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  <date_updated>Fri Jul 25 07:11:23 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of those rare times I read a book within a month of its publication. Really enjoyed this...definately filled serious gaps in my history knowledge. It dragged at times, especially as the book passed the halfway mark. His telling of history was always good and angaging, and then the flip over to modern times and his travels and the characters he met was a great idea, but inconsistently executed. The section on the DR, for instance, was great. Engaging and well written. But then there were whole swaths of endless pages about significantly less interesting people and places and I found myself skipping ahead. In the end, though, enjoyed it overall. I haven't read his others (Confederate in the Attic? et al) but will now.]]></body>
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