Jackson Books

My son had check this book out in the school library. He liked it so much that I had to buy it. I didn't know there were so many different paper airplanes you could make! Easy to follow directions. For all you paper airplane kids, this is a must

We liked this book because the instructions were clear and easy to follow. Most of the planes are basic with a few unique ones thrown in. The book has more than 50 stickers to decorate the planes with. No fancy paper required. Most can be put together in 5 minutes or less. Our personal favorite? The "Classroom Cruiser."

Consider: A flight of fancy that fancies flight. In two words: Paper planes. Remember flying them as kids? Remember the frustrations when they wouldn't fly right? Recall the joy when they did? Ah, yes, paper planes.

Paul Jackson explains the dynamics of flight so that the plane maker will understand each crucial step necessary for a successful flight. The first principle of flight is "The forward thrust must be greater than the drag." In case those words are a bit too advanced, Jackson illustrates each point. For a non-technical person, the illustrations are simple and accessible. Even I know exactly what he wants the plane maker to do.

Other aspects of flight-worthy planes are their stability and correct pitch and yaw. Sound difficult? Again, simple illustrations prove explanatory.

In the Basics section Jackson demonstrates how to fold, best ways to launch, and how to correct a non-flying plane without wadding it up and in tears. He explains symbols for the folding techniques, types of paper to use, then begins with Simple Designs. Unless the maker likes a real challenge, he cautions readers against trying to make advanced designs first. Then come seventy pages of wonderful plane designs at varying skill levels.

Like all children at heart, Jackson obviously loves his craft. His enthusiasm shows on every page. Written for probably a really good reader at fifth grade level and above, the book is a source for a new and fun and creative hobby. Highly recommended for children 10 and up and, of course, their dads (moms too).

Note: As a children's librarian, I have three copies of this book in my library and have ordered one more. They stay checked out beginning with third graders. No one wants to return the books--that is how good they are. For those students not at this reading level, the illustrations truly are self-explanatory. This book would make a great gift! Happy flying!

This is an excellent paper airplane book for kids or adults. It has over 30 paper airplane designes. They are very cool! Folding instructions with colorful illustration are easy to follow. Many tips about launching and trimming techniques were very helpful.

This is a great book for cat lovers, or animal lovers.

Author of "Hobo Finds A Home"

This story is charming and whimsical. With rhyming verse, it tells the story of 15 cats washed ashore on an island and how they work together. Yes, the theme has been done but does not detract from the story. The rhyming makes it fun to read for parents, and easy for children to listen to. Even if your child isn't a cat lover, this story could make him one.

As with most children's books, it's the illustrations that draw me in and this book does not fall short. The pictures are rich, detailed and expressive and will make even a parent pause to examine them.

I checked this out from my local library and am now considering buying to add to our collection.

My 4 yr old grandson loves this book. The illustrations are great - lots of things to look for - and the story is really cute.

The illustrations are fabulous. The rhyming text is entertaining and has enough interesting words to make it a higher level than a lot of rhyming books. It begins "On an island in the ocean near the land of Singapore, midst a storm of great proportion fifteen cats were washed ashore..." My daughter is fascinated with shipwrecks, pirates, stowaways, castaways etc so this story was right up her alley. It would also be great for cat lovers since there are so many different kinds of cats and the different kinds are well drawn and recognizable in the illustrations. My duaghter loves this book and we love reading it to her because of the drawings and the clever things in the text (e.g. the marmalade cat always uses jam related words).

I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 just because I found the story got a little weaker toward the end in the sense that the moral of the story -- we must work together to succeed -- is maybe a little too obvious.

The best book...um, the ah, only book in its league! Catflexing has got to be the most entertaining yet sincere and informative book I've picked up regarding cats or exercise. What a wacky combination...Jackson's really on to something here.

Stephanie Jackson has crafted an endearing and informative "tale" that reflects her lifelong love of both cats and fun exercise. The tongue-in-cheek commentary will beguile even the mildest of cat fanciers--and she even includes several little-known pointers about cat nutrition. Even if your cats decide to remain inquisitive spectators, they'll enjoy watching **you** play with human toys (i.e., barbells) in their stead. Can't wait to see the video!

