Nonfiction
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
I am not really sure what to make of this book. I thought that it might be something different than what is was, simply the memoir of one young man’s rise out of poverty. Mr Vance is obviously a very bright person, and he makes a solid case for the blight of the white working… Continue reading
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The Nazi Hunters
Nagorski’s Nazis Hunter’s story picks up after the Nuremberg trials. The official search for Nazis waned, partly because we became obsessed with the communists and partly because we felt that Germany just needed to get on with its healing from its reign of terror. For some reason I thought that most of the war criminals… Continue reading
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A Death in White Bear Lake: The True Chronicle of an All-American Town
Interesting book that encapsulates a national tragedy, child abuse was pretty well neglected by both the medical profession and law enforcement up until the 1960’s. The attitude was who would do something like that and it’s really none of our business. Once the scope of the abuse of children began to come to light both… Continue reading