Della McL

Think you know Trump? Listen & find out

Revisado: 08-22-20

While Mary Trump's recitation of the Trump family & its disastrous son may have softened my opinion of the man, she didn't make me like him. He learned to be the person he is, to avoid the same treatment his brother received and to grab his own father's attention & approval. This book helps me understand why he is the way he is, but not the reason he's never changed.

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Excellent, new research, great read

Revisado: 02-09-16

Excellent listen, with information I haven't read/heard before. I listened to this and also bought the Kindle version (I think, I hope) because there were so many names, dates and places I want to read more about. I listen mostly while driving or walking, unable to take notes. Mary's Mosaic is not at all dry, but it isn't "gossipy" in discussing JFK, a woman who seems to have been very close to him, their wish for world peace, and the efforts made to stop such a concept in its tracks as it barely began. World-changing crimes and cover-ups are detailed. This book makes me want to know more.

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I'm trying so hard to listen

Revisado: 01-22-16

I don't know if I'll listen to this. The first JFK impersonation might have been tolerable if I'd never heard the actual man speak. But I did and, although he's giving a good effort, the dialogue by the different important people in the narrative is too distracting. Each rendition of JFK speaking is making me angrier at the disruption and it's impossible to listen to the story. A straight reading would have been much more enjoyable.

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Get it, Listen, You'll love it

Revisado: 06-14-14

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Absolutely recommend this audiobook to friends, it's a great, entertaining story and listen. Plenty of laughs and enough hiking details to be interesting, but not so many a non-hiker like me would be bored. One of the few audiobooks that have made me laugh out loud while driving to and from work and on "Sunday drives" in the country.

What other book might you compare AWOL on the Appalachian Trail to and why?

No other books to compare this to, although I was reminded of Richard Brautigan's writing style.

What about Christopher Lane’s performance did you like?

Christopher Lane's performance was spot on.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Oh my Lord, I loved the whole book

Any additional comments?

Why does Amazon/Audible make us use this form for a review?

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5 star, but what a discouraging history it is.

Revisado: 11-10-13

What did you love best about The Untold History of the United States?

This is a very well researched and written book. There is much more history left untaught -- or distorted -- than we hear in school. Our untold history is fascinating.

What did you like best about this story?

Best are new facts about some excellent and successful efforts by humane and community-minded government officials, individuals and organizations to develop programs beneficial to the well-being of individuals, business and the country.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Until today, listening for a few hours straight while driving in the countryside, I completely enjoyed hearing this "new" history. Then I realized I was also hearing about loud and brutal intolerance, violent efforts to crush individual workers and unions, corporate efforts to finance a military coup, wars, depressions and ever-growing economic class separation, ongoing for generations. Many gained obscene amounts of wealth while most struggled, and many died, of the business, banking, military, business and corporate manipulations, The juxtaposition of the few ultra-oober-rich to the many "ordinary" made me angry because it is so familiar. There have been repeated cycles of extremes, sadly no different now than then, quickly or slowly crushing any hopes of all but the wealthiest among us. This crushing of hope has been perpetrated by the same reasoning, the same greed, the same plans and the same disregard, by the same long-lived organizations using and used by the same greedy types of individuals for at least three generations behind us, and destined to continue for the generations born after us.

Any additional comments?

The facts uncovered in the research of this book are extraordinary. They are also quite discouraging. I don't mind if what I learn touches a little righteous anger, and raises my consciousness and willingness to stand up for what I know is right. I hate it when people are deliberately unaware, "I don't want to know," I do want to know, but I don't know if I can continue this book. The obviously recurrent brutal treatment of our citizens -- and the citizens of other countries -- is too disheartening. Usually knowledge is power. This knowledge makes me feel powerless.

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Totally Enjoyable

Revisado: 12-09-11

Not a King horror story, but one about a lone man's journey to stop a true horror from the past. Having enjoyed most, but not all, of King's works over the years, this one makes me think again, "Ah, King!" It's a great listen that makes me leave for work early so I can start listening sooner, and turns red lights and traffic jams into gifts. Exactly the kind of story that is meant to be heard.

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