor farming communities in third world countries, but it's frightening to realise just how little things have changed since these long past times of the beginning of the beginning of communism in China.We never learn the mothers name as she is simply that--the mother of the children of a poor farmer, a co-worker in the fields and the carer of his elderly mother. It's a hand to mouth existence with only the hope of enough food to sustain them on a daily basis and enough money from the crops that they can spare to be sold, to pay the rent of their fields. When her husband runs off in search of a more exciting life, the mother is left with the care of the family and is forced to work like a beast of burden in order to exist. Only her indomitable spirit sustains them ,even though her life is shattered by a series of events that would break a lesser woman.

Pearl S. Buck, The Mother (Pocket, 1934)

It is hard to know what to make of this early novel (her fourth) by Pearl S. Buck, who had won the Pulitzer Prize the year before for The Good Earth (her second) and would, in a few years, be a Nobel laureate. Hard because it is difficult to reconcile such a widely-acclaimed author with a novel such as this.

In her autobiography, Buck mentions that she almost destroyed the manuscript of The Mother, fearing it wasn't as good as her previously published novels. In this, she was correct. The Mother is not so much a novel as it as a combination of character study and morality play. Other reviewers have commented on the Biblical nature of the events herein, which is likely as apt a description as one is likely to find. The story revolves around, of course, a mother. She is never named, nor are any other members of her family (her husband's last name is mentioned once in the book's two hundred pages, but in such a way as to make it as forgettable as possible). One assumes this is an attempt to give the characters an "everyman" quality. The mother and her family have a hard life, and the mother's life gets harder as time goes on. The crux of the story happens about halfway through the novel, when she is forced to make a decision she ends up regretting for the rest of her life; she blames her hardships from there on out on that decision, forgetting that the hardships that came before put her in that position. (In other words, this is not a criticism of the novel so much as of the character; it is entirely possible Buck meant the character to be erroneous in her judgments, but that doesn't make it any less annoying.) In essence, the novel becomes the chronicles of the hardships of one person, a relentless, depressing catalog of failures unleavened by any successes whatsoever.

Other reviewers have also commented on the universality of the character. I pity them, and anyone else who overidentifies with the mother here. Anyone who has truly suffered this much hardship without the slightest glimmer of joy has been dealt the worst of lots in life, and need all the escapism they can get. It is probable, however, that the majority of readers do, at least, have a few moments of happiness, or at least contentment, now and again. They are rather more likely to question the tunnelvision of the character, and perhaps that of the author as well. Rightly so. * ½

Why is Buck O'Neil bucking the truth. This only makes him look very foolish. Why would he give this young ladies book his blessings and turn around and say to the public that some of the things in the book a not true? he would be better off saying to the public/press he has no comment! rather than trying to make her look like a liar. It's almost as though he apprently still can not own up to the truth!! are he is trying to hide something? this young lady wrote her story and continued to have respect for Buck O'Neil by even allowing him to read her manuscript after all he subjected her two, before it was published. I beleave her story, and wish her much success and for her to remember that the TRUTH always prevails. She wrote the book to bring closure of him and all she went through in their time together and he does not even have the decency to give closure to her. Buck O'Neil really needs to come out of denial. his presnt behavoir really holds a familiar similarity upon which she had already described in her book of him (DOUBLE MINDED).

I was sorely disappointed. It was very poorly written to the point that as I read, I began to wonder if Ms. Hurtt had an editor. I expected more on how one deals with a May - December relationship; but instead what I got was a clothesline full of her dirty laundry.

It is pretty evident that Ms. Hurtt orchestrated/plotted/schemed to take advantage of a financially secure old man who had just loss his wife after a long illness. And when things did not go as Ms. Hurtt had planned (get pregnant; he will marry me; then I will have his child and secure an inheritance for myself) she chose to air her dirty laundry in public with the hopes, I believe, of making money by attempting to muddy Mr. O'Neil's good name. If indeed Ms. Hurtt was 4 1/2 months pregnant when O'Neil was given the Fatherhood Award June 17, 1999 as she writes in the text, it certainly did not take her long after Mrs. O'Neil's death on November 2, 1997 to jump Mr. O'Neil "bones." I even wonder if her ploy was not begun long before Mrs. O'Neil's death.

