The Vegetarian Mother and Baby Book: Completely Revised and Updated

Book Description

A unique and invaluable guide to raising a baby on a healthy vegetarian diet.

The Vegetarian Mother and Baby Book is a sensible, comprehensive, and deeply reassuring handbook for mothers, mothers-to-be, and anyone who is caring for a vegetarian child. It provides essential information about nutrition before conception, during pregnancy, and after birth, and gives a detailed and well-balanced range of recipes for mothers and for babies up to the age of two.

Practical guidelines on every aspect of motherhood and baby care include:

Information on all the essential nutrients -- what they are, which foods have them, which are needed during pregnancy and which after, and how to put them all together for a balanced diet
Complete weekly menus for the mother-to-be, for breastfeeding mothers, and for baby and toddler
Ways to plan ahead and save valuable time and energy: preparing and freezing baby food, making quick, healthy snacks for breastfeeding mothers, preparing lunches for both baby and mother
Delicious, nutritious, and easy-to-prepare recipes
Invaluable advice for the first two years -- about feeding, toilet-training, and playing with your child -- plus tips on balancing family and work time.

Customer Reviews:

Decent for food, so-so on other suggestions........2004-08-28

The focus of this book is primarily introducing foods to baby and keeping the food choices vegetarian. It also offers some other baby care tips.

Perhaps it is different in England, but some of the foods she suggests (carrots, spinach) are not recc. in the US for home preparation because of the nitrate content.

Attachment parenting fans will find some suggestions iffy. For instance...

The suggestion that potty training is not possible before 18 mos. runs contrary to what we're doing with our duaghter. Infant potty training is possible (see: Laurie Boucke's books). You can start to potty train any time you are ready to teach.

The book also suggests modified "crying it out" for getting the baby to sleep, and seems to lean to moving the baby into the crib and sleeping independently sooner than is reasonbable. Co-sleeping families are not addressed.

Weaning is suggested at 4-6 mos. and although she includes nursing in her schedules, I don't feel like the tone of the book gives terribly strong support to nursing to the year or beyond.

I found the suggestion of giving a baby carrot or apple to chew on but staying nearby in case they break a piece off a choke silly -- just don't offer it in the first place! They do make teething rings that do not break!

Some of the suggestions were useful -- keeping baby in simple clothing, avoiding too fancy party frocks, not fully bathing a newborn daily but every other day and "top and tail" on the non-bath days, freezing food in ice cube trays, etc.

On the food chapters -- the recipes suitable for freezing are marked with a star, and there's a nice variety to the recipes. Be cautious about allergenic foods -- I feel these aren't marked well enough.

Overall -- a decent book for vegetarian babies, but it takes careful reading. "Super Baby Food" by Ruth Yaron would be a better pick.

A decent guide with practical recipes, though some flaws........2003-03-09

This book has many good tips and is quite reassuring. I do have some concerns, but the "Revised and Updated" version I have may not be the most recent, as the latest copyright date I see in it is 1996.

One concern is that she suggests peanut butter and peanut recipes for infants and toddlers, which is currently NOT recommended due to serious allergy risks. Another concern is that she discusses weaning fairly early, at 3 to 6 months. While this is an option for many mothers, it is not optimal and the Peds people are now recommending delaying the introduction of solids until *at least* 6 months (again, allergies). Also, the first suggestion she provides for 4-6 month old infants is juice, which is not usually not very healthy (unless you make your own or buy flash pasturized, etc.).

These are just a few issues I had with the book that I recall off the top of my head. Still, I think it has many great recipes. Hopefully the newer revision(s) addresses these issues.

good and bad.......2002-07-02

Although this book does give many good recipies and great meal plans for mamma and baby, I found some of the advice to be not so helpful. "Don't ever heat your baby's food in the microwave..." Then YOU come over and entertain my child while I light a safety candle underneath the pot to heat up his lunch! Also, some of the advice contradicts many pediatricians with regard to when one should introduce certain foods into a baby's diet. You must use your common sense here. Finally, I think the author should stick to meal plans, recipes and nutrition and leave the babycare advice to someone a bit more qualified than a vegetarian astrologer.

vegetarian mother and baby.......2001-10-19

This is the only book any mother,vegetarian or not, will need for navigateing the mysterious world of feeding babies without depending on commercial baby food. Rose Elliot's book is clearly divided into easy to read and find sections for age appropriate foods, cautionary foods, nutritional requirements and even complete menus with quick recipies.

I successfully used this book to start my first (non vegetarian) daughter on the road to good nutrition and now 14 years later, I am relying on it again for my 2nd. daughter.

This book is helpful in its simplisity and reassuring in its detailed nutritional information. Without any extra time or trouble any busy mother can use variations of the same foods listed in this book to wean her baby, feed her toddler and serve her whole family tasty healthy meals. This book would make a perfect shower gift!

