Sherman Books

I must say that I picked this book up initially just because I was bored, but it delivered much more then I thought it would. From the lighthearted "Stag Party" to the highly intriguing and thought-provoking "The Way Things Should Be", this book had more twists on the were-mythology then any compliation I've seen. Brilliant. Simply Brilliant.

Bought this book as an airplane reader... had a few hours to kill. I thouroughly enjoyed it. it was perfect for what I was looking for. There's some serious stuff in there, but it's mostly light (were-guppy???).

Once upon a time there was a werewolf! Now, well this is the nineties! We have moved beyond a wolf, and realized that we can be anything! An elephant, a tiger, a left-wing republican

Those who inhabit the harsh, blood-red land between Tucson and Fort Bowie have never seen the likes of the Shadow Rider, Zak Cody - who appears out of nowhere and vanishes just as suddenly in the desert heat. Now death and lies surround him again. The Apache are under siege for murders they didn't commit - and Cody's is riding hell-for-leather into a war where nothing's what it seems. But his mission is to get to the truth...and to kill the cause of the bloody chaos - even if it means laying down his own life.

The first, in what I believe will be a trilogy, about Zak Cody - a half-Indian loner who works for U.S. President, Ulysses S. Grant.

Jory Sherman presents the reader with well-drawn characters, many of which seem to have hidden agendas. Sherman also spends quite a bit of time with flashbacks, explaining the background of Cody, his life as a child and events that mould him into the person he is today.

The book builds well as the hunt for the men behind the murders the Apache are accused of as it races to its climax. And here is were I wonder to the method used to end the book, it's a technique that should have readers looking for the next book as there isn't really any kind of climax to the story. It just ends, leaving many questions unanswered and the battle the reader is expecting not taking place. Frustrating to some readers I'd think?

The other problem with this kind of ending these days is that it takes so long for the publishers to put out the next book, eight months in this case, so a reader might just give up looking for the next one and feel Blood Sky at Morning to be an unsatisfactory read.

My advice would be to wait for all three books to be published before reading them, as you'll have less chance of forgetting what's gone before.

Have said all that, Sherman is a very good writer, and should be on the reading list of all western fans.

'Blood sky at morning' is a line within this book of the same title, a book that begins a trilogy. The second book in the series is entitled "SHADOW RIDER: APACHE SUNDOWN" with the third volume, 'SHADOW RIDER: GHOST WARRIOR" due out later in June, 2008.

The book is an excellent western set in Arizona Territory during the Apache Wars with some real life characters such as Generals Grant and Crook, Tom Jeffords, and Cochise woven throughout the story. The main protagonist is an ex-military man working directly for now President U. S. Grant and Major General George Crook, he carries credentials compelling any and all military to assist in his mission. Though he no longer is in the army, he carries the rank of Colonel. Many foolish, unwise men do not take proper heed of this man, Zak Cody, and pay for their foolishness with their lives. Zak doesn't enjoy the killing and will generally give men the choice of either shooting it out to die or walking away to live, mostly they try to brave and badger Zak and shoot it out, only to die.

This western novel of 227 pages sets in motion activity that will be concluded only in the final two volumes, so by end of the trail in this first volume, no closure has come to Zak Cody. The man, Ben Trask, he hates and hunts, the man who tortured Zak's father to death, is on the loose with Zak still trailing him.

If you enjoy Jory Sherman's work and want to saddle up to ride with him through 3 books you will find a plentitude of good reading here. Though the author's philosophy of life, faith, or spritualism sometimes nudges out the action, the book is still very enjoyable. Anyone who enjoys both a good western and a good story cannot go wrong riding the trail with both Zak Cody and Mr. Jory Sherman.

Semper Fi.

This book, which serves as my introduction to Jory Sherman, reads like a detective story out of the old west. I mean that in the best sense. The writing style throughout this books shines beyond nearly every Western I've ever read. I don't know why I didn't notice this auther before (since he's been writing for years), but he's amazing. Descriptive language in the book such as "The Colt bucked in his hand as it exploded with orange flame, belching out golden fireflies of burnt powder..." paint pictures like few Westerns. Though I haven't yet reached the last page of the story, I had to say what a rare work of fiction this is. I will most definitely begin reading other works by this author.

SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA 1864: ATLANTIC TO SAVANNAH by David Smith tells of a grueling march - nearly three hundred miles - in which the army lived off the land and destroyed all war-making capabilities of the enemy. Photos, maps, and art examines the major participants, strategies, and campaigns of the last months of the Civil War, making for a top pick for any military collection strong in Civil War history.

