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Title: Wildwood Boys : A Novel by James Carlos Blake ISBN: 0-380-80593-6 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.14 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: THE WILDWOOD BOYS
Comment: THIS WAS AN EXCELLENT BOOK. I LOVED IT. IT TOOK ME BACK TO THAT TIME AND PLACE, AND GAVE ME A LOOK AT A GREAT HISTORICAL STORY. ONE REVIEWER WAS SO BIAS, I AM SURE HE WAS FOR THE OPPOSITE SIDE IN THIS STORY. HE MUST BE VERY UNHAPPY AND COWARDLY IN HIS APPROACHES TO NOVELS.
Rating: 1
Summary: Don't bother- unrealistic, unpoetic & generally uncompelling
Comment: I hate to be the dissenting voice to all the gushing reviews for this book, but I thought it was weak at best. The plot was thin, the dialogue sophmoric, the character development was forced, and the overall portrait of the war was unrealistic. For example, the bushwackers that form the core of the book are almost invincible except at times that aid the story. In battles with even seasoned federal calvary, they rarely lose more than one or two men while wiping out dozens of enemies. They never suffer from hunger, even at a time when many farms were burned.
But, setting aside the lack of historical credibility, the book never evokes the feelings of the war or its human impact in a way that Charles Frazier did (I only bring up the comparision b/c of the quote on the paper edition). Bill, our main man here, never develops as a character- he just sort of lurches from phase to phase.
I wouldn't bother with this book- there are so many other novels of the Civil War worth your time.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Master Storyteller
Comment: Some authors you read because the journey is better than the destination, but I find with Blake it's the opposite. His action and storytelling outweigh his poetry, although there is poetry, to be sure. He writes with a passion and moves with a purpose. And yes, as other reviews state here, he does not disappoint.
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Title: In the Rogue Blood by James Carlos Blake ISBN: 0380792419 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.50 |
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Title: Red Grass River : A Legend by James Carlos Blake ISBN: 0380792427 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 25 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: A World of Thieves : A Novel by James Carlos Blake ISBN: 0060512474 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 24 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Friends of Pancho Villa: A Novel by James Carlos Blake ISBN: 0425153045 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Under the Skin : A Novel by James Carlos Blake ISBN: 0380977516 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 21 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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