My caregiver was skeptical, but this book really worked! I can already see some results, and me and my cat Whiskers get to spend fun time together! Thanks a big bunch! Elizabeth Murray.

I've already tried catflexing, and my cat, Mulder, absolutely loves it! It is actually a good workout, and it is so much more fun than any other workout I've tried.

I don't suppose all cats would be up to the strange ways you need to hold them for the exercises, but if your cat doesn't mind, then I would definitely recommend this book!

I love this book!

This is a terrific and pretty comprehensive collection of Celtic poetry and prose. Everything is nicely indexed according to what style of writing it is, and what the subject is, in the table of contents. Under each poem or whathaveyou is a description of where the work comes from, when it dates from, and who (if it is known) wrote the work.

You'll find Welsh, Breton, Cornish, Scots-Gaelic, and Irish works of art here. I know I've often been dissapointed before to buy a book on "Celtic" poetry to find out it was only on Irish works.

To top it all off there is a huge list of end-notes. These explain all those obscure references you'll find in old poetry. Don't know where Aberffraw is, but its in your favorite poem? Flip to the back and find out.

I'm very pleased with this book. I can use it for my classes, simply by looking up a topic and browsing over the many selected works. And I also read it for pleasure, I find the section on humorous works especially enjoyable.

Despite the recent 'boom' in Celtic literature, there are not that many anthologies around, which present the whole palette, as it were, of the Celtic mind, feeling and imagination. In this respect, Kenneth Jackson's anthology remains one of the best. When he died in 1991, his obituary notice in The Times declared him 'a master of all four of the major Celtic languages' - an accolade not many could claim. In fact, the material here has been drawn from six Celtic sources - Welsh, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Cornish and Manx (the variety of Celtic spoken in the Isle of Mann).

Hence, this anthology enables you to savour the taste of Celtic literature, from an unusual number of sources. While all translations have their limitations, Jackson had an uncanny way of reproducing the alliteration and feel of Celtic. In this book, we find Hero tales, epics, reflections on nature, love, delightful epigrams, Celtic magic poems, descriptive sketches,humour & satire, Bardic Poetry, Elegies, religious reflections etc. - a rich collage indeed.

The main text comprises 305 pages, but reading it is more akin to perusing a Celtic library, for that is effectively what Jackson had to do, to procure this rich diversity of sources. The text includes a map of Ireland and Wales, in case you want to locate places mentioned in the text. Extensive notes have been appended to the text - with a pronouncing index. Not everyone will want to get their tongue round that, but the beauty of this text is that you can dip into the material without worrying unduly about such matters, savouring the imagery for its own sake.

It is hard task to select passages for review, for the whole book deserves to be savoured. I may prejudice the reader's mind with my choices. Epics are too long to quote, but you'll hear of Cu Chulainn and all the rest. At random, how about this from the section titled 'Nature':

(34) To the Sun

Greeting to you, sun of the seasons, as you travel
the skies on high, with your strong steps on the
wing of the heights; you are the happy mother
of the stars.

You sink down in the perilous ocean without harm
and without hurt, you rise up on the quiet wave
like a young queen in flower.

Scottish Gaelic; traditional folk prayer.

- or how about these beautiful lines, from the end of
'The Wish of Manchan of Liath' (Religion. 223.)

" This the housekeeping I would undertake, I would
choose it without concealing; fragrant fresh leeks,
hens, speckled salmon, bees. "


How about this sweet epigram (93) 'Her Light Step'

"There's my darling merry star, flower of the
parish of Llangeinwen; beneath her foot the
grass no more bends than does a rock beneath
a bird's foot."
Welsh. Traditional verse.


Another charming epigram (84, The Snowfall).

White flour, earth flesh, a cold fleece on
the mountain, small snow of the chill black day;
snow like platter, bitter cold plumage,
a softness sent to entrammel me. "

- Welsh englynion.

Here's a snippet of Irish 'Zen.'
A Vain Pilgrimage

" Coming to Rome, much labour and little profit!
The King whom you seek here, unless you bring
Him with you - you will not find him. "

Irish;author unknown; 9th c.

The strange mixture of pity, humility and assertiveness in the following, is peculiarly Celtic.