David Smith in less than a hundred pages provides the best short volume available regarding "Sherman's Renowned March To The Sea". Providing a short biography of each key player, the reason behind the campaign, including Grant's fear that it would fail, Smith writes in a very readable fashion. I recommend it for the beginner or the seasoned reader who wishes to understand the impact that Sherman had on ending the American Civil War. Further, while Sherman did not invent "total war", he brought it to the United States. The lesson of the "march" is timely for today, especially the fact that war involves civilians, no matter how one attempts to paint the issue otherwise.
The book reads like a well-crafted novel and should be purchased without resveration.

In Osprey's Campaign No. 179, Sherman's March to the Sea 1864, author David Smith describes Sherman's campaign across Georgia and Hood's campaign across Tennessee in late 1864. This is a phase of the American Civil War that often gets short shrift, due to the lack of `popular' large-scale battles, but it was nonetheless decisive in determining the outcome of the war in the West. Smith manages to deftly weave together the two campaigns into a coherent narrative that nicely adds to our understanding of this crucial phase of the war.

The opening sections on the origins of the campaign, opposing commanders, opposing armies and opposing plans are good. Smith's section on commanders provides capsule bios of 6 Union and 3 Confederate leaders, while the opposing armies section details the forces in both Tennessee and Georgia. The campaign narrative proper is sub-divided into two chapters on Sherman's march across Georgia and one on Hood's invasion of Tennessee. Graphically, the volume is complemented by five 2-D maps (After the fall of Atlanta, September-October 1864; March to the Sea, Part 1, 15-26 November 1864; Hood's Tennessee Campaign, November-December 1864; the Battle of Franklin, 30 November 1864; and the March to the Sea, Part 2, 28 November - 21 December 1864), two 3-D BEV maps (the Battle of Nashville, first and second day, 15-16 December 1864) and three battle scenes by Richard Hook (the Battle of Allatoona Pass, 5 October 1864; a Union foraging party; and Fort Mcallister, 13 December 1864). The volume also has rather lengthy orders of battle for both campaigns, totaling 7 pages. Notes on the battlefields today and bibliography are short, but adequate.

Southern readers may find Smith's description of Sherman's march to be a bit anti-septic, in that it seems to downplay the harm and injury inflicted upon Georgia's civilian population. Sherman's march was an emotional, gut-wrenching experience for the Confederacy to witness a Union army moving unmolested through the heart of its territory and the psychological damage was complemented by a vicious scorched earth policy. Smith's account is lucid but lacks some of the emotive weight that provides the historical context for this campaign. Even Sherman realized that his operation was far more than a mere march or a plundering raid, but a deep stab into the South's vitals. Indeed, Sherman's march was an early example of a new philosophy of warfare, that held that attacks upon regular military forces was merely a precursor to the execution of decisive attacks against an enemy's civilian economy (e.g. Julian Corbett a few decades later). It was also interesting to see the author's discussion of the Confederate use of buried land mines outside Savannah, which posed a threat not unlike the IEDs in Iraq today.

The author also covers Hood's campaign effectively and avoids any pre-determination that the campaign was foredoomed. Indeed, the author suggests that under better conditions, Hood's invasion of Tennessee might have succeeded in diverting at least part of Sherman's forces (but for how long?). Readers thirsting for action while find their appetite sated by the sanguinary battles of Franklin and Nashville, which ended any chance for the Confederacy to retrieve something from this campaign. Overall, a good volume.

Hi! My name is Tyler. I am from Gettysburg P.A. I go to the
Gettysburg Area Middle School. I want to tell you a little bit
about the book There's a Snake in the Toilet. I think the book is O.K.,I would recommend it.There is a boy named Ollie, he
is a victom of a bully named D.K. Ollie is scared of D.K. so he stays in for recess becaus he is scared he will get beat up.One day wile walking home,he sees D.K. picking on a little girl but Ollie does nothing.The next morning he wakes up and goes to the bathroom and sees two yellow eyes in the toilet.IT IS A SNAKE! Is this a dream or is it real. If you want to find out,I suggest you read this book.

My mom bought me this book and I really liked it a lot.It was very funny and it was a true story which happened right in our area. I remember my teacher talking about it too.It was very interesting and also entertaining. Yours truly, Morag MacLean(age 8)

If you haven't read There's a Snake in the Toilet you better read the book because it is terrific. My favorite action scene went like this. "Quickly I stepped up to the snake. My right arm shot out like a rocket and grabbed its skinny neck.The boa constricter squirmed a lot but Olliver held on. He could not let it go." The next minute the snake just flipped its tail up and Oliver grabbed it. I would give this book a 10 because it has a lot of action. Another reason I like the book is because I like snakes! The last thing I like about the book is that it reminded me of the book I wrote about snakes.

