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A monumental achievement that mostly worked like I thought it would

Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley

October 15, 2021 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

I was shocked to see that this book had only been reviewed one time for Cannonball Read. My cultural frame of reference for this show is that it came out before my time, was one of the biggest shows in the history of television. The show premiered in January of 1977 and Part I garnered a 40.5 share. The show was aired over the course of a single week because CBS was afraid it was going to be a bust, and preferred one bad week […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: Africa, Alex Haley, antebellum, civil rights, civil war, controversy, family, Roots, Slavery

ingres77's CBR13 Review No:40 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: Africa, Alex Haley, antebellum, civil rights, civil war, controversy, family, Roots, Slavery ·
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Jesus could tell one helluva knock-knock joke.

February 23, 2016 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

I borrowed this from a co-worker almost two years ago, and it took me three attempts to get through it. I think that is less a product of this book’s merit, and a more a result of the reading interests I’ve had since it was placed in my hands. I always had something else that interested me, so this kept moving further and further down my list. Zealot is, I think, pretty clearly the most controversial book I’ve read for CBR. Shortly after publication, I […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Christianity, controversy, jesus, Judaism, Religion

ingres77's CBR8 Review No:18 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Christianity, controversy, jesus, Judaism, Religion ·
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