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My husband and I love this cookbook. It's our go-to book for really delicious fare. We make some of the recipes for weekday meals, though most we cook on the weekend (they require a little more effort than typical throw-it-together meals).

I highly recommend this book for entertaining, especially small dinner parties. The quality of the dishes approaches that of a fine restaurant, so your guests will be wowed and all palates will be happy. The recipes are also perfect for creating conversation at the dinner table, since the book is filled with L&C lore. Your guests will no doubt rave about the recipes, and the book is so pretty you can pull it out and show it off! The pages are filled with period engravings and pictures of the flora and fauna that are featured in the food. At the bottom of each recipe page is a quote from the L&C journals, in a font adapted from Thomas Jefferson's own handwriting.

Our favorite recipe by far is the Buffalo and Forest Mushroom Shepherd's Pie. The seasonings are perfect, and I'm salivating thinking about it right now. We've also tried the mouthwatering Cherry-filled Butter Cookies, delicious Cream of Tomato Soup, Venison Shanks Braised with Fennel and Onions, Rice Pilaf, Smoked Salmon and Corn Chowder, Cornmeal-Crusted Catfish, Goose and Mushroom Soup with Dumplings, and Pork/Apples/Prune Stew. I also have Chocolate Pots de Creme chilling in the refrigerator right now!

The author of this book really knows what she's doing. I think the only drawback to the cookbook (though this is minor) is that it doesn't stay open while you're cooking. Other than that, you won't be disappointed.

Bon Appetit!

This is THE L&C cookbook. Took a course on L&C where at end of term, we had to do a project. One group cooked various foods using this book. HUGE hit with class. Granted some recipes are from Jeffersonian VA to make a book (hey he sponsored it as well as being in the right era) but all are authentic and ones tested so far were quite tasty.

I also am a big Lewis and Clark buff; in addition, an avid cook, with my own cookbook. This book finally came out several months after it was supposed to, but it was worth the wait!

Most cookbooks, even the ones that sound like they should have exotic recipes, have the same old stuff, based on boring ingredients that produce ho-hum meals. Not this book! The author clearly knows about good food, and the recipes are a breath of fresh air. They're not terribly hard to make, either.

Visiting my folks over Christmas, the whole family decided to have a Lewis+Clark dinner, just for fun. Everyone helped, and we had: Parsnip Fritters, Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage, Shrimp Bisque, and since we couldn't decide between the Rack of Venison with Rosemary-Dijon Crust and Roast Duck with Blackberry Sauce, we had both of them! For dessert, it was Mocha Creme Pie. All were outstanding.

This book is a class act; I just wish there were a hardcover version.

This is the most awesome of cookbooks! I love the recipes and really recommend the Maple Glazed Salmon, Buffalo Meatloaf, Spoonbread, and Pumpkin Pecan Loaf! I love cooking and always look for unusual cookbooks and this one is my favorite of more than 200 hundred that I own. I've given this cookbook as gifts to over 30 family and friends. Thanks to Leslie Mansfield for an outstanding cookbook!!!!!