In November, 1864, William Tecumseh Sherman and 60,000 of his finest veterans, divided among the Army of Georgia (XIV Corps and XX Corps) and the Army of the Tennessee, set off from Atlanta for Savannah, Georgia and the Atlantic Ocean. Over the course of the next six weeks, Sherman and his men foraged off of the land liberally, committing some atrocities along the way. Just how many atrocities these men committed and the gravity of the situation seems to fluctuate the farther north or south of the Mason-Dixon line you go, so I'll leave it at that. Savannah was captured in late December, and the next Spring Sherman marched north through the Carolinas. South Carolina was ravaged as Sherman's men wreaked havoc on the state they believed had caused the war. Columbia, South Carolina was almost wholly burned in an extremely controversial event. The book ends with a description of the battles in North Carolina, especially Bentonville, and Johnston's surrender to Sherman at Bennett Place in late April 1865. The books in Jim Miles' series are intended to provide a solid introduction to the information while also providing solid information for potential tours of these campaigns. Miles succeeds in this with To The Sea. As I mentioned above, Sherman's March is a very controversial topic, and Miles does a good job of providing the reader with a non-biased introduction. The reader may wish to pursue some of these controversies, especially the burning of Columbia, South Carolina, by referring to other more detailed studies. The maps of the campaign are sub-par, but I do not mind this too much because the book is not meant to be a detailed description of the entire March. There are no notes, which I'm never fond of. You have no way of finding out where Miles got his information and on what specifically he bases his conclusions. All in all, this is a decent book to get if you are new to these events. It provides the starting point for tours of these places, and should lead those interested into further study of the material.

192 pp., 31 maps

If you enjoy reading about history and visiting the site this is an excellent book. The history and the tour guide are designed to provide an enjoyable and informative experience. Sherman's March is a subject fraught with controversy and still generates strong feelings over 140 years after the fact. Jim Miles faces this and provides a well balanced "warts n all" history of The March. He shows what was done well and what wasn't and the reasons that things happened that way. In doing this, the reader is given an excellent extended introduction to the subject.

This is a comprehensive and enjoyable book. It will work well for the serious student or someone who wants information but not be overwhelmed by it. The driving tour follows the route and provides you with current conditions and locations. Keep in mind that the "current conditions" were when the author was working on the book. The Atlanta Savannah area is growing. This book is part of the history of preservation and what we have lost.

Jim Miles, a wonderful author who can captivate you in his subjects, wrote this criminally out of print book in an attempt to have average readers, like myself, experience the drama of Sherman's march to the sea first hand.

Outside of his outstanding narrative are illustrations, both contemporary and modern that show the reader what to look for in a riding tour of Sherman's March to Sea.

The march itself was not just one straight line starting from the capture and (somewhat accidental) burning of most of the City of Atlanta, Georgia, to the capture and evacuation of Savannah and the destruction of what little of the Confederacy's fleet was in its port.

The two lines of march, the left wing and the right wing are both followed accurately and with great detail.

Worth getting, if you can find it.

The author packaged his journals in a way which I personally would not have thought of but which works for this story.

Having been a Peace Corps volunteer in the Igbo region, the author returns months after the outbreak of war and the evacuation of the Peace Corps volunteers. Unable to return to Biafra, where he can be with the people he got to know during his posting, he winds up working for the Red Cross effort on the Nigerian side. In effect he sees the war from both perspectives.

There was little in the way of military insight or meetings with important personages in this book. It is war and relationships found in war. It has some drawbacks but I consider it an important book and one I will make a point of keeping for my library.

I am the author and am surprised that it is listed as being out of print. It is available through many sources in North America and elsewhere. Please correct this statement.

John Sherman's War Stories: A Memoir Of Nigeria And Biafra is a personal memoir that began as a journal kept by a member of a Red Cross food/medical team who operated during the Nigerian Civil War during the late 1960s. Sherman's extensive work teaching and with the Red Cross relief efforts, his eye-witness to horror, and his personal experience in striving to help the less fortunate are candidly chronicled in vivid, compelling detail making War Stories an unforgettable and strongly recommended narrative which is enhanced for the reader with author photos of the Nigerian Civil War, as well as maps of Africa, Nigeria, and Biafra.

I don't think that I have ever been more inpressed with a book as this one. I have never read it personaly but watched it be preformed at a national qualifing forensics tournament. It won, without a doubt. I highly recomend you atleast consider it if you want to read a book packed with emotion. It relates in some way small or large to each and every one of us. I have never been literly pulled into a preformance before, but I had no choice when watching this one.

I just recently got done doing a run of "Women and Wallace" as Wallace, and it was one of the most amazing shows I have ever done in my life. I can't believe how much this show got under my skin and is, now, forever embedded deep in my soul. Not a day goes by when I don't think about how this role changed my life and not only strengthened me as a performer, but most of all, strengthened the relationship I have with my parents. Johnathan Marc Sherman has this uncanny knack at bringing out the deepest emotions in every actor that touches his work, just by the way he writes. This is an absolutely amazing play and I reccommend it to everyone who wants to find out something new about themselves. Thank you Mr. Sherman for this amazing piece of theater.

