Rating: 
Summary: ANOTHER GREAT NOVEL ABOUT PEOPLE........
Review: THIS IS AS INTERESTING AS CENTENNIAL, ALASKA, AND CHESAPEAKE. I
HAVE HAWAII TO READ NEXT. I LIKE THE WAY JAMES MICHENER WRITES MAKING HISTORY ENJOYABLE. AS A HISTORY MAJOR IN COLLEGE I AM ALWAYS GLAD WHEN SOMEONE WRITES IN SUCH A WAY THAT HISTORY IS INTERESTING TO THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT EXPOSE THEMSELVES TO IT. THIS
BOOK IS FULL OF BOTH FACT AND FICTION, BUT HE TELLS YOU UP FRONT
WHAT IS WHAT. ALSO IT IS JUST PLAIN INTERESTING AND VERY EASY TO
READ. I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS AS WELL AS THE BOOKS ABOVE FOR ONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN HISTORY BUT NOT JUST FACTS.
Rating: 
Summary: Nausea
Review: This is one of the worst books I have ever read. I can't believe that the author of "Centennial" and "Tales of the South Pacific" could put his name on such dreck. The problem lies in its unremitting bias, manifesting itself as intellectual contortions in the cause of presenting everything Texas in its best possible light. Those Klansmen? Solid citizens protecting the decent people of the community. That swindling fraud? One of the colorful characters who make Texas history so appealing. I could barely keep myself from vomiting.
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