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Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Alden Graves
A gripping account of the furor that surrounded the publication of Steinbeck's towering novel about the Great Depression. The book was especially denounced in Kern County, California, a pivotal setting in the novel, where officials tried to ban the book from the public libraries, igniting a firestorm of controversy that stretched across the country.
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Northshire Bookstore ReviewReviewed By... Heather BellancaUnlearn your basic elementary school history! The mythology about who was first to discover and settle North America is just that, it turns out-subjective, fictional and self-serving. In his own investigation of these myths following the historical trails of forgotten explorers, Horowitz discovers many errors in American's general understanding of the "discovery" of this country. He doesn't dismiss the v... read more>>>
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Reviewed By... Erik Barnum
Fearless, ferocious and undeniably hilarious, Taibbi maintains his integrity as an honest citizen reporter as he throws bombs at the absurdities of modern American culture.
Of course, comparisons with Hunter S. Thompson have to be made, but Taibbi's common man approach is disarming and his furious tirades are always tempered by compassion for the lost souls who are taken in by the con games of American life.
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