Sherman Books

Outstanding EM clerkship text for any rotating student, including those interested in applying to EM residents. Reading and mastering this book alone should help any student ace the USMLE step 2 exam (EM represents a sizable share of the exam). Would also be very useful for PGY1 or PGY2 residents in order to prepare for the national inservice exams. Highly recommended!
Jorge Fernandez, MD
Director of Medical Student Education, Department of Emergency Medicine, LA County-USC Medical Center

Jory Sherman is one of our finest novelists of the West. With swift sure strokes he creates memorable cowhands and plunges them into surprising trouble. Suddenly history emerges here, with an ancient injustice begging to be remedied. This is compelling reading, rich in lore, vivid with Ute Indian tradition. Sherman draws this story from the world of spirit and mystery, things better understood by the Utes than by those who are trespassing in their country. This story will draw you back to itself, and invite you to read more of Jory Sherman's fine work.

How can I be the first person reviewing this item? When I was nine, I loved this old book. I read it all the time at my grandparents' house, where an aged copy resided. This should be a classic and instead looks like it's forgotten. Major-mega injustice. Valiant from the book's title is a wise, brave shepherd dog who lives and works on a Wyoming ranch with his boy and the boy's dad, who are ranchers in the late 1800's, during the time of a deadly range war between sheep and cattle ranchers. This novel is a cross between lovely pulp fiction luridness and dignified children's literature of the sort not known today, and it brings kidnapping, the wild west in all its excitement, and the love between a boy and his faithful dog, into its plotline. This is a seventy-year-old novel and I wish it would be re-printed by someone because I know children and adults today would like it every bit as much as I did almost twenty years ago and its original audience did generations back.

The recipes were excellent and so easy to follow! and the marinade recipes can be used on anything.

Taken by surprise, the husband and wife who owned Del's Roadside Store were tortured until they revealed where they'd hidden the strong box. Not satisfied with their ill-gotten gains, the robbers turned to murder. The two killers have a history of violent behaviour, but they're the sons of two of the most respected and wealthiest families in the territory, and the law turns a blind eye to their misdeeds. Lew Zane doesn't care about the law or the amount of money that tips the scales of justices. All he cares about is that his parents are dead and their killers roam free. If the law won't see justice done, then he will...

Jory Sherman presents the reader with a thought provoking read. After the brutal killings of the elderly couple, the story is mainly about the frustrations Zane experiences in trying to get the law to bring his parents killers to justice as he runs up against corrupt lawmen and a real lack of evidence.

Sherman's writing style works well to evoke a feeling of hopelessness. This also applies to the uplifting thread of finding love amoungst this time of sadness.

Zane's speech at his parents' funeral being very powerful and moving.

And as the book begins to run out of pages you have to wonder as to how all the threads to the story will be tied up. Some end in another sudden and savage act of violence and others, Sherman, leaves in the air indicating he hasn't done writing about Lew Zane.

Not an action packed western but one that makes you think about the law, money and justice and whether vigilante law has a place in society, then and today.

This book is a triumph for Jason. The themes found in the book cross class and social boundaries. Jason guides the reader (using his personal experiences as examples) on a journey of healing and hope.

As author of the book, "Gaijin Shogun, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Stepfather of Postwar Japan" which focuses on the Occupation period, and a former member of Gen. MacArthur's Honor Guard, I was interested to read "War Crimes." It was brought to my attention by another former member of the honor guard, the brother of the author, Samuel Thurman.

The author, a young G.I. in occupied Japan was assigned to the International Military Tribunal as a page, and though only about 20 years old, he took a deep interest in the proceedings, so much so that he collected many of the written records. These records contained extensive testimonies of witnesses, prosecution and defense statements, and other related matters. M.J. Thurman, who was called Joe, collected boxes of these documents with the thought in mind that he would do something with them one day. Those days turned out to be decades later after a military career and a subsequent civilian career. Not long before his death he completed his manuscript, which was impressive in its size and detail, but not ready for publication. After Joe died his daughter Christine, an experienced lawyer, took up the task of shaping the manuscript into something acceptable for publication and brother Samuel assisted in getting the book published.

This is a sad book to read. It presents a detailed picture of war crimes, often too gross to contemplate, but a record that needs to be told and registered in the public consciousness. The book brings attention to those individuals (28 charged,) whose crimes were so heinous, or whose callous influence so deep and widespread that they were rightly tried as war criminals. All were also surrogates for thousands of others who could have been tried had the court elected to pursue them. Though it was a trial for individuals, one could not conclude that the crimes were just those of aberrant personalties. Responsibility should also fall heavily on the shoulders of the government of that period that created and perpetuated an atmosphere of radicalism and hatred, with little or no regard for the human dignity of others.

Story after story by witnesses recount multiple autrocities of small scale and large scale, such as the Rape of Nanking and the Rape of Manila, with few accounts of mercy or compassion for civilian populations or prisoners of war that fell into the hands of the Japanese.

At the top of the power structure of those brought to trial was Hideki Tojo, who attempted to commit suicide during the trial. Tojo was for many years in the position of power to mastermind the quest for domination of the East. Arguments were made at the time to place the emperor, Hirohito, right along side of Tojo, or at a more responsible position. However, Gen. MacArthur used his considerable influence to prevent the emperor from being charged as a war criminal, as he felt this would seriously undermine the ability of the Allies to bring order to Japan.

The book presents in detail, sometimes repetitively so, all that the subject deserves. It will be an important reference for those who wish to know more of Japan's ugly history of war and expansion and will deter revisionists in their attempts to deny, obfuscate, and ignore the past. It is unfortunate that Japan, a nation of good and well intentioned people today, will not realistically face up to their past. Until they do they will forever earn the enmity, particularly of other Asians,of those they so disabused.

I like this book called "Welcome to the Rodeo! (Rodeo)" by author Josepha Sherman & my favorite picture is page 10 with a cowboy roping a calf.

This book Introduces the rodeo as a sport, exploring its origins, people, animals, events, scoring, & involvement children.

What does the word rodeo mean?
What is a piggin' string?
Why did steer wrestling used to be called "bulldogging?"

Rodeo is my favorite & any one I can go to is The Calgary Stampede, Aspen Colorado, Montana, Texas, Wyoming, Florida where the Kissimmee rodeo is & Nevada in Las, Vegas at The National Finals Rodeo.

The National Finals Rodeo is in Las Vegas, Nevada & it is every December.

I think this book reminds me of Rodeo: American Original CD, Black Beauty book by author Anna Sewell & Adapted by Eleanor G. Vance & Illustrated by Susan Jeffers, Home Alone 3. video & book, Rodeo Action 1: Rodeo Bloopers on DVD & Big Comfy Couch: Picky Eaters/Naptime for Molly video.

I loved this book & enjoyed it!!

Well, this also reminds me of a DVD called "City Slickers" starring Billy Crystal & on video, too.

I loved it!!

Though Emma writes from the perspective of the losing side of the Civil War, and though her beliefs on race clash greatly with our times, her persistence in the face of horrible suffering is a magnificent example to us all. She stands as testimony to the powerful spirit of the South and of Southern women in particular. Were we as committed to the ideals of our day as she was to those of her day, ours would be a powerful society indeed. Her diary is all the more shocking when you realize that she was only seventeen when she began writing

i enjoy historical fiction so i was looking forward to reading this. it has a gentle start-laying a foundation that helped me to get where the characters were coming from. by the middle i couldn't put it down-i truly read the last page and closed the book to discover that it was the middle of the night and my nice, hot bath had gotten quite cold. can't wait for the next one!