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In A Foreign Field

Missionaries by Phil Klay

July 15, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

I usually enjoy former President Barack Obama’s recommended reading lists but, after reading Missionaries, I confess that its presence on his list kind of bugs me. This book is, among other things, a strong handed critique of borderless imperial war and I think it takes a certain kind of cynicism to set that aside and appreciate it solely on its literary value. Because, damn, this book is cynical. How could it not be? Frankly, I knew little about Colombia until reading it. I knew Simón Bolivar liberated it […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Colombia, journalism, Missionaries, phil klay, war

Jake's CBR13 Review No:112 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Colombia, journalism, Missionaries, phil klay, war ·
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Stolen History

Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell

January 22, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Going into Unfamiliar Fishes, my knowledge of Hawaii was sparse, to say the least. I can’t say that we covered any Hawaiian history in school- not even that it is our “newest” state. Information came in fits and starts; a friend of mine teaches Hula through VSA, I was familiar with Captain Cooks adventures (and one serious misadventure) in the archipelago, and I caught an old episode of No Reservations. Embarrassing, I know. I had nothing to write home about. Enter Sarah Vowell and her “almost oral […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, History Tagged With: American History, captain cook, Christianity, colonization, conversion, cultural tradition, hawaii, Hawaiian history, hawaiian language, Imperialism, manifest destiny, Missionaries, Native Hawaiian religion, Sarah Vowell, travel

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:8 · Genres: Audiobooks, History · Tags: American History, captain cook, Christianity, colonization, conversion, cultural tradition, hawaii, Hawaiian history, hawaiian language, Imperialism, manifest destiny, Missionaries, Native Hawaiian religion, Sarah Vowell, travel ·
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On Passion

The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich

May 16, 2014 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

My hand is a human hand. My heart a human heart. My feet walk the earth to which our bones return. Directed by His voice, His hand, by the prompting and guidance of His spirit, what else was I to do? ~ Father Damien in a letter to the Pope The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2001. I’ve reviewed two of Erdrich’s other novels — The Plague of Doves, which won a […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, Cannonball Read 6, Catholic church, conversion, ElCicco, Louise Erdrich, Missionaries, National Book Award, Native Americans, North Dakota, Ojibwe, passion, Pope, ReadWomen2014, The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, The Plague of Doves, The Round House

ElCicco's CBR6 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, Cannonball Read 6, Catholic church, conversion, ElCicco, Louise Erdrich, Missionaries, National Book Award, Native Americans, North Dakota, Ojibwe, passion, Pope, ReadWomen2014, The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, The Plague of Doves, The Round House ·
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