La commemoration du bi-centenaire de la vente de la Louisane a pris fin, celle de l'expédition transcontinentale du Corps of Discovery (1804-1806) bat son plein, comme on peut facilement l'imaginer. Après la monumentale publication de la Nebraska University Press, édition « definitive » de l'intégralité des journaux de Meriwether Lewis et William Clark (sept volumes de la plume des deux capitaines, quatre volumes constitués des journaux parallèles de Gass, Floyd, Ordway, Whitehouse, plus l'herbarium et un atlas...treize volumes donc depuis 1983, le tout coordonné par Gary E. Moulton...), voici Lewis and Clark Trail Maps, A Cartographic Reconstruction. En trois tomes grand format, Martin Plamondon II met splendidement à profit ses doubles compétences de spécialiste de l'expédition et de cartographe chevronné. Ce qui nous vaut un travail exceptionnel, tant au niveau de son utilité scientifique et historique (et ce sur une multitude de plans...) qu'en ce qui concerne sa capacité à ré-alimenter le rêve. Les amateurs savent ce rêve là, qui semble devoir vous quitter un jour pour revenir un autre, parfois bien plus tard, toujours en un coin du vieux Missouri, quelque part entre la rivière Dubois (Wood River depuis longtemps) et les white cliffs au delà de la Roche Jaune, ou plus loin , dans les montagnes ou en vue du grand océan. En trois volumes donc, c'est l'intégralité du périple qui est cartographiée, jour après jour, à raison d'environ quatre centimètre pour un mile.Chaque campement, chaque particularité topologique référenciée dans les journaux, chaque rencontre...tout est là. Plamondon a effectué ici ce que Clark n'avait finalement pu réaliser : une véritable reconstruction géographique de l'expédition. Au delà de son rigoureux argument historico-géographique, l'ouvrage présente sur chaque page l'état actuel des lieux, en regard de ce que voyaient et expérimentaient les membres de l'expédition : le Missouri a bougé, son cours n'a cessé de changer ( déjà Lewis et Clark ne le reconnaissaient parfois plus entre le voyage aller et le voyage retours...), il est parfois noyé sous les retenues d'eau ( Fort Peck, pour n'en citer qu'une...). Bref, le pays a changé. On le savait, pour sûr. Là, on peut le voir maintenant, on peut le voir avant, surtout avant. Comme on l'imaginait, mais en fait comme on ne l'avait jamais vu. A suivre et resuivre, les Moulton d'un côté, ces trois atlas de l'autre. Bon rêve.

With this volume, Martin Plamondon has created a wonderful resource, fulfilling a dream of William Clark. Once you see this volume, you will wonder how you ever got along without it as a companion when reading the journals. The feature of showing dual footprints of riverbeds now and then is fascinating and the list of identified campsites is truly useful for following progress of the Corps of Discovery. Martin's love of, and dedication to this "little" project of his shows clearly throughout the volume. I can't wait for volumes 2 and 3 to complete the trail.

What an immense and high quality work! I never saw a comparable one. There are the maps, and in the maps quotations of the diaries of the explorers. You can exactly follow the route in word and maps. And underled the reconstructed maps you can see side for side a modern map, who allows to find your way today. The size of the maps is perfect, also the clear print. Everyone, who is interested in the Lewis and Clark expedition needs this books (vol I and II edited) and for a fruitful scientific work it is simply a must.
I can only say: Excellent and congratulations.

Everyone with any interest in Lewis and Clark shoul own this book, and the companion Volume 2.

I find it so much more interesting to read "The Journals of Lewis and Clark" (Moulton Edition) or Stephen Ambrose's "Undaunted Courage" with these books at my side. To be able to pore over them and see where the Corps of Discovery was is great fun.

Last year I taught a class on Explorers for 6th to 8th graders and we ended the year with five weeks of Lewis and Clark. They were fascinated by these maps and spent lots of time with them.

If you've ever wondered while traveling to scenic locales whether they served as backdrops for some of the most momentous events in this country, this book has the answers. Brought to you in the lovely form of photographs taken across a glorious landscape - in conjunction with the impressions made on Lewis and Clark back in the day - this work transcends other photography books and moves in the direction of magic.

I especially enjoyed the humanistic asides on the "slave" and "female" perspective that featured so powerfully on the journey.

A beautiful book at many levels.

I was surprised and excited to receive a signed photo journal from George Thomas. I had looked in books that offered good quality, applicable pictures that I could look at while researching and reading other books (i.e. Undaughted Courage- Steven Ambrose, and Out West- Dave Duncan). I was surprised how hard it was to find a book with many pictures of the trail highlights

This book has not only pictures of the many landmarks along the trail but also suggested old camp sites and river forks described in the story books and journals (I believe they were taken around the same time of year the explorers traveled).

I would suggest this book for everyone!

This is an excellent overview of the terrain Lewis and Clark encountered on their expedition of 1804-1806. It consists mostly of gorgeous photos of scenery. As the author states in the preface,"If Lewis and Clark had had the good fortune to document their amazing journey with photographs, these are the scenes that would have been recorded because these are the scenes described in their journals." The photos cover the entire route, and at about the time of year that Lewis and Clark were there.

I recommend this book.

The photography was breathtaking. It is an excellent book for the layman. I would advise any history buff to read this book. It is also an excellent resource for teachers.

I just bought about 30 children's books for my son's 7th birthday which is fast approaching. He is entering second grade, but we are told he is an "Advanced Reader." What I do know is that he'll read ANYTHING just to prove he can, but he always goes back to the books with the cute pictures.

