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The Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victory

by Robert V. Remini

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Chris Leonowicz said: " The Battle of New Orleans Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victory by Robert v. Remini was a tougher read. It was rich with historical information that at times could make it very boring. Although most of the book tended to be quite boring The Battle of New Orleans Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victory by Robert v. Remini was a tougher read. It was rich with historical information that at times could make it very boring. Although most of the book tended to be quite boring I did learn some new thing about that major battles Andrew Jackson fought in. Most of these battles I had only learned about through history class which did not take such an in depth look at them, so seeing all parts of these important battles and what led to them was very interesting.
Even though most of The Battle of New Orleans tended to be boring and packed with historical information, it was interesting to see the in depth look the author takes on Mainly the Battle of New Orleans and other battles. One such battle was when Andrew Jackson went into Florida to take on fleeing hostile Native Americans. Another thing I liked was that it had a nice balance between the actual Battle of New Orleans and what led up to it. It wasn't all the boring politics of the battle and the people involved. Overall this book did have some good and interesting parts which made it not something terrible to read.
The Battle of New Orleans was an incredibly boring book. The action in it did make up for some of the extensive history that it continually threw out at you, but overall a very slow read that was packed with information. It gave extensive backgrounds on most of the people involved with the Battle of New Orleans which made it very boring to read. This also made it hard to focus because at time I didn't care about a certain figure's background. This book is meant to be informational of The Battle of New Orleans and the ending of The War of 1812 and it did accomplish that task. It just did that in one of the most boring wars possible.
"The Battle of New Orleans Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victory" overall was a very historical book. It showed a lot of maybe not so well know information about the Battle of New Orleans. With that said, if you are not into information-heavy books I would not recommend this book to you. It will most likely take you a very long time to read and you won't get much enjoyment out of it. ...more "

Jan 07, 2013 03:54PM · see review

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I Am the Messenger

by Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)

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Chris Leonowicz said: " I am the Messenger is a book written by Markus Zusak about Ed Kennedy a 17 year old cab driver. Ed Kennedy is a simple kid who has pretty much given up on becoming anything amazing in his life. He only has three friends Marve, Audrey, and Ritchie and I am the Messenger is a book written by Markus Zusak about Ed Kennedy a 17 year old cab driver. Ed Kennedy is a simple kid who has pretty much given up on becoming anything amazing in his life. He only has three friends Marve, Audrey, and Ritchie and they all aren't going anywhere in life. Then one day Ed stops a bank robbery and begins receiving playing cards with addresses on them. From this point on the story gets very interesting with the mystery of the playing cards and what Ed must do. Basically this book was a great time to read because of the mystery that surrounded the cards.

I really enjoyed reading I am the Messenger there is probably a little bit of Ed Kennedy in all of us. Most people are like Ed at the beginning of the story and haven't met their full potential. This creates something for people to really relate to and keeps you interested as Ed grows throughout the story. Another awesome part of the I am the Messenger is mystery of the playing cards. What does Ed get these cards and who is sending him them? This is also one of my favorite things about the story because it really keeps you interested. Besides that the only other thing I can add is that its a very fast read. It goes by very quickly and doesn't involve too much thinking and eventually everything is explained to you.

There are only a few things I can say i didn't like about this book. One thing, which really wasn't too big of a deal, was some of the language used. Since the author is Australian it came through in some of his vocabulary. This was very minor, but some thing he wrote I just wasn't used to reading. The only other thing is that at the end of the story the author doesn't give you a chance to make your own guesses about who the guy is telling Ed to do all of these things. He comes out and tells you basically everything about the guy you might of wanted to leave up to the imagination.

Overall I had a great time reading this book and would recommend it to a casual reader who doesn't want to think too deeply about anything hidden in the story. Everything you could want to know is basically presented to you in the story. If you find mystery and a few plot twists interesting this is the book for you. ...more "

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