244. A Charm with Yarrow.


" I will pick the smooth yarrow that my figure may be more elegant, that my lips may be warmer, that my voice may be more cheerful;may my voice be like a sunbeam, may my lips be like the juice of the strawberries.

May I be an island in the sea, may I be a hill on the land, may I be a star when the moon wanes, may I be a staff to the weak one: I shall wound every man, no man shall wound me. "

Scottish Gaelic; traditional folk charm.

Yarrow, a delicate wild flower, long used in Celtic herbal lore and suchlike, grows all over Britain. Like the Japanese Yamato nadeshiko, Yarrow symbolises and invokes ideal qualities of femininity. Yet it is a resilient and tough little plant. Reading this verse, I have always imagined a young woman, tender enough to go through life without betraying the better qualities of womanhood, yet apprehensive that she may be abused. So, along with her wish to be - and remain charming, she also nurtures her sense of cosmic attunement and the strength of the feminine in nature, the power of yielding, happy to be a star when the moon wanes, and a staff to the weak. The closing line - 'I shall wound every man, no man shall wound me' - looks callous, even violent, but really, it conveys nothing more than the wish to remain lucky in love, that the 'charm' with the yarrow should work, not leaving the young woman hurt. It is quite likely that the original form of the verse comprised the first four lines - and the closing line. The additional components soften it, making it less predatory.

Just for its own sake, I've included:

The Harp of Cnoc I Chosgair

"Harp of Cnoc I Chosggair, you who bring sleep to eyes long sleepless;sweet, subtle, plangent, glad, cooling, grave. "

" Excellent instrument with the smooth gentle curve, trilling under red fingers, musician that has charmed us, red, lion-like, of full melody. "

" You who lure the bird from the flock, you who refresh the mind, brown spotted one of sweet words, ardent, wondrous, passionate. "

" You who heal every wounded warrior, joy and allurement to women, familiar guide over the dark blue water, mystic, sweet sounding music. "

"You who silence every instrument of music, yourself a pleasing plaintive every instrument of music, dweller among the Race of Conn, instrument yellow-brown and firm. "

" The one darling of sages,restless, smooth, of sweet tune, crimson star above the fairy hills, breast jewel of High Kings."

"Sweet tender flowers, brown harp of Diarmaid, shape not unloved by host, voice of the cuckoos in May! "

"I have not heard of music such as your frame makes since the time of the fairy people, fair brown many coloured bough, gentle, powerful, glorious."

" Sound of the calm wave on the beach, pure shadowing tree of true music, carousals are drunk in your company, voice of the swan over shining streams. "

"Cryof the fairy women from the Fairy Hill of Ler, no melody can match you, every house is sweet stringed through your guidance, you the pinnacle of harp music. . ."

Irish. Gofraidh Fionn O Dalaigh; c. 1385

At the risk of butchering things, I've thrown in these random extracts from verse found under 'religion.'

232. The Tree of Life

"Lovely is the flock of birds which keeps it, on every bright and goodly bird a hundred feathers; and without sin, with pure brilliance, they sing a hundred tunes for every feather. "

243. A Prayer to the Virgin

"The Virgin of ringlets most excellent, Jesus more surpassing white than snow, melodious Seraphs singing Their praise, and the King of the Universe saying it was fitting. "

"The Virgin most excellent of face, Jesus more surpassing white than snow, She like the moon rising over the hills, He like the sun on the peaks of the mountains. "

All in all, there is something very satisfying about this book. Something about its 'feeling tone' lingers and sticks to you, like incense. I've dipped into it for twenty years, on and off, and always recall the story of the Christian hermit on a tiny island, shedding tears of joy for catching a fish. Its hard to feel like that in a supermarket.

This has been one of my two or three very favorite books since it came out. I read from it almost every day. I think that anyone interested in poetry or literature or just in the human spirit should have it by their sides. It is a wonderful selection, beautifully translated. It brings out the two things I like best about Celtic literature: the intense, immediate sensitivity to nature, and the extreme importance given to individual men and women (as opposed to the great big abstractions, symbols, word games, etc., in so much of literature). The Celts seem to have remembered, more often than most people, that individual human beings matter.