I came away with the distinct impression that this girl had nothing but "ill intentions" to begin with - all related to money. I am disappointed. Shame on her.
I rate her text (it does not quality as a book) at Zero Stars.

If the reader had read the review without a jaundice eye they would have read in black and white where Mr. O'neil sat with the writer and read the book in its entirety, and gave the writer his blessings and said, it was written just as it happened. The reader obviously has a lot of personal problems and has had some kiss and tell stories of their own and they just dont have the intellegence to put it in writing. It also read like a person who may have possibly had something to do with the demise of Ms. Hurtt and Mr. O'neil's relationship. I hardly think Mr O'neil would agree with the readers opinion. If Mr. O'neil, had'nt cared for this young lady I dont beleive he would have had such a love filled relationship with her. For the reader to say that Ms. Hurtt was fulfilling her so called "trashy and stupid fantasies", truly appears to me that the reader had nothing better to write. Seems to me that the relationship was mutual. Im sure if Mr. O'neil felt this book was trashy he would not have given it his blessings. I think it was well written and It clearly lets us see that even upright, well loved people, (even our President) live very normal and human lives. To me there is no discredit to Mr. O'neil or to this young lady. I'm sure Mr. O'neil was proud to have had been graced by this beautiful,and very attractive young lady, who probably added, some much needed spice to Mr. O'neil's life. This was the anonymous readers opinion and everybody has one. To the Arthur of this book keep putting your mind to positive use, and ignore people and their meddeling ways. I personally think this reader should tend to their (DONT KISS AND TELL) business. I gave this book a 5 star cause it was well written for a first time writer.

I salute her. An dependent woman with her own, who cared for another twice her age. She faced much adversity simply because this man was a well know Icon in the history of black sports. I think there is a message that she was trying to deliver. You can love and live without being a "gold digger". Her first book, not bad. I am a black woman, "I feel her" My salute to the lady. I am loking forward to reading her next book.

Denise, I happen to be a writer and I read your book, and I thought it was special. I was in a relationship much like yours, so I can identify with some of the issues you had to deal with. People are much like computer viruses, a piece of computer language written in the same language as all the other codes but with harmful intent. Once the code is introduced it gets everything all mixed up and the computer stops producing good results. When situations seem so personal, even if others insult you directly, It has nothing to do with you. People are going to have their own opinion according to their belief system, so nothing they think or say is really about you, but it is about themselves. Their opinion is nothing but a point of view. As children we gossip and intentionally spread rumours to make a person feel bad and we did it quite thoughtlessly, but as grown-ups we become much more calculated in our efforts to bring other people down. Never mind your first review, only the truth will set you free. Good luck on your future material, I will be looking for it. I am leaving you with my e-mail so you can read my novel.

I am an experienced Vermont hunter and I not only enjoyed this book but learned from it. I recommend this book to everybody I know as a learning tool. If you hunt deer the hard way ,"in the big woods", you need this book. I read it again before each season as a primer. Yes - I read Larry Benoits book every year too. But honestly, this one has more useful information for the average hunter. Hal covers all the tricks of the Northern hunter. We can all aspire to hunt like Hal Blood.

This was the most enjoyable deer hunting book I ever read. This is a how to book on how to hunt whitetails in lightly hunted remote northern forests. However, there is plenty of practical knowledge that applies to all of whitetail hunting. The author does a particularly good job of mixing in short interesting hunting stories to illustrate his points. These stories by themselves would be worth the price of the book. This is an excellent book both to learn something about whitetail hunting and just to read for enjoyment.

I liked this book alot . As a tracking book it's as infomationaly complete as any. I personally like "Big Bucks the Benoit way" better. The chapter " Track him down" in this book is worth the price of the book. As with the other tracking books I have found the sign reading info is relivent most anywhere. Hal Blood, The Benoits, R.G. Bernier are pure deer hunters. They hunt the toughest areas in the toughest conditions. They are going to be successful on big deer anywhere they choose to hunt. Not just on a high dollar lease's and guided hunts like alot of the "experts" are. I have picked up alot up info in there writing.

This book really seems to cover the most effective hunting tactics for those of us in the colder climates. It deals with tracking (especially in snow) quite a bit. It also deals with deer behavior and the probable reasons for this behavior. I have learned a lot from this book and plan on using the tactics explained and looking for bucks in places covered here. I love how the lessons learned are interspersed with good hunting stories to back up the lesson. Not all the stories are success stories either. Mr Blood does a good job explaining the hunt and respecting it, whether it leads to a harvest or not.