I just read this play for the first time...I'm doing a monologue from it for a stageplay class I'm in, and I wanted to read the play to get more of a feeling for the character. It's difficult being a girl playing this part, but I want to say I'm very moved by this play, really very much so. It meant a lot to me, and I just want to highly recommend it to ANYONE. It's a quick read, and it's very good. This is extremely inarticulate, but if anyone has read it/wants to read it/wants to talk about it, e-mail me (Isis305@yahoo.com). It's a play well worth your time. I'm not going to give a plot review, but suffice it to say that it speaks a lot about the complex relationships between males and females. I have really not gotten time to process my thoughts on it, seeing as I finished it about five minutes ago.

So, Amazon never sent me this book. Ever. Sure, I did get a tracking number all manner of information indicating that that product would be in my hands in a handful of days. But the product never arrived. Now, yes I can't complain because I did get a full refund on the product. Nothing gained, nothing lost.

But I find it noteworthy that when I first purchased the product, as a pre-order many moons ago I only paid $39.99 on the product. Not soon before the product was released, but before it was 'sold out,' they began charging $69.99 for the thing. So honestly, something tells me that it really wasn't 'lost.' Somebody screwed up, charged me and others too little on the book and never alleviated the error. And rather than being forthright about it? They just came up with a wonderful fabrication. This is not the first time Amazon has "lost" products that were then mysteriously raised in price; they've done it a great many times especially with Graphic Novels and Hard Cover Edition Graphic Novels.

The book itself? I did get it eventually from a different merchant, a different site and it is great. I'd actually owned a good number of the original American Flagg! floppy comics from First Comics back in the 80's and it was great then. The presentation and the restoration on the art and the colors is great. Though I wish they'd included a bit more material; though I anxiously await the next volume in this collection.

A few years back I wrote an Amazon review raving about American Flagg! and what a groundbreaking work it is. Howard Chaykin's work predated more well known works such as Dark Knight (Frank Miller) and Watchmen (Alan Moore) by a few years. It is as daring now as it was 25 years ago.

It was a swell review and I am still amazed how prescient Chaykin was in perfectly nailing a future of reality TV, media-soaked culture, the Net, video piracy, enhanced sports and over-the-top sexuality. America, your future is now. That review is gone, I guess, because it took years for this work to actually get produced!

So...years after I wrote that in anticipation of the hardcover, it finally issues. My first reaction was - all this wait ...for this?

It is great to have the work collected,and the overall quality is good... but it deserves better, especially for the years it took to put together. If any series demands an Absolute, oversized edition, it is American Flagg! The artwork bristles and is packed with layers and details, even the lettering soars to new levels of excellence. This edition seems...small. It is reproduced the same size as the original art and is on matte white paper.

I have some previous collections (paperback) that are slightly oversized on glossy paper (the actual art is the same size). I think these are superior. Unfortunately, they didn't do the whole series like this.

Flagg! is better than this; Flagg! is bigger than this.

So...5 stars for the actual work and minus 1 for the format.

Oh, and for those debating whether the signed and numbered edition is worth it...well, after all those years of waiting, Chaykin must have been in a hurry to get these out because his usually abbreviated signature is even further reduced to a checkmark and a dot. Up to you to decide if that is worth the extra $.

Joe Sherman has done justice to the fact that we can't always get what we need. He hot only tells the story of James Worden and MIT but delves into the picture of the world oil producers, and the big three, as partners in making things the way they are... for good or ill, is left up to you to determine. Thought prvoking and a fast read, it will leave you with a lot of questions to pursue if you dare, and asking why can't I buy one!

This book beautifly outline the trials and tribulations of one of the most advanced solar car companies. Serious information and humor are inter-twined to make this book quick reading and very informative.

Mr. McDonald has put together a very readable and fun book with true stories. It was hard to put it down. I am from Lauderdale County and these stories make history come alive for me. I am so grateful for the many years of research he has done and the many books and articles he has written over the years. This book is just one example of his work.

I though I had already typed a review of this book, but apparently not, so will now say that I was pleased with this book. It covers both sides of the conflict during the Civil War and clearly shows how families suffered and were torn apart. My family was not big on leaving written records, and many of the handed down stories were incomplete by the time they got to my generation. Reading this book gave me a clearer picture of my families who were living in that area, and shed light on some branches on my family that I was not familiar with. The author didn't just tell what side a person was on, but placed most of them in their military units, often telling what the person was doing before, during and after the War.