I've had this book for over ten years and find new things to appreciate that I'd skipped over in the past. I've used some of the shorter poems and englyn for caligraphy and needlework, and on my website. I also feel that to understand a people, it is necessary to read the literature, and this book offers a good selection.

A Friday night. You're bored. Why not wip out... CHEZ GEEK. Your friends become your roomates as you go threw every day teenage life. Your cards may say Tattoo, or a drink. This Card Came I like a real teenager renting his/her house with his roomates. You win once your roomates have had enough of you and give up.

I think this is a great little funny card game. It isn't as hard on your wallet as most card games and is a lot of fun to play, especially if you've ever rented a place with three of your friends. The only drawback is that I'm convinced this game was developed by a bear-person. It would of course be much better if it had been developed by a robot-person. But regardless, I love it!

When I first laid eyes upon Chez Geek (Pronounced Shay Geek) what I first noted was the wacky and humorous card design with high quality art and funny quotes. However when I opened it up the rules seemed...simplistic. When I played a few games I started to realize how awesome a game this was. It's a completely casual oriented game, with minor tactics, but for the most part it's aimed at being easy to play and funny. Since the deck is shared and boosters aren't part of the game at all (Its not collectable) people can easily join in. Also the collectible aspect is refreshing since every card has a use and there are no "crap" cards. Certain cards are better than others, but not the outrageous degree of most card games. While in theory two people can play, it will be fairly mundane. Games are only worth it with at least 3 people. While the box says 5 people may play the number is closer to 7, and at an absolute max 9. However the two expansion boxes raise that number. Its great for parties since you can learn to play within 5 minutes. Now of course I have emphasized how easy to play it is, the game itself is incredibly fun. As 2-5 (or more) college students living in one apartment you each get one job and try to get as many "Slack Points" as possible. Slack may come from RPGs, hanging out at a Café, nookie, books, friends to invite over, even sleep. What other game gives you points for sleep? As well as many way of gaining slack methods of hindering your opponents are key. For example take "Car Alarm", which makes an opponent's sleep card be discarded. Also "Hungry Girl", a person card, is played on an opponent and `eats' one food card every turn. Even some of the cards that help you can be a double-edged sword. For example buying a user low rider, "Harold the Hoopty Car", lowers your income by 1 point a turn. Income and free time are balancing factors specific to each job. For example as a Slacker you have a high free time value, but very low income. As a corporate drone you have the highest income of any job, but suffer from only one free time per turn.

This fabulous & fun game is well worth your time! Inexpensive & easy to learn, all you need is at least one 6 sided dice and a desire to have fun! Chez Geek is an excellent example of apartment life. Sleep, booze, nookie, tv, partying, shopping, much more. You'll be glad you got it... or you'll never know what you're missing.

I reach for this cookbook again and again, as do my friends. I recently hosted a "new recipe" girls night. All of "the girls" were to bring a dish using a recipe they have never tried before, but wanted to. Out of 6 new recipes, four were from this cookbook and they were absolutely devine. I should mention that I made no mention of the cookbook when planning the dinner.

I have prepared many of the recipes, and have loved them all. While some are simple and great for my small family, others are more impressive and just right for entertaining. Truly, this is one of my favorite cookbooks.

In addition to the recipes, the sidebars offer wonderful tips.

This book has all the earmarks of a beautiful "coffee-table" book - it is interesting whether you are a Southerner or not. It is also quite easy to use. As an avid recipe reader, I can always find something here that I have not tried before. It has a "fish guide" in the back that let's you know what types of fish you can substitute in recipes - very helpful! It also gives a new twist on some traditionally great recipes in a style that invites the reader to open up his/her home to guests with ease.

I have tried many recipes in this book and haven't prepared one yet that wasn't delicious. The Tomato Tart, stuffed filet of beef, honey cashew greenbeens...the list goes on! YUMMMMM

I must own over 20 cookbooks and I always come back to this one. Every recipe from this book comes out great! I've given this book to 7 of my friends for Christmas only to find out that they already had one! My favorites include "Tomatoe Tart", "Grilled Asparagus", "Mustard Pork Tenderloin", "Champagne Shrimp", "Walnut Salad", etc... could go on and on. This is a must! Not only has great recipes but the paper and pictures are of the highest quality.