As a twenty plus year hunter of big woods Bucks in northern Minnesota I held high hopes for this book.
It was a disapointment from start to finish!
It proposes to provide insight and strategies into hunting Northern whitetails and only offers sporadic stories of various hunts Hal Blood has participated in.
Look elsewhere!

I had been looking for this book since last June, as a gift for my son. He finally received it before Christmas and seems to be enjoying it very much. I was in his home when he received it and that was a pleasure for me. The book was in good shape, looked like new although I was told it wasn't. Appreciate your help in solving my problem...

Callahan's book can, at first, be considered a misnomer. The search for Tiger Woods is not conducted in this book-rather, we find that Callahan attempts to search for a sense of humanity within one of the most underrated, and often misunderstood sports: golf. Callahan takes us on a "tour" (forgive the unavoidable pun), through the often overlooked sport, though the eyes and stories of some of golf's most visible and legendary players. From comparing stories of Jack Nicklaus's and Phil Mickelson's introductions into golf, Callahan attempts to provide the reader with the sense that golf, much like football and basketball, has a vivid cast of characters. Callahan goes on to prove this, by exposing the reader to many great stories about those said characters.

What ties all of this to Tiger Woods, is that Woods appears in this book as the looming figure, casting a shadow over golf (in a good way), and all of these golfers can only accept the fact that they all, currently, are underneath this shadow, and don't seem to have figured out a way to get out from under it. In essence, golf is Tiger's world: all of these great players are just living in it.

For anybody who wishes to gain a better understanding of some of the noticeable figures in modern golf, this book's nothing short of an asset. For me, at the very least, Callahan provided a great collection of stories that gave a sense of humanity and depth to a sport that is far too often mistaken as a mere hobby.

In Search of Tiger: A Journey Through Golf with Tiger Woods, written by Tom Callahan, was a good book. I enjoyed reading this book because it compared other golfers to Tiger Woods. The only problem with this book is that it talked about many other professional golfers such as Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus but very little about Tiger Woods. This book is not quite a biography but the author does talk about some of the tournaments Tiger Woods' participated in. In the book, I was able to see the comparison between Tiger and his father and other golfers and their fathers. The book was still very interesting. It was a detailed book and described Callahan's meetings with the professional golfers. I could see the influence Tiger Woods has already made in the PGA and his capabilities in the golf game. This book is not what I expected so if you are looking for a biography, do not read this book.

There is simply no sportswriter on earth with as much meticulous insight into the minds of both the golfing legends of old and the stars of today as Tom Callahan. Admittedly, my expectations were lofty going in here, esp. after reading the astounding accolades bestowed upon Callahan on the book jacket alone -- from the likes of Costas, Kornheiser, Jenkins, Reilly, Nicklaus, and others. Thankfully, for once, they were all right. This book is indeed the whole package on Tiger, presented (ingeniously) not only via Tiger's own eyes, but those of his peers and predecessors. The golf history in the book is cleverly detailed yet pleasurably digestible. The first hand interviews with Tiger and his family are unprecedented. And the "Journey", for anyone REALLY interested in Tiger, is remarkably satisfying. Kudos to Tom Callahan for giving the sports world the preeminent Tiger bio.

This book is a compelling read for someone with a starting knowledge of and interest in Tiger Woods, but it doesn't quite make you feel like you've found Tiger. The book seems to be too choppy, more a series of isolated chapters thrown in that dont seem to connect. And there are too many questions that you are left with after reading it. If you're going to brag that you covered Tiger at all his first 8 majors, why have chapters only on the 3 in 2000? And if you're going to focus on those, why soak them with background info and then glaze over the tremendous performances? Callahan's description of Tiger during the 2000 PGA is particularly weak; why he decides to condense that great final round with May and the great back nine and the putts on 18 and 16 the second time around into about a page and a half befuddled me. And most of all, why devote so much of the book to learning about golfers other than Tiger? It's true that if you were to write the definitive, thoroughly detailed Tiger book, you could not ignore Lefty, Sergio, Ernie, etc. But when the chapters on the other golfers seem to take up half of this relatively short book, you've gone too far. It's true that this book is well written and will provide you with some nice tidbits about Tiger (such as the fact that his mother was the one to get him to wear red on Sundays), but you will likely leave the book hoping for more detail, more coherence, and more depth.