When this one arrived I read through it before hiding it in the birthday present storage facility under my bed. This book is Adorable! The illustrations will have the kids laughing, the job they did at conveying humor through the facial expressions is wonderful. The buffalo jammed into the crate is by far one of my favorite pictures other than the Prairie Dog himself.

What I was most happy with was that it is a cute tale about real history. The kind of stuff they are leaving out of the schools these days. My husband was astounded that these little readers had historical information that he didn't know. They did an amazing job of taking history and making it fun. I couldn't be happier with this book.

Though there are a few larger words in it, I would say this is good for the second grade and up crew to read to themselves, but I think kindergarden and up would enjoy having it read to them.

Excellent book for introducing younger children to the Lewis & Clark expedition. Entertaining text and great comical illustrations!

LEWIS AND CLARK: A PRAIRIE DOG FOR THE PRESIDENT is a step 3 young readers book that discusses how the Lewis and Clark expedition began, what it's purpose was, and some of the strange sights that the group of explorers saw. The story has some words that the youngest of readers might not be able to handle, but contains enough familiar words and phrases that somewhat older readers (1-3rd graders) won't have any problems and might pick up a few new vocabulary words. The illustration by John Manders is really what makes this book stand out as it adds a depth of humor to the text that would otherwise be lacking. For instance, the picture of the overburden scout carrying a cage with a prairie dog and another with some magpies, traveling to Baltimore to deliver the plants, animals, and other goods and a letter to the President is quite funny. Overall, this is a really good book that children will enjoy reading and learn some history in the process.

Lewis and Clark, A Prairie Dog for the President, is a fun read that's nicely paced. Author Shirley Raye Redmond uses whimsy and humor to tell this historic event: President Jefferson sends the eager Lewis and Clark off to explore the West. The vast young nation has never been fully explored. The president wonders how long it will take to get to the end of it and what they will find. One of my favorite parts is the banter over what to name the barking prairie creature they discover and send back to Jefferson.
"You can call it a ground rat."
"No, it looks like squirrel. I'll call it a barking squirrel."
"Squirrels don't bark. Dogs bark. We should call it a prairie dog."
"That's it!" Lewis and Clark agreed.
Later it starts all over again, when the President asks, "Is it a gopher?"
The illustrations by John Manders are just as pleasing. I like the facial expressions on the people and animals, especially the mischievous smile of the prairie dog. Manders is skilled at portraying action and emotions. And like the author, his sense of humor is so much fun. A buffalo and bear pose to be sketched. A buffalo won't fit in a shipping crate. Prairie dogs pop in and out of holes, eluding capture. A poor scout is so weighed down with "presents" for the President, he must be hoisted onto a boat.
Together, Shirley Raye Redmond and John Manders have created a delightful book.

Dr. Bruce Patton writes a highly readable book on the Lewis and Clark expedition zeroing in on the exposures the men and Indians had to various ailments and injuries with treatment lent by amateur physicians Lewis and Clark. Patton incorporates the various medical challenges the men faced while doing a top-notch job describing their adventure with excellent detail in this compact book. Patton describes Lewis' training with the eminent physician of his time Dr. Rush in a two-week internship in Philadelphia. This brief period of medical knowledge is framed by bleeding, purging of the bowels and little knowledge of germs and sanitation. In spite of limited training, L & C do a very commendable job treating the men and Indians by also combining good common sense and knowledge of frontier treatments. Patton describes in layman terms the various injuries and illnesses that the corps were facing from venomous snakebites, frostbite, boils, abscesses, lacerations, deep wounds, gunshot wounds (Lewis) gonorrhea, syphilis (treated with mercury), dislocations and various eye injuries. The latter treated with "eye water" that made them mysterious and gifted shaman in the eyes of many of the west of the Rockies Indians. Clark becomes the Nez Perce's favorite physician and Lewis steps aside as Clark's clinic earns supplies needed to survive the wait for the snows to melt. Patton also observes that Clark seemed to have a natural humanitarian interest in the Indians as exhibited by his concerns for the periodically ill Sacagawea and her child "Pompie" in contrast to Lewis' less charitable concerns. Clark's more sensitive spirit may have been apparent to the Nez Perce who made him their physician of choice. Patton also offers a diagnosis of the only casualty of the expedition, Sergeant Floyd who died early in the adventure. Thought to have died by appendicitis, Patton reviews the symptoms in the journal and offers a different opinion. Limited to the description of symptoms in journals, Patton systematically offers a diagnosis of what may have been troubling the ill individuals and then analyzes the treatment. Not quite as detailed as a similar book written by another physician ("Or Perish in the Attempt") the book serves as an equal companion and contrast. And actually reading both books is a joy as they do vary in areas and both are well written. Patton also offers an excellent history of the expedition that surprisingly offers noteworthy episodes not described in the book "Undaunted Courage" that focused more on Lewis. For example, Patton accurately describes the loss of horses by Sergeant Pryor, stolen by Crow Indians, after Pryor separated from Clark who stayed with the canoes. Patton describes how Pryor and company unexpectedly rejoins Clark's flotilla by ingeniously making 'bull boats', providing simple and a fast mode of transportation. A very pleasant read and Dr. Patton writes for the reader, medical layman and all, educating in a straight forward and understanding way. Well worth reading as a companion to a detailed account or if you have time for one book, you won't go wrong with Patton's book.