This is truly one of my favorite authors. Just regret that she doesn't turn out more books and is not really recognizable. If you haven't read about her, then by all means I recommend her with highest praise. Her books are a real joy, right up there with Evanovich, Jance, and Grafton.

Paula Boyd has been compared to Joan Hess,Janet Evanovich and others who are leaders in this genre. The comparison is more than deserved. If you like a classy mystery with lots of laughs, you will love Paula Boyd's Jolene Jackson mysteries. Boyd's writing is tight, well-crafted and her dialogue purely sparkles with wit and humor. Here's a blurb from the back cover:

"Jolene's back in Kickapoo, Texas, for her mother's annual birthday bash at the DQ, which is trouble enough in its own right, but when her checkered high school past comes back to haunt her, the problems turn decidedly
deadly.

Thanks to her old sweetheart, Sheriff Jerry Don Parker, high school wasn't that bad for Jolene - if you don't count the scandal with the non-teaching English teacher, the daily death threats from a jealous rival or the cocky come-ons from the perverted principal. Okay, maybe things weren't all that great back then after all, but with bodies turning up faster than beer cans in the river, they're a darned sight worse now. And it doesn't help matters that Rhonda The-Lying-Slut Davenport is telling anyone who will listen that Jolene ought to be the one showing up dead."

Great fun and a terrific mystery! Treat yourself; order Dead Man Falls.

Joan Hall Hovey
Author of Nowhere To Hide

This is a very entertaining book with delightfully interesting characters. I am looking forward to reading more by this author. I enjoyed this book thoroughly. If you like unique characters and unusual settings, then this book is for you.

Paula Boyd is a new, and welcome!, entry into the female amateur sleuth genre. She has a great ear for dialog, and her mother/daughter combo is really funny. She keeps a lively pace, and spins a good story. I'm looking forward to more!

This book has combined all the recipes from Philip R Craig's books into one wonderful cookbook. I had forgotten about some of the recipes and this cookbook brings them altogether. The side comments with each recipe are helpful as well as amusing. The recipes are excellent. In particular, the Oriental Cole Slaw, Baked Shrimp with Sherry and Garlic and the Sesame Snow Peas. There is a good variety of easy, quick prepare/cook recipes and more complicated recipes. This is not a cookbook with just seafood recipes. It has a variety of salads, seafood, beef and chicken recipes which adults and children will enjoy. For those who have a vegetable garden, there are many recipes in which you can use your homegrown wares. I thoroughly enjoy reading through this book as though it were a novel.

If you like New England cooking and seafood, you'll love this cook book by Philip Craig late author of the Vineyard mystery books!!

After falling in love with Philip R. Craig's Vineyard mystery series, I decided that a cook book by the same author couldn't be half bad. I've tried several recipes thus far (I received the book as a Christmas gift) and each has turned out wonderfully. The recipes are succinct and easy to follow. The dishes are a varied collection of family favorites and classic island cuisine. Each recipe takes up no more than a page and is made up of ingredients that fairly common, not foreign or difficult to find. I would highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in cooking and a taste for the Vineyard.

I really love Philip Craig's Martha's Vineyard series. Each mystery has solid, but laid-back plotting, engaging characters, and lots of atmosphere. I have enjoyed the subtle additions of the recipes from protagonist J.W. Jackson. I was delighted to see recipes from J.W. come out in a stand-alone book. I have had fun playing with them - they're really good! I can't help but comment on the nice influence of Craig's (or his alter ego's)wife! I look forward to each Craig and Jackson offering. They do not disappoint.

Chocolate-Dipped Ranger Cookies? Three-Lemon Cheesecake? Yikes! Rather than, as he says, produce a book with 1,000 recipes, of which only a couple of hundred are slightly better than average, Jackson, author of _The Cornbread Book,_ decided to limit himself to 60-odd lethel desserts, all of which are fantastic. Some of these are original (like Black Walnut and Dried Blueberry Tart, which is new to me, anyway, and which is now on my to-do list), some are variations on old standbys (like banana smoothies, or clafouti with raspberries instead of cherries), but all of them are at least interesting. The style is light and chatty but always informational, and there are some serious droolers in this little volume -- but I wish there were pictures.

This little book by Jeremy Jackson is not quite perfect, but it's close.