I think that adults would appreciate this story a lot more then kids. I read it in my English class, and I wasn't scared or anything. I didn't especially like the story, and found it hard to understand. I think that if I was older that I would enjoy the story. I reccommend it for adults, but not for kids, like me.

a monkey's paw are supposed to grant three wishes. sounds good. however, it grants them in the most evil way possible. subtle. outstanding plot. great descriptions. excellent setting

How can anyone like this book??? its got to be the worst horror book I have ever read and I normaly like a good horror book now and then. I mean most Horror books or movies give me the creeps this one I could resd in the scaryest place in the world yaw and go to sleep. got to be the worst book ever writen by the way I am 13 just dont wana give out my account name on here later

The book was great and the drama was even better. I could just imagine myself there with Mrs. White beating on the door anxious for her son to return from the grave. But was it just their vivid imagination or did they really hear someone knocking on the door? It is up to the reader to figure that out. If you haven't read the book and think these reviews will help you do a report I advise you to read it. It's not half as bad as you may think. READ IT!!!!!

This book is simply great! Especially when you read it at night, it really creates a scene of horror and evil. This book is just suitable for anyone who wants to read a supernatural story and are tired of stories like Goosebumps

This book did a good job of explaining the sales office process, but skipped over the really scary things, like buying the lot, lot upgrades, working with contractors, water, sewer, septic, etc...If Mr. Burnsides wanted to be really thorough, he would have given us better statistics, like the Consumer Guide info he refers to, but does not elaborate on nearly enough. A manufacturer list or customer service survey of manufacturers would be nice too. Last but not least, the author's credibility was not helped by all the mis-spellings and errors. Didn't anyone edit this book for him?

Aloha,If you are in the market for a manufactured home you *must* get this book. He tells all the ins and outs of the manufactured home buying process written from the perspective of a guy who is simply trying to tell you the truth. He is sincere and *very* knowledgeable and will save you significant money and hassle.As one reviewer noted, this is not the best editing job. There are a number of grammatical errors, careless things like a missing pro-noun or mispelled words. But you don't buy a book like this looking for pulitzer prize level literature. You buy it to arm yourself with information. Mr. Burnside does a very good job of doing just that, arming you, and does so in an easy to read/understand fashion. I read the whole thing in about 4 hours.He gives tips on all aspects of buying a manufactured home and setting it up on your property. But the primary focus is how to handle the home dealers and how to get the best deal with the right options. In that light it would be wise to have this book as but one book in your home buying collection. A great book that covers other important areas like finding and buying land (etc) in a more comprehensive way than Mr. Burnside's book is "Finding and Buying Your Place in the Country" by Scher & Scher (husband wife team). This is also a *must* have book. Do not as much as set foot inside a manufactured home dealer without reading this book.Good Luck! It is a best seller for a reason.

Very good, eye-opener book if you are considering buying a manufactured home. Lots of behind the scenes information on how dealers operate when they sell you a home. Many good checklists to go over and plenty of tips on how to save a lot of money and headaches when purchasing. I read the book in three hours and wished there was more on what it's like to live in one of these homes. It would have been nice if he had provided a list of reputable or even just all home manufacturers in general with website links. Glad I bought the book.

When Mr. Burnside first got this book published back in 1999, it was probably the best book on the subject, and helpful to consumers. The truth is, though, it is embarrassing by almost any standard today. The editing is non-existent, and that just shows the lack of thought that went into this. It was thrown together, and omits more than it conveys. There are far better choices now; most notably Wes Johnson's "The Manufactured Home Buyer's Handbook" that just came out. The latter is an outstanding book, well-researched, far more thorough, and much easier to read. It will also save you more money than any other book on the subject that I've read. If you're thinking about buying a manufactured home, do yourself a favor and buy "The Manufactured Home Buyer's Handbook" instead. You'll be glad you did before the ink on the contract dries!

This book should be required reading for anyone considering a manufactured home. A few evenings spent with this book will not only save you thousands of dollars it will result in you getting a much better home. Be sure to make notes and take them with you when you visit the dealers and the manufactured home factory (something you really must consider doing before you sign). Buying a manufactured home isn't like buying a car - so don't treat it that way.