If there is any event in American history that has been thoroughly documented it is the Lewis & Clark expedition, 1803-06.
Surprisingly, one area that has been generally overlooked is the medical aspect of the expedition. A retired cardiac surgeon and wilderness medical expert, Bruce C. Paton, has remedied that oversight with this fascinating book.
In a highly readable, non-techinal manner, Paton examines the state of medicine in 1800 and discusses the medical preparations made by Meriwether Lewis for the journey including, at the urging of President Jefferson, his meetings with leading scholars of the time.
The story of Lewis' meeting with Dr. Benjamin Rush, the advising physician to the expedition, is interesting not only for the advice given to Lewis but for Rush's varied interests and activities. Rush's list of 10 steps to follow in order to maintain the health of the expedition members provides the reader with a stark reminder of the state of medical care in early 1800.
In addition, the author discusses the diagnoses and treatment of three specific major medical crises that confronted the expedition: the gunshot wound suffered by Lewis, the illness of Sacagawea and the death of Sergeant Floyd. While the death of Floyd did not affect the ultimate success of the expedition, the author speculates on what the outcome might have been had Sacagawea or Lewis died. That they did survive may have been due more to luck than the treatment they received.
Only one member died during the incredible three-year ordeal despite limited medical knowledge and medications that were largely ineffective.
This is a must book for anyone remotely interested in the Lewis & Clark expedition. Highly recommended.

This book by Dr. Paton has to be essential to anyone interested
in the Lewis and Clark expedition, if for no other reason than
he addresses some issues not explored by anyone else.
He talks about the various illnesses and pains experienced by
Expedition members over the 2-1/2 years they were gone from
"civilization," and he combines knowledge of the historical
aspects of medicine of that day with how such problems could
be handled today.
This book should be read in conjunction with the more detailed
books, such as the Stephen Ambrose book or the 1-volume edited
version of the actual L&C journals themselves published by
the U. of Nebraska, so the medical problems can be more fully
understood in context with the overall trip.
In addition to the various ailments suffered by the members,
the author discusses why some problems were so great, and why
they persisted throughout the Expedition, and then how such
problems would be eliminated today. He talks about the very
serious matters that could have curtailed, or ended, the Expedition, which allows us to understand even more fully just
how great, and perhaps lucky, Lewis and Clark were to make such
a tremendous trip with only one death.
In addition, he points out that the leaders had to contend with
requests by local Indians for medical care and how they responded. Interestingly, L&C each responded with genuine
concern, and occasionally some tenderness, toward the Indians
they met who need medical attention. Both men helped all the
Indians they could, dispensing their limited medical supplies
as needed, showing a concern that would be unmatched by later
Europeans dealing with Indians.
Of some interest also is that the Indians of the Rockies very
quickly tended to favor Clark when seeking medical help, revealing that he had the superior "bedside manner" when dealing
with those Native Americans. Clark's interest and concern was
later reflected in his long service as Indian Commissioner for
the new territory, and he always tried to obtain favorable treatment for the Indians of the Louisiana Purchase from the
government, and he used his best ability to try to make the
government keep its word to those Indians.
Dr. Paton describes the effects of dirty drinking water, unsanitary camp conditions, snake bite, nettles, the extrememly
hard labor required during the long days, as well as the problems facing the Expedition when their normal food supplies
ran out.
This is a very significant addition to our knowledge of what Lewis and Clark, and their men, faced during that arduous trek
to the Pacific and back during 1804-1806. Plus, it is very
interesting reading, and it should be read by everyone interested in early U.S. history.

