The All True Travels & Adventures of Lidie Newton

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Summary: Historical revelation as experienced by a feckless settler
Review: Affords the reader insight into the twisted reactions of men and women caught in the slavery issue during the red hot debate over which philosophy of government would rule Kansas. Frontier is opening up and the Boston proper looking for a breath of fresh air arrive hoping to get a claim and claim a life. The author brings that to a surprising crash and lets us watch an amazing transformation that for women, affords information about the struggle between the sexes for power and governments for power. The characters are sterling, people you want to know more about, the setting believable, the events go along calmly with sudden shock along the way. For anyone with an interest in history, seeing how civil rights and feminine rights have grown up out of the last century, or seeing how much people gave up to make our "good life" possible on the plains...this is a book to read and to enjoy.

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Summary: A witty and insightful tale of terrible times
Review: It is a witty tale of terrible times in ante-bellum Kansas Territories, of idealists meeting reality and lawlessness. The novel manages to be an action adventure book full of danger and tension without page long detailed descriptions of fights. And it is a book full of insights into the minds of the little people who had been caught between pro-slave and anti-slave politics. A great book that complements Twain's stories.

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Summary: Boring, Boring, Boring
Review: The book looked interesting but I had to force myself to even get through half of it. Overwritten and the pace is SLOW.