Jackson is a rare male culinary writer specializing on desserts who, unlike David Libovitz or Wayne Harley Brachman, is not a professional pastry chef. Not only does he simply write about dessert recipes, but he claims to write, in this book at least, exclusively about original recipes.

The story of how this book came about makes perfect sense to anyone whose mind has wandered. When Jeremy was testing and tasting an interminable queue of cornbread recipes for his first cookbook, he was daydreaming of potential book titles. This one lit him up like the famous lightbulb over the head. The task was then to come up with recipes that deserved the title.

By the author's count, the book contains sixty recipes. His objective is to avoid the situation he encounters with other cookbooks where a quarter of the recipes are good, a quarter of the recipes are so so, and half the recipes are filler. The challenge with these books is to find the recipes in the quarter of good recipes. While I suspect Jackson's estimate of average recipe quality may be just a bit more dismal than what we encounter among respectable authors, I think he has a point. The question about this book, then, is `Has Jeremy Jackson succeeded in publishing sixty original, better than average desserts?' As I suggest in my opening sentence, I believe the answer is `almost'.

On the easier question of originality, the very simple answer is that not all recipes are original, by the author's on admission. The very first recipe in the last chapter of nine `Basic Recipes' is attributed to the very good book by David Libovitz, `Room for Dessert'. I suspect that there is also not a lot of originality in the remaining eight basic recipes or their variations. People have been making pate sucree, pate brisee, and ganache for centuries. I doubt the author has anything startling to tell us about these. Several dessert recipes also have the look of being only small variations on well-known classics. The first traditional title which catches my eye is the Apple Galette.

In spite of the appearance of a few standards, I do believe that the majority of the recipes in the book deserve the label of `original'. I say this with the understanding that I have not read every dessert book ever written, so some of these recipes may be variations on recipes as old as Monsieur Careme himself. I will only say that the recipes which strike me as original seem, at the very least, to not be the product of the imaginary computer program the author concocts to visualize how many recipes in large cookbooks may be created.

The very first recipe in the first chapter on fruits immediately catches my attention as a very clever adaptation of the savory cooking en papillote to the construction of a delightfully surprising dish. The very next recipe gives us an Earl Grey applesauce recipe which I suspect never crossed the minds of the Pennsylvania Dutch who spent so much time perfecting apple dishes. In general, all but the last recipe for a banana smoothie in the chapter on fruit desserts has the strong smell of originality about it. The next chapter on custard based desserts show somewhat less pure originality and somewhat more variation on classics. The three lemon cheesecake seems like an especially delicious addition to the canon of cheesecake recipes. The chapter on pies and tarts opens with a delightful maple custard tart. In fact, the opening recipe in each chapter seems to be an advertisment for the author's originality.

I give the author extra credit for not dwelling on the details or explanations of what makes good pastry. Many very competant writers on pastry, most notably Sherry Yard in her new book `The Secrets of Baking' have covered this ground quite well already. The author does give just enough attention to being careful with your ingredients to insure that no one will shoot themselves in the foot by using an inappropriate substitution when making these dishes. I am a little surprised that he believes there is a big enough difference between Gold Medal all purpose flour and King Arthur all purpose flour to make a difference in these recipes. I know there is a difference, but I'm surprised that a 2-3% difference in protein will make that big a difference. But, he's the baker and I am not, so take his word for it.

One result of this light touch around the details of pastry practice and science is that this book may not want to be your very first experience with touchier techniques like cheesecake, caramel, and melted chocolate. I was surprised at the atypical techniques used in the cheesecake recipe where the recipe starts out with a very hot oven without the benefit of a water bath. I was especially surprised at the prediction of cracks in the cheesecake, until I saw that the cake was to be covered with a glaze which would heal all wounds.

As far as the overall quality of these recipes, I believe that most are very, very good. I did find some which may simply not be the very best use of it's ingredients. The rhubarb cobbler, for example does not come close to the delightful things Wayne Harley Brachman has done with rhubarb in a pie in his book `American Desserts. I don't even thing the recipe is a true cobbler.

The single most delightful aspect of this book is the fact that so many of the recipes are short and relatively simple, as long as you are the master of pastry dough and simple chocolate handling. The high quality of the recipes coupled with the very low list price make this book a sure thing.

