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76 reviews
Sherwood Anderson

Caedmon, 2002

Like Dreiser, Anderson Depicts What Happens to Real People in Real America [24]
This is one of those books which juxtaposes stereotypes with realities. This is an amazingly well written book delivered in amazingly clever style. The book is about the good life in the small town of Winesburg, where the good life is not so good for all of the folks. The warm and fuzzy people in Winesburg can be as cold and abrasive as the city folk. Young lovers in Winesburg can grow to ...

Exiles

4 reviews
Philip Caputo

Random House Value Publishing, 1999

Good, very good and great.
This is a spectacular book. The opening novella is the weakest of the bunch, but is more than made up for by the other two. "Paradise," the second, is a perfectly told slice of mounting tension that lies somewhere between Robert Stone and Alex Garlard (closer to the former). Caputo nails the dialect and sense of place, amazingly so (having visited that part of the world, I'm particularly ...

A Rumor of War

105 reviews
Philip Caputo

Topeka Bindery, 1996

Excellent look into front line Vietnam
I thought this book was the best book on Vietnam that I have ever read. Its a facinating look into life as a line officer in a front line Marine Infantry batallion during the early part of the war. Caputo holds nothing back when it comes to describing life on the front line and what goes through the minds of these young, too young Marines who fought on the front line. An excellent read and I ...

In the Shadows of the Morning: Wild Lands, Wild Waters, and a Few Untamed People

1 review
Philip Caputo, 2004

An outstanding survey of travel and nature encounters
Philip Caputo's passion for travel and adventure was inspired by many literary figures, and In The Shadows Of Morning gathers his essays for the first time, blending travel, adventure and often natural history in a series of travelogue struggles documenting the outdoors adventure experience. An outstanding survey of travel and nature encounters develops using a personal perspective.

Philip Caputo Readingiindian Country

3 reviews
Philip Caputo

Amer Audio Prose Library Inc, 1988

profoundly realistic, excellent from start to finish
This book is undoubtedly some of the best writing that one will read. As a former Marine who also happens to be from the U.P. I actually felt as though this book had been written for me. Caputo writes with such thorough detail that you are drawn into the story which will pull your emotional strings to the verge of breaking. This is a must for anyone who wants pure reading enjoyment from start ...

Means Of Escape: A War Correspondent's Memoir of Life and Death in Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Vietnam

1 review
Philip Caputo

The Lyons Press, 2002

Another solid book from Mr. Caputo. RECOMMENDED
I'm going to post the Publisher Comments and also the Kirkus Reviews here because it will better tell you what this book is about and because there are no other reviews and I'm a lousy reviewer. I've read A Rumor of War (loved), Horn of Africa (loved), Delcorso's Gallery (didn't care for), The Voyage (Loved), Acts of Faith (loved) and of course Means of Escape (Loved) Mr. Caputo's been through ...

Horn of Africa

16 reviews
Philip Caputo

Laurel, 1983

A Powerful Novel!
Horn of Africa is more relevant now than when it was written. Caputo writes with authority of the African hand stomping through the continent wearing out desert boots. The character arcs of the protagonists make this a fascinating and compelling read.

Indian Country

2 reviews
Philip Caputo

Bantam, 1988

A journey
This is an extraordinarily good read. The character development is complex, non-patronising, well researched, and above all entertaining. This is not a light action read by any stretch of the imagination. Rather a detailed look at the complexity of human relationships including the hope, the joy, the intentional, and more often unintentional pain that these combined with unavoidable, cataclysmic ...

Means of Escape

4 reviews
Philip Caputo

HarperCollins Publishers, 1991

An Imagined Memoir, as if all memoirs aren't imagined
Philip Caputo is probably one of our nation's best writers to emerge from the Viet Nam War, up with Tim O'Brien and James Webb. Caputo's reputation rests on his memoir A Rumor of War, and several novels he's written since, all of which deal with people whose lives are impacted, in some way, by military service. This book is a series of vignettes, a sort of fragmented memoir, of the author's ...

10,000 Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam War

3 reviews
Philip Caputo

Atheneum, 2005

Richie's Picks: 10,000 DAYS OF THUNDER
"Last electric Sunday morning, Waiting in the Park for the dawn." --Paul Kantner (1970) I arrived at the Park a little while past dawn on Sunday, greeted by vendors who were still setting up, and long lines of blue Porta-Potties that were standing shoulder to shoulder at attention. The morning prayer ritual was just about to commence. Mayor Gavin Newsom had declared it "Chet Helms Day." ...

13 Seconds: A Look Back at the Kent State Shootings

10 reviews
Philip Caputo

Chamberlain Bros., 2005

A Different Approach to the Topic
An earlier post was probably correct, it appears that Philip Caputo's "13 Seconds-A Look Back at the Kent State Shootings" was written mostly to provide a book to accompany DVD Documentary "Kent State: The Day The War Came Home". The DVD is included inside the book and provides a good overview of what happened on May 4, 1970. While Caputo's book could use some minor fact checking I don't see ...

The Voyage

36 reviews
Philip Caputo

Knopf, 1999

ASTOUNDING STORY with an AMAZING twist
The Voyage is an incredible story of three teenage sons sent off by their father on a journey aboard their boat Double Eagle. The Voyage is an astounding tale about life in the early twentieth century, and also an amazing twist awaits the reader in the end. I was enraptured with the author's skill to weave an incredible story. The secrets they discover are told through Sybil the great grand ...

10,000 Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam War
Philip Caputo

Scholastic Inc., 2007

In this truly multifaceted presentation of the conflict, both on the front lines and on the homefront, Caputo has produced what is at once an overview and a sensitive, resonant picture of the war as seen and experienced by American soldiers, the Viet Cong, North Vietnamese guerrillas, and the citizens of both South Vietnam and the United States. Covering the period from the rise of Bolshevism in Russia in the early 20th century to the American ...

Equation for Evil: A Novel

2 reviews
Philip Caputo

Harpercollins, 1997

A Rewarding Read
This one certainly doesn't deserve to be out of print. Loosely based on the story of Stockton, CA mass murderer Patrick Purdy, Equation for Evil is an excellent read. Caputo must have done some reading in neuroscience before writing the novel, but I got the feeling that he couldn't quite figure out where to go with the book's central theme -- whether the roots of evil are spiritual, ...

Del Corso's Gallery

3 reviews
Philip Caputo

Dell, 1984

A Must Read.
It is somewhat hard to describe this book in a few sentences. Even though mostly fiction, the main character plays an uncanny resemblance to the author himself. Something that is especially noticeable if you ever read Caputo's Autobiography "Means of Escape." The picture this book paints of Beirut is frighteningly realistic, something that even non-fiction books written about the War fail to ...

Acts of Faith

32 reviews

Knopf, 2005

If you enjoyed The Poisonwood Bible...
Well-developed characters with an intriguing plot. 200 pages into the book, I began to fret about the book coming to an end. The "cheat sheet" list of characters was helpful to refresh my memory when I didn't have time to read for a few days.

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