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Editor’s note:  First of all, I never considered six million African-Americans relocating from the “Jim Crow” south to the industrial north and west from 1930 to 1960 as one of...

Editor's note: Such an interesting song, written by folk legend Pete Seeger and made popular by a pioneer folk/rock band The Byrds. (David Crosby's first big band, fronted by Roger...

Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief Written by James M. McPherson Preface: I’ve read plenty of history but I am far from a “buff”. This book caught...

1,000 Places to See Before You Die Written by Patricia Shultz Preface: Yes, it's been out a while but I finally bought it and I love it. My first step,...

The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives Written by Leonard Mlodinow Preface: A really tough read for an average IQ and non-science guy like me. But boy what a...

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Written by Grace Frank Baum & Illustrated by W.W. Denslow Preface: I looked into this book, just for fun, after seeing "Wicked" on stage recently....

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany Written by William L. Shirer Preface: I first read this book 25 years ago and after skimming...

Little Red Caboose Written by Marian Potter Illustrated by Tibor Gergely Preface: This will be one of four of five books I read to my grandchildren, if or when I’m...

Dumbo the Flying Elephant by Disney Book Club Preface: Be nice, I know this book is maudlin. But when I was 3 or 4 with a sister or my Mom...

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Preface: I, of course, usually write this but I could not do better than the "review" below from Patty Inglish, who wrote this for...

Essence of the music/lyrics: A blast from my distant past, this was my first awareness of my sense of "delusion". Like most of us, I remember the past in vivid...