What I know about the medical field one could easily fit into a thimble but this book is a well written, entertaining and informative look into medical practices during the early 1800's. Dr. Paton's focus is on how Lewis and Clark dealt with the many medical mishaps on their nearly two and a half year expedition.
We read of early nineteenth century treatments for everything from fevers, frostbite, boils, hypothermia, smallpox, inflammations and snakebites to venereal disease and paralysis, along with comparisons to modern day medical science.
In addition to the above, Dr. Paton closely examines the symptoms and treatments of Sgt. Charles Floyd's illness up to his untimely death; investigates Sacagawea's ill health just prior to the Great Falls portage; the mysterious illnesses of Pvt. William Bratton and a Nez Perce Indian chief; and the accidental gunshot wound to Lewis. When the expedition was delayed during the return trip at the Nez Perce camps, Clark offered his medical care and attention to the Indians in exchange for food and horses.
This is an insightful, enjoyable and very readable account on how wilderness medicine was performed two hundred years ago.

Life in the Wake may be an example of an emerging genre. Certainly Hurricane Katrina is a subject to which many fiction writers are turning, and an article is planned for the New Orleans Times-Picayune that will survey the field. In the meantime, readers should add Bruce Henricksen's [ASIN:0979853508 After the Floods]] to their list. This novel uses magical realism to augment the post-Katrina sense of detachement from the normal. The plot begins in post-Katrina New Orleans, swoops away, and returns again to measure the improvement.

Excerpts from David Winkler-Schmit's article 'The Next Wave':

While this new collection, self-published and featuring many of the Web site's contributors, is set squarely within the confines of fiction, it often provides a true sense of what life is like in post-Katrina New Orleans. Unlike a magazine or newspaper article, the stories aren't forced to consider the 'big picture," nor do they require a peppering of current facts and statistics. Instead they can focus on individual characters like a mother and her two kids as they go trick-or-treating through the streets of the Marigny in Anne Gisleson's 'Boo.' The young mom is trying to preserve some sense of normalcy for her kids, but " as any parents who took their children out into New Orleans' streets for Halloween 2006 can tell you " the journey was anything but normal, with darkened streets, National Guard patrols handing out candy and a gang of marauding 12-year-olds. The family itself seems out of place in this post-storm world and, as Gisleson writes, 'huddle close on the narrow sidewalk around the stroller, trying to fit in the frame."

Other stories effectively recall the bleak days immediately following the levee failures. Joel Farrelly's 'Shingled Island" opens up with a young man trapped on a rooftop surrounded by floodwaters as he begins to try to list the reasons why he shouldn't swallow his mother's entire bottle of OxyContin. He doesn't get too far before he remembers whose pills they are: 'Not my mother's, I remind myself. My dead mother's. And right there the list gets shorter." He can hear a helicopter flying nearby, but with so much death coupled with his own developing apathy he wonders: Is being rescued really what he wants?

As the anthology progresses, immediate survival becomes less tenuous, but that's not to say that life in the city is any easier. Instead of drowning in the streets, some people, like the first-person narrator in Tara Jill Ciccarone's 'Reality is a Trigger," ingest whatever " cocaine, alcohol and bad relationships " to avoid this new damaged reality. Not all of the strange behavior patterns can be attributed to the post-storm malaise, but that doesn't make living with the mentally ill any easier as Jennifer A. Kuchta relates in 'Stray." About the only saving grace Kuchta's main character, Lisa, can find in her nearly empty neighborhood is that when her bi-polar lover, Meredith, explodes in a manic fit 'even with the windows open to air out the house, no one will hear her scream."

The efforts [of the collective writers] should be applauded, the failures understood and the successes regarded not only for the talented writing, but as reminders of the truth that lies below daily life in Katrina's wake.

