The Last Fine Time

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Summary: A Great Work About A Special and Forgotten Place and Time
Review: I'm so glad to see this fine book back in print. I'd recommend anyone with an interest in post WWII America, the contributions
of the working class, the decline in the industrial economy and
the urban to suburban shift pick up a copy before it disappears from print again.
Klinkenborg does a masterful job of weaving all of these themes together and from this reader's standpoint it's as if he was there.

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Summary: A battered queen
Review: This is the best book ever written about Buffalo, the best book, fiction or nonfiction, that uses Buffalo as background. The decline of a proud city, enabled by its matter of fact certainty about destiny and greatness, is recounted with intelligence and a generous style. The sadness of change is inescapable, but people's memories, especially those of Polish Americans, create a light that still shines in the city's shadows.

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Summary: This is America
Review: This rich story is a tapastry of who we are as a nation. It is our history. This book can teach us a lot about how to make our cities live again.