Tuesday, February 2, 2010

“Book Reviews - News Slashdot” plus 2 more

“Book Reviews - News Slashdot” plus 2 more

Book Reviews - News Slashdot

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 08:41 PM PST

As a bicyclist (and driver. Remember that- most of us who ride our bikes ALSO DRIVE), I find it very difficult to sympathize with your viewpoint.

When is the last time you read, "motorist killed by bicyclist"? Bicyclists always lose in car-vs-bicyclist.

Now, look at the face of cyclist road deaths: Kylie Bruehler, orphaned when both her parents were struck by a truck [austin360.com]. Go on, LOOK [mysanantonio.com], Mr. Self Righteous. Look at the face of a 7 year old girl as she buries her parents. Look at her grandfather walk down the line of hundreds of cyclists who showed up to honor them.

Do you know what usually happens when a motorist kills a cyclist? Absolutely nothing [bicyclelaw.com]- and this case is not the exception but the rule. Time and time again the cyclist community fumes when another person is struck simply because the driver wasn't paying attention to where they were going, the police call it a "terrible accident", and the driver walks off without so much as a manslaughter charge.

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Linklog: Reviewing with cake, uncut classics, and more - The Guardian

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 07:47 AM PST

In the future, all book reviews will, like this one, be done with cake. This will present a problem for people who like to cut out their favourite reviews and stick them in the front of the book.

• In the past, it could be very easy to tell that you hadn't read that exciting new economics treatise.

• In the present, it's incredibly difficult to avoid responses to Macmillan v Amazon: two of the best, however, are by Caleb Crain (early in the process) and by Charles Stross (repeatedly, and with good links).

• What a literary agent gets in the post.

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Historian Ted Alexander will talk about Antietam at Waynesboro ... - Waynesboro Record-Herald

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 06:57 AM PST

Quincy, Pa. -

Historian Ted Alexander will discuss "Franklin County and the Antietam Campaign" at the Thursday, Feb. 11, meeting of the Waynesboro Historical Society.

The meeting will be held in the Hess Room of Quincy Village's Minnich Manor. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., with the talk to begin at 7. Light refreshments will be served. There is no cost, but donations will be accepted.

Alexander's talk is sponsored by the Franklin County Visitors Bureau.

The battle

In September 1862, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee led his Army of Northern Virginia into Maryland. Lee's plan was to go into Pennsylvania, fight a battle around Chambersburg and defeat the Union Army on its home turf.

A Confederate victory in Pennsylvania might have prompted the North to sue for peace, ending the Civil War in the Confederates' favor.

However, Lee was stopped at Sharpsburg. Along the banks of the Antietam Creek, the opposing blue and gray forces fought the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

A number of Union regiments that fought at Antietam contained men from Franklin County, and a number of Union commanders, including Gens. Crawford and Sturgis, also called Franklin County home.

The battle and campaign had a significant effect on Franklin County, since thousands of troops camped in the area. Buildings in Chambersburg were used to care for the wounded following the battle.

A few weeks after Antietam, Gen. Jeb Stuart led his Confederate cavalry to Chambersburg where they burned the Cumberland Valley Railroad shops and warehouse.

The speaker

The historian at Antietam National Battlefield, Alexander has served with the National Park Service for 30 years.

A combat veteran of the Vietnam War, he holds a master's degree in history from the University of Maryland in Baltimore County.

Alexander has written, edited or contributed to seven books on the Civil War. He also has written more than 200 book reviews and articles for publications such as the Civil War Times Illustrated, Blue and Gray Magazine, Maryland History and The Washington Times.

He served as a consultant for the Time Life Books Civil War series and the American Heritage Illustrated History of the Civil War. Recently, he was a commentator on the documentary "Echoes of John Brown."

Alexander lectures frequently for organizations such as the Smithsonian Associates and the Johns Hopkins University Odyssey Program.

He is the founder and coordinator of the Chambersburg Civil War Seminars, now in their 21st year, and has raised more than $130,000 for Civil War battlefield preservation.

Alexander serves on the board of the Allison-Antrim Museum and on the Council on America's Military Past.

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