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I loved this book. It's ironic that a book labelled "fiction" has given me the most believable and credible stories of life in and around New Orleans during Katrina. The authors write with a passion that cannot be duplicated by those of us who experienced this piece of history from a geographic distance and through the eyes of The Weather Channel. It is very clear that these authors were there and, thankfully, lived to share their stories.

I thoroughly enjoyed this collection of short stories by various New Orleans authors who penned these fictional accounts of life in the Big Easy after Hurricane Katrina.

In one of the more interesting debut appearances of late, Jeff Clark manages rather nicely a homage to Desnos and Trakl,among others, in what can perhaps only be described as a delicious and playful end-of-the-century treat. Jeff Clark shows us here that America's love affair with surrealism and symbolism is far from dead; it is an ongoing project of improvement. The short prose pieces are especially imaginative (and remeniscently Baudelairean) in nature. All the more surprising and remarkable if one believes the recent APR(American Poetry Review) writeup of Jeff Clark as an FBI agent. It's good to see that the FBI is continuing its tradition of recruiting the brightest and the best.

While I'm not sure I'd put Jeff Clark up there with Robert Desnos (yet), I do see potential in his archaic, surreal, bizarre and mysterious work. Some will no doubt come away from "The Little Door Slides Back" with the feeling of being put on, or have little patience with what the guy is trying to say. Or they may suspect he is trying to say nothing at all; for my part, I see substance here. There are moments where you are absolutely transfixed to the page and he keeps you there in an anarchic headlock. (The "green bits of razor blade in her teeth" line did not leave my mind for days). Reading this straight through without stopping creates a strange deja vu *reminiscent* of Mallarme. I would recommend this to anyone with patience, and anyone interested in revitalizing the bloodless world of contemporary poetry in the US, peopled with Ted Koosers and Billy Collinses running around pretending to matter. Give this poet a chance.

Here's a better way to invest in your future than throwing cash at the NYSE. Buy up several copies of this book. Wait a couple of decades. Sell it to some starry-eyed young poet who wants to collect his hero's oeuvres (first edition thanks to mummy's trust fund). You're rich!!!

In a challenging but effortless explosion, Captain Jeffrey Clark marches forth into a land of BBQ sauce and happy games. Reading this large handful of goodness makes me want to run, hide, and take a long nap with a little baby puppy. Cuddling is fun, especially when it is cold outside, and you have a comfy pooch to bring back dreaded memories. Master Clark does an excellent job of excelling... case in point with the piece entitled "Happy Dogs and Sad Possums". I could read this over and over and over. Once.

We first checked this out of the library and it was so wonderful that I requested it by name as a Christmas gift from family. I agree with everything that's been said here--this book is a treasure!

Let me begin by saying they have got the age range wrong. I think any child 5 and under would enjoy this book. (My eldest just turned 5 and she certainly likes it.) The artwork is colorful and pleasant and as you turn the pages the pictures become increasingly dense with added characters and action. Certainly there is enough activity to keep older children occupied. And because of the repetitiveness they might even *read* it themselves.

We adore this book. It has humor and warmth and it extends the old short rhyme with an even better story. In this version, Little Miss Muffett's spider doesn't chase her away, instead he asks her to stay. Then come lemurs with streamers, magpies with bowties, foxes with boxes, pussycats with partyhats, poodles with oodles of noodles, bears with chairs, puffins with muffins, gibbons with ribbons and crocodiles with 10 greedy smiles. But to what end? Surprise! It's a birthday party.

There is so much to this book. It teaches counting and rhyming. It introduces animals that are not typical in young children's' reading: puffins, lemurs and gibbons. For my children, it elicited in them the desire to memorize the poem (it was so much fun). To me this indicates that they are learning to love literature and reading.

I think it would make a great birthday gift, but don't buy it just for that. Think of all that your child could learn.

...I have seen quite a few books cross my children's hands. Little Miss Muffet's Count Along Surprise was an immediate hit with all. They read it and reread it aloud to each other constantly. The imaginative words are cleverly knit together and flow with an ingenious rhythm almost completely absent in much of modern children's monosyllabic literature. It is a PLEASURE to hear--even over and over.

