This is a wonderful story of the first Jacobite rising of 1689 against William of Orange, newly crowned King of England. John of Claverhouse (Bonnie Dundee) was a staunch supporter of King James, who was deposed in favor of William by parliament. The story is told from the perspective of Hugh Harriot, a young lad who soon becomes a devoted follower of Dundee. While intended as a children's or young adult book, this is a rich and detailed account suitable for any age group. Young readers might find it challenging, as the scots brogue of many of the characters is hard to follow at times. Nonetheless, this is a fascinating look at late 17th centruy Scotland and the origins of the Jackobite movement which would later see full fruition in the disasterous rising of 1745 under Bonnie Prince Charlie. John of Claverhouse who became Viscount Dundee by order of King James for his service against the disruptive religeous group known as the Covenenters, is an inspiring Scottish hero, a far greater man of honor and ability than either William Wallace or the rogue Rob Roy in the opinion of this reviewer. But in comparison to the other two he is little known. Dundee was an aristocrat who championed the cause of the Stewarts, and this may account for his being less known. His career was also tragically cut short at the famous battle of Killiecrankie in 1689 where Bonnie Dundee and his Highland army routed the government forces, but sacreficed his life in the process. With his death the Stewart cause was doomed in Scotland, and the rebellion was over almost as soon as it started. The reader will learn about these inspiring events through the eyes of the protagonist, Hugh, who is portrayed as one of Bonnie Dundees devoted followers. Sutcliff's research and skill of telling a story long forgotten are to be commended. This reviewer highly recommends this book either for sophisicated young readers, or adults who enjoy good historical fiction. You can see where the old famous scots tune "Bonnie Dundee" came from by reading this fine work.

Hugh Herriot was an orpan who lived with his grandfather. When he was twelve, he was given a job as a horse tender at a large house. There he first met John Claverhouse or Bonnie Dundee. Hugh is so inspired by this man, that he joins his army which eventually leads him to fight against his own family. On his journeys he meet many characters who shape his life and personality including a young gypsy girl, Darklis, who holds his heart.

I have to say that this is one of the most amazing books I've ever read. It touches so eloquently on that feeling I think we all have at times that there exists some mysterious, perplexing symmetry or intricate correlations (for lack of a better description)from which our experiences/perception of our world emerge. I had begun keeping a dream journal just about a month before I began Ms. Watkins' book, and yet I'm already amazed at how much knowledge, how much potential understading is at our very fingertips every night, every time we close our eyes. Amazing worlds right there within our very minds to explore, worlds of infinite experience our culture has taught us to ignore. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in dreams, the unknown, or has ever even thought about the nature of our reality, of our experience. I would be very interested to find out if any other such large-scale dream collection/analysis experiements have ever been carried out. I wonder if people are afraid to try for fear of their world turning inside out, for fear of negating everything they've ever believed about the nature of reality.

This wonderful book explores more than just Haeger's early years. It contains a wealth of information about Martin Stangl and his connections to the Fulper pottery and of course Fulper's later incarnation as Stangl pottery. I recommend this book without reservation to anyone seeking more information about Haeger, Fulper or Stangl. I have collected Fulper for a long time but still found useful insights. The photos are grand!

This book is a light and lively look into the lives of the authors family as they grow up and experience rural life in upstate New York.

The adventures they encounter with various animals and situations made me laugh and smile. Mr. Coffman paints a wonderful picture of the life he and his family experienced over the last twenty years.

This would be a great book to read to your children, I have with mine and they found it very enjoyable.

I enjoyed reading this book and so did my whole family.

Please ask Sandra Jobson to email me about another Australian adventure happening in America in June 2000. BEV

This is an inspiring and delightful book that not only lays out how one's outer world gets to be the inner one, it then goes on to demonstrate all the wonderful ways that inner world can be expessed visually. Tommy Simpson is an artist of great visual wit, whose work is clearly 'love made manifest'. I loved reading his stories of growing up in Dundee, Illinois, in the late 1940's and 1950's. He really presents the texture and taste of childhood, the sounds and smells of it and, it is not hard to see that these viseral memories are the ones that inspire and compell his search for ways to share that atmosphere with others through his work. This is a book that, although written for adults, is wonderful to share with children, especially those that are begining to wander down the roads in their imaginations that will, if they are encouraged to follow their inclinations, take them "two looks to home".

I have read the first two (now out of print) books in this series, and found them most enjoyable in the hard boiled style set in the mid-west. This one I was enjoying even more than the other two I had read, until about three quarters through it seemed like a different writer took over and the plot entered the twilight zone of the bazzar. While the book is very well written, when the James Bond In Porno Land takes over, it loses the otherwise well designed atmospheric hard boiled style. I wondered why this fourth in the series wasn't published by a mainstream publisher, and this may have been the reason -- too outlandish and incredible at the end for a small town, lake side resort town in Wisconsin. And speaking of the end, the story does seem to stop rather abruptly, without a resolution of some loose ends. What the author does with the plot could have been much more effective with suggestion rather than the detail that makes it seem almost cartoonish. But I like the writing and the style in general of this series and would buy another sequel just to revisit Joe Hannibal in the small town settings of the midwest.

During the early days of the Clinton Administration, Rockford, Illinois widow Lorna Stark suffers conscience tremors over a murder case. She hires private investigator Joe Hannibal to prove that Billy Lawton is not guilty of killing Viet Nam war hero and popular businessman Aaron Broderick. Lorna admits that at the time of the murder, she was having sex with Billy in a Lake Crescent, Wisconsin motel. She prefers to avoid the humiliating publicity, but agrees to step forward if Joe fails to prove Billy could not have committed the crime. However Billy not only confessed, he voluntarily surrendered to the police before a crime was reported, which, Joe asks, if he did not do it how did he know?

Joe learns from Billy's court appointed lawyer that anyone helping the confessor could face consequences from an angry community, but the sleuth makes inquiries anyway. Though Billy refuses to see him, Joe believes someone is either coercing a confession or he is covering the tracks of the real killer, but to prove it without his client being raked over the coals appears hopeless.

AND FLESH AND BLOOD SO CHEAP is a fine private investigative tale that is superb when Joe runs up against barriers while making tiny progress. When the case turns into a life and death thriller, fans will appreciate Wayne D. Dundee's talent, but also feel that a classic style open and shut mystery hit a detour. Joe is fun as he is hard-boiled yet salivates over the women involved in his investigation. Though probably difficult to find, genre fans will want to seek out other works by Mr. Dundee.

Harriet Klausner

Good text and excellent range maps. Artwork is not very good. Taxonomy is out-dated, and common names are simply wrong. Authors continued to use the tongue-twisting academic (not common) names devised in the first half of the last century, instead of standardized common names in use nationwide since 1978. Publishers should have had the book reviewed by herpetologists of a younger generation. Only book available on Louisiana herps, so use it until a better one comes along.