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So much new information ! Wonderful photos . I am learning so much about Chaplin’s brother Sydney .

The narrative style is really impressive, flowing from American history to geography to architecture, to biography of individuals who are crucial to the story . The reader greatly benefits from a 360 degree viewpoint.

Some maps would have been useful. As a person unfamiliar with that part of the country, references to cities , towns , neighborhoods and borders, so very important to the story, aren’t resonating .

Lyrical , educational , thought provoking ….but about half way through, despite a summer job as a farmhand, I put it down. At this point in American history, self care from me means reaching for books that are more lighthearted and distracting.

Lyrical , absorbing while at the same time philosophical and educational.

I am finding it to be the perfect antidote to 11/5/24.