The illustrations are imaginative and full of vibrant color and action. They ably embrace the counting element of the book but more importantly, I think, they appeal to children's taste for inventive combinations of related bits of information: "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey, when along came three magpies with taffeta bow-ties and silk vests of very pale grey." Or, "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey, when along came nine gibbons with balloons tied with ribbons and bananas arranged on a tray."...

This book was a huge surprise: it has everything in it a great children's book must have. The elements found in this book include:

1. Counting. My son greatly enjoys how the numbers of Miss Muffet's visitors keep growing.

2. Rhyming. One thing that really grabs my son's attention is rhyming. The rhyming in this book is very clever and definitely rivals Dr. Seuss's best works.

3. Rhythm. This book is easy to read quickly. Not that the book is short, but that the words flow extremely well. As a result, even an 18 month old doesn't have time for attention to wander.

4. Color. The illustrations are full of color and wonderfully illustrate the story. Looking at the pictures is as much fun as reading the story.

5. Story. The story is interesting! My son is excited by each page every time we read the book.

This book, on it's first reading, became one of my son's favorites. I even look forward to reading it!

This is my first, and still favorite, book on logic. Clark starts at ground zero and builds a foundation for understanding the strengths and limits of logic. He covers Aristotelian term logic ( the A, E, I, and O forms), the "Laws of Logic" (non-contradiction, identity, excluded middle), Euler's diagrams, and the "Traditional Square of Opposition". He explains the meaning of validity and fallacy, necessity, enthymeme, immediate inference, and syllogisms.

The book is small, but dense. Some sections will take some effort on the reader's part - Clark makes you work for you learning. He also gives you a logical algebra for working with more complex argument forms. (This is not the standard logical notations you see today, but it is very sensible and Clark explains why he uses the symbols he does. Plus, you can use normal typed characters instead of Greek and other obscure symbols.)

One does not need to be a philosophy major to understand the basics of correct thinking. Clark's "Logic", with a some metal muscle - will help you think correctly. There are other "logic for dummies" type books, and there are "logic for PhDs" books. This is "logic for thinkers".

I think "An Amazon customer" made a mistake. I agree with everything they said. The book is an excellent, thorough introduction to logic. I just wonder why they rated it with no stars!

Clark's small book Logic covers all the essential elements one would need. I picked it up as a layman; so naturally, I didn't go through every single diagram. This is intended to be a classroom text on the subject and the author is quite fit to present this text having been a professor of philosophy for some sixty years. Even his opponent Dr. Norman Geisler, in his Baker's Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics notes Clark's positive achievement in teaching the evangelical Church to be more logical. The splendid part, though it was a small part is that this logic workbook is actually written from a theistic perspective. Most would not think consider logic as having a place either in theism or a-theism. However, in one of the chapters (in the introduction), Clark points out that adherence to logic (which he defines as the law of non-contradiction), is the first step in distinguishing good from evil, theism being the second step (granted many intermediate steps in the chain of reasoning). Beyond that, some of the examples are taken out of Scripture, which illuminates some texts, no doubt, as one reads. You will try to find omitted premises (enthymemes) in a group of texts, understand the logical implications of premises having David Hume, Spinoza, Descartes, Augustine, Anselm, Bertrand Russell, and Plato as examples.

For the most part, this book is quite readable and as a logic text, it probably could not get more interesting. However, chapter 5 and forward until 11, are full of tables, formulas and diagrams. Once again, this is a textbook--albeit interesting. However, the postscript is the most appealing part for the philosopher and theologian. Entitled "God and Logic", he defines God as Logic. God is Logic and therefore his logic is our logic and his arithmetic is our arithmetic. That is, we know in the same way that God knows although we don't know the same things. The How is the same while the What differs. And to Clark, unless we know something God knows, our ideas are untrue. Hence, Logic is to be studied.

Clark knew philosophy very well and knew logic better than most ever will. Yet he is able to write so that the beginner may understand. For the new student who has no instructor in logic, some sections will have to be read slowly several times. Clark was of the old school and expected the student to know more and to be able to better use his intellect than the average student today is able to do. This work is an excellent introduction which if carefully studied will put the reader far ahead of students using other texts. There is also a companion workbook available from the publisher although there are probably enough exercises given in the text by the author. Although both include glossaries of pertinent terms and use biblical examples, I believe this work is far superior to "Come Let Us Reason," by Geisler and Brooks.

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