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1.The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America by: Thurston Clarke May 27, 2008
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One of my earliest memories, at about age 4, is looking over a sea of people at a 1968 Hubert Humphrey rally. My folks were good establishment democrats. They'd also been huge King followers, and had been to the March on Washington. His death was the seminal political event I heard as a young child. They'd been a fan of JFK, of course, but I curiously had heard little of RFK from them. I suspect his death, as it did for so many, sunk them into cynicism and resignation. This book, then, was a revelation to me. Clarke's narrative moves along at breakneck pace mirroring RKF's ferocious but brief campaign. He brings the campaign to life, and what a ride it was. Though RFK is the central figure, the real story is America itself. He writes of RFK's ability to transcend multiple ... Read More

2.Around the World in Eighty Days (Signet Classic) by: Jules Verne September 03, 1991
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"The Whole Story" edition, with marginal notes and photos to describe the story. The graphics don't always add much to the story, but never detract from the simple, straightforward telling of this round-the-world-on-a-bet story. Just enough drama, comedy, and love interest to keep the story moving at a crackling pace, without ever sidetracking the reader from the basic 80-day timetable that must be met. I was actually a bit sad at the journey's end for Fogg and his companions, until the final twist gave the story a happy ending.

3.Ask Not: The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That Changed America by: Thurston Clarke August 25, 2005
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An enjoyable book on one of the most famous political speeches ever. It provides good insight into the development of "Ask Not," but there is an over-arching bias running through the book. The reader gets the distinct impression that Clarke has decided that Kennedy is THE author of this famous speech and then crafts the evidence to support that theory. Given JFK's symbiotic relationship with special counselor Ted Sorensen, it is just not credible to believe that the tall man from Nebraska did not make the same type of contribution to this speech as he did to the rest of the Kennedy material. Clarke has an annoying habit of assuming what people may have been thinking about some topic, e.g. Historian Michael Beschloss "presumably relied on Schlesinger" as a source for an anecdote ... Read More

4.Searching for Paradise: A Grand Tour of the World's Unspoiled Islands by: Thurston Clarke January 02, 2002
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'Searching for Crusoe' aka 'Searching for Paradise' is an account of visits to thirteen islands scattered over the globe. These islands have been selected for representing one of the aspects that make any small island appealing, such as being famous, infamous, holy, personal, friendly or even frightening. The chapters mainly deal with the history of the islands and the people living on it. Each chapter is pretty balanced, on average the stories are not too shallow, not too romantic, not to journalistic, not to philosophical, not too much Theroux, in fact, it's a lot but, not too much of everything, and I don't know if that is good thing. It seems the author is pretty familiar with the places he visits for having visited them before or having made study of them. Frequently a visit is centred around ... Read More

5.Pearl Harbor Ghosts : The Legacy of December 7, 1941 by: Thurston Clarke May 01, 2001
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BOOK REVIEW Among the many attempts to piggyback on the movie "Pearl Harbor," this revised version of Thurston Clarke's 10-year-old book is among the most interesting. First written for the 50th anniversary, most of "Pearl Harbor Ghosts" has worn well. But the lengthy section about islanders' resentment against the Japanese conquest of Hawaii by yen in the late '80s sounds odd in the 21st century, when most of those yen investments have been wiped out. Clarke comments that it seems strange that a defeat, rather than a victory, should be so deeply engrained in America's consciousness, but we also remember the Alamo, as the British do Dunkirk. But it is remarkable that after six decades, the shock of that moment retains such force. Clarke expresses the feeling in many ways, but his most pungent ... Read More

6.Equator: A Journey by: Thurston Clarke 1997-04
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Though I may be naive, this was a fantastic book. There is something so appealing about following an indiscriminate line while traveling, even if it only highlights the absolute irrelevance of manmade lines and borders that the powers that be have drawn across the globe. However, this book was not just a cynical statement about those lines; it was a heartfelt and honest tribute to the places and people found along the way. The kindness and compassion which Clarke writes with is not condescending, but genuinely respectful and curious. Though it was perhaps an unintended consequence of linear travel, the variety and newness (at least to me!) of places he traveled to was outstanding. This is certainly not just another boring, cliché travel book about Tuscan suns and cozy cafes in Paris - it took me to places ... Read More

7.Lost Hero by: Frederick E. Werbell, Thurston Clarke April 10, 1985
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In 1944 Raoul Wallenberg, a businessman, playboy and member of one of Sweden's most wealthy and aristocratic families, volunteered to go to Budapest as a diplomat for the purpose of saving Hungarian Jews from Hitler's Final Solution. During the next six months, through espionage, bribery, threats, and, when all else failed, stirring acts of personal courage, he managed to rescue tens of thousands of Jews. Lost Hero describes Wallenberg's metamorphosis from diplomat to guerilla fighter; his alliance with the beautiful Baroness Kemeny, the wife of one of Hungary's most prominent fascists; his frequent duels with Adolf Eichmann over Jewish lives; and the many occasions on which he personally rescued individual Jews from Eichmann's death trains. Wallenberg's crusade was suddenly halted when, after a mysterious meeting with Soviet ... Read More

8.The Last Campaign by: Thurston Clarke May 27, 2008
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In 1944 Raoul Wallenberg, a businessman, playboy and member of one of Sweden's most wealthy and aristocratic families, volunteered to go to Budapest as a diplomat for the purpose of saving Hungarian Jews from Hitler's Final Solution. During the next six months, through espionage, bribery, threats, and, when all else failed, stirring acts of personal courage, he managed to rescue tens of thousands of Jews. Lost Hero describes Wallenberg's metamorphosis from diplomat to guerilla fighter; his alliance with the beautiful Baroness Kemeny, the wife of one of Hungary's most prominent fascists; his frequent duels with Adolf Eichmann over Jewish lives; and the many occasions on which he personally rescued individual Jews from Eichmann's death trains. Wallenberg's crusade was suddenly halted when, after a mysterious meeting with Soviet ... Read More

9.Dirty money : Swiss banks, the Mafia, money laundering, and white collar crime by: Thurston Clarke, John J. Tigue Jr. June 10, 1975
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In 1944 Raoul Wallenberg, a businessman, playboy and member of one of Sweden's most wealthy and aristocratic families, volunteered to go to Budapest as a diplomat for the purpose of saving Hungarian Jews from Hitler's Final Solution. During the next six months, through espionage, bribery, threats, and, when all else failed, stirring acts of personal courage, he managed to rescue tens of thousands of Jews. Lost Hero describes Wallenberg's metamorphosis from diplomat to guerilla fighter; his alliance with the beautiful Baroness Kemeny, the wife of one of Hungary's most prominent fascists; his frequent duels with Adolf Eichmann over Jewish lives; and the many occasions on which he personally rescued individual Jews from Eichmann's death trains. Wallenberg's crusade was suddenly halted when, after a mysterious meeting with Soviet ... Read More

10.California Fault: Looking for the Spirit of a State Along the San Andreas by: Thurston Clarke March 26, 1996
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California Fault is an excellent and endearing book. Thurston Clark combines elements of geology, sociology, history with a wealth of insight to create the story of the San Andreas fault and the Californians who live above and along it. The author provides an excellent and detailed narrative, and, despite following many entertaining digressions, keeps it all together and focussed by the creative use of different themes - the trail of an ancestor who led men across the Oregon trail, his personal search for an earthquake to experience and someone to forecast it for him, and of course, the pursuit of the California dream. In particular those who like eccentrics will find a selection of the best California has to offer - their stories tied together by the author's skillfully highlighted ironies and ambiguities which are themself such a big part ... Read More

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