Very Highly recommended, with many simple, easy delicious recipes. Almost all recipes live up to the title.

I love this little book! Who can resist the title? It's such fun to read and the results are fantastically good--it's like cooking with a friend who is a lot of fun and doesn't let you down in any way! The recipes are simple and delicious and, incidentally, withstand substitutions well: peaches instead of raspberries for the Raspberry Clafouti, English breakfast tea instead of Earl Grey for the Earl Grey Applesauce, lemon juice & zest for orange in the Slow-Roasted Pinapple Sauce. Cook one recipe everyday and invite your friends over--par-ty, par-ty, par-ty...!

I saw an article in our local Iowa newspaper which featured this book and a couple of the recipes. The title piqued my curiosity, so I bought it. To date, I have made four of the desserts contained therein. None are particularly difficult or time consuming. The instructions are written in novel-like prose and are easy to follow. The flavors in the finished products range from brain-melting (Chocolate Sinkholes) to delightfully sublime (Earl Grey Applesauce). Amaze your family and friends, or create the perfect conclusion to a romantic meal with your spouse at home while the kids are away at Grandma's for the weekend.

When my mother first began work on her second book, I thought, what is she up to now? At any rate, she saw the project through, and it actually came out very good. It truly gives the reader or looker, a feel for life in Jackson Hole in the early days. My mother gave birth to me in 1951, (not the early days) and I had just opened my eyes, and she said "son, "Life" magazine is for people who can't read, and "Time" is for people who can't think. Her book covers both basis (bases), so is something an entire family can enjoy. If it passes my test, it's worth a peek. Jim Huidekoper Jackson Hole Wyoming 4/11/97

When my mother first began work on her second book, I thought, what is she up to now? At any rate, she saw the project through, and it actually came out very good. It truly gives the reader or looker, a feel for life in Jackson Hole in the early days. My mother gave birth to me in 1951, (not the early days) and I had just opened my eyes, and she said "son, "Life" magazine is for people who can't read, and "Time" is for people who can't think. Her book covers both basis, so is something an entire family can enjoy. If it passes my test, it's worth a peek. Jim Huidekoper Jackson Hole Wyoming 4/10/97

This wonderful book shows you the real spirit behind the town of Jackson. Before it became a resort and a vacation town, Jackson was a gateway through the Teton Mountains.

Through vivid photography, the author relay to the reader the struggles and hardships associated with living in a small western town during the turn of the century while also expose them to the joy and beauty that make people move to the Jackson Valley today.

Seeing Jackson in this early state makes you appreciate what is there today and what is lost of yesterday.

The photos collected in this book, about 150 of them, capture a period in time from 1872 to the early 1930s, when the area along the upper Snake River below Yellowstone was explored and settled. There are photos taken by seven photographers, the earliest of them William Henry Jackson (1843-1942) traveling with a scientific expedition and working with cumbersome equipment and 11x14 wet glass negatives.

The bios of all seven of these men recount the lives of 19th and early 20th century adventurers, intrepid trekkers across the wilderness and frontier to make a visual record of the West during its early years of settlement. Their images are joined by those of scores of amateur photographers, whose snapshots were collected for this edition and fill many of the pages of the book.

The book is organized by various themes, from rodeo (see cover) to farming and ranching, communities, dudes, hunting, and so on. An interesting sequence captures a landslide which blocked the Snake River for 2 years in the 1920s and then gave way, causing a flood that inundated the valley, wiping out the town of Kelly. Another sequence illustrates the years of change at Teton Pass, the only winter access to the valley, transport progressing from horses to automobiles.

Lest we think of this as entirely a man's world, there's a photo of the all-woman town council of Jackson, the first U.S. town to be governed entirely by women (1920-1924). There are photos of the first aeroplane landing, winter dog sled racing, and the environmental devastation caused by the damming of Lake Jackson. Photos record the vists of European royalty and the John D. Rockefellers, whose influence and money helped create Grand Teton National Park.

For lovers of the Old West and old photographs, the images reproduced here are a rich treasure. From significant and historic events to everyday life, the book is a picture album of Americana. I also recommend another excellent collection of old Western photographs in Richard Collins' "The American Cowboy."