This is a highly readable account of one of the founding members of the Provisional I.R.A. Sean McStiofain, (John Stephenson), was born and raised in London in the nineteen thirties and forties. He served in the British Army after the second world war, and upon leaving the army joined the I.R.A.'s London Unit. Arrested in the nineteen fifties for an arms robbery that went wrong, Sean became a fierce and committed physical force republican. After his release from prison Sean made his first journey to Ireland and became heavily involved in republican politics. During the civil rights upheavals of 1968-9 the catholic population soon came under attack, not just from the auspices of the state, but also from the Protestant Loyalists. Catholics looked at the virtually inactive 'Marxist' I.R.A. with distain, at their inability to defend the areas. This led to an intense debate within the republican movement and this is where the book comes most sharply into focus. It was the time that Sean was to make his mark. During the republican conference of 1970, the movement split. The disidents, (or Provisionals), were led by McStiofain. They soon organised the army and began to defend the Catholic ghettos. McStiofain was to be their first Commander in Chief. The book gives a good feel to the tensions and issues of what is now called the 'dark days' of the early seventies. The book was published in 1974 and does not reach the 'Dirty Protest' or 'Hunger Strike' days. What it does however, is give an interesting insight to the first secret negotiations between the 'Provisionals' and the British Government. Although 'Memoirs of a Revolutionary' is a quite dated book it does give a good feel and insight into the thought processes and political motivation of one of the main players in the modern Irish 'Troubles'.

James Ralph's account of the Chicago Freedom Movement was very informative, yet just lacked something...interesting details, perhaps, photos maybe...the language is very understandable, yet I still found my self falling asleep after every 10 pages or so. It's valuable for academia, but not a candidate for a "weekend read."

A nice collection of maps and general info, however, this title doesn't supply much more information than the NH Gazetteer. Can't speak as specifically to the VT and ME sections. Little info on when to fish, just general descriptions of how to get there and what may or may not be stocked. Really just a surface survey.

I'm afraid I'll have to agree with what's been said about this book. I took a trip earlier this month to Northern California and my friend and I found this book only mildly useful. It does provide general information, however for anything more than that, another book is needed. Seasonal variation is ignored in some site descriptions and detailed directions to sites that require them are absent. There are no bar-charts to tell when a species is common, rare or even present, only a very general checklist in the back. Northern California is a large area to cover with a birding guide, so I can see why this book may be thin on detail. I think a much better bet would be to try John Kemper's "Birding Northern California". We saw this at the Pt. Reyes visitor's center near the end of our trip and certainly regretted not having it the whole time. Until an ABA/Lane guide comes out for this region, I think Kemper's is the best there is. Good birding!

This book needs work. It is not going to be a lot of help in planning a birding trip. It is too generalized.

Don't waste your time or money on this book. The information was to generalized and did not include specifics. I have never experienced a book with such vague and poor directions to birding sites. Too bad that there is not an ABA guide to birding Northern California.

This is the story of Corbett Mack, a "Stolen Child" (half blood) of the Northern Paiute of the late 1800's. It tells the story in his own words of what it was like to be unaccepted in the white world nor the Indian world. The plight of the Notrhern Paiute after the arrival of the whiteman. He became an alcohol and opiate addict, and lead a tragic life that was somewhat typical of Native Americans during that time.

Judging the book by it's title I had hoped it was about the life of the Northern Paiute prior to white man's arrival. A good book for this purpose is "Indians of The Plateau and Great Basin" by Victoria Sherrow.

This has to be one of the most poorly written books ever published. Pages and pages of random words and phrases.
There's no plot. Time and location change from sentence to sentence without warning. I had to force myself to keep reading and even then I didn't know what the book was about.
The author seemes to make up words and describe the same thing over and over.
Don't waste your time or money on this one.

Just a listing of courses, yardages, etc. I returned it.