Vegetarian Mother & Baby Book.......2000-06-21

This book had some good info about nutrition, and good sample recipes, but I thought a lot of the info was too general - it covered a lot of things that I wasn't interested in. Never went in depth enough, just kind of short blurbs on general baby care, which is not what I was looking for in this book. It also seemed a bit dated, and used a lot of British terms, rather than American.

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One of my most used cook books

Rose Elliot's Mother and Baby Book
Rose Elliot
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Vegetables & Vegetarian | Cooking, Food & Wine | Subjects | Books

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One of my most used cook books.......2004-04-02

A friend gave this book to me before my first daughter was born over eight years ago. This book eased my fears about eating a healthy vegetarian diet while pregnant and raising a vegetarian child.
Rose Elliot gives comprehensive information about essential nutrients , where they are found and how to combine them.
Her meal plans and recipes help make living a healthy lifesyle in hectic times easy.
I love this book and I highly recommend this book to anyone!

Rose Elliot's Mother, Baby and Toddler Book

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Rose Elliot's Mother, Baby and Toddler Book
Rose Elliot
Manufacturer: Hochland Communications Ltd
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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The Vegetarian Mother & Baby Book
Rose Elliot
Manufacturer: Random House Value Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 051728295X
Release Date: 1998-11-17

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The Vegetarian Mother and Baby Book
Rose Elliot
Manufacturer: Pantheon Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000PHU9KO

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The Vegetarian Mother and Baby Book

Manufacturer: Pantheon Books
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Binding: Paperback

ASIN: 0394546954

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Our wars have become more lethal, yet the affinity for war hasn't changed. Why? As the entire world anticipates a lengthy war against terrorism, this intriguing study provides a new understanding of why people fight wars so frequently and ferociously. Former military psychologist Lawrence LeShan's piercing analysis reveals why war is often chosen over more peaceful solutions—and why it is so easy to get into a war and so hard to get out. Can peace be planned? How can we devise an "early warning system" for war? Are some government structures more prone to war than others? First published in 1992, this timely book is now brought back into print with a brand-new introduction.

Customer Reviews:

Not Impressed.......2007-07-03

The author of this book has had no real military experience or leadership. He is not knowledgeable on the subject at hand and has many unsound opinions. I do not recommend buying this book. This author should stick to writing Principles of Psychology 101 books.

Doesn't make much sense.......2007-04-08

This is a book that loses your intersted about 1/3 of the way through because the conclusions don't follow from the premises. An example is that the author states that war has always caused economic conditions to worsen. But he compares prewar conditions to post war, rather than comparing projected post-war conditions to those that would have been had there been no war. None of us likes war, and delving into why humans always wind up fighting them would be interesting, but this book doesn't really go there.

A Wakeup Call from Dr. LeShan.......2006-11-23

While doing my post-graduate work I happened on Dr. LeShan's book in our public library. It rode on the seat next to me for several days and then two planes drove into the Twin Towers. I picked up the book and read. It was uncanny the way that LeShan describes the shift from a sensory-based reality to a mythical reality. In the days following 9/11 I watched his words come to life as we widened the gap between Us and THEM. His book offers solid, well-thought out and well-researched ideas on why human beings make war. I was astounded by this book and have since read many of Dr. LeShan's other books. The man is truly one of the great minds of this age.
Jamie Lee, author of Re-Visioning Adolescence and the Rite of Passage

You Need this Book.......2003-11-17

There are plenty of good books on strategy and the history of warfare. But a good, easy to follow book on the psychology of war is the proper place to begin.

LeShan's The Psychology of War is a useful, short non-scholarly book. The first hardcover edition lacked a general bibliography and an index. An Index has been added to the new expanded edition. For those others of you having only the 1st edition, The Psychology of War is now a searchable book here on Amazon. I should say that the book does have good footnotes, all gathered together at the end, and which list many useful sources.

I am not surprised by the negative reviews this book has received here. These reviewers appear to be in the grips of the very sort of thinking that LeShan describes as "mythical." No one is immune from mythical thinking, even psychologists.

Get with it, people. War maybe makes you feel good, like you're doing something, but it doesn't really create good.

Ask yourself what need does the war fulfill? Is it the need to be in control? The need to belong to a powerful group? The need to spread democracy? The need to end terrorism? The need to immolate others and ourselves for a vague, long-term, impossibly utopian end?

Then ask yourself what in our life has failed that we need this particular war? Have we really been failed by homeland security? Has the UN failed us? Has religion failed us, failed to make us feel secure and happy?

Violent solutions like war come out of known human impulses. They range from greed to loneliness, to sadism, to a search for justice. A little self-examination on a national level might reveal some of these impulses, and I bet they aren't pretty. Remember, I'm talking about impulses, not the noble, official stories.

LeShan's book is an excellent introduction. You won't look at the news or listen to political speeches the same way after you've read it. And if it has an obvious bias, it's the bias of reason and analysis applied to the universal problem of war.

A Waste of Time.......2003-08-18

This book is a sheer waste of time. It as nothing to do with why we, as human beings, make war. It is just a base for the author's anti-war sentiments and liberalist ideals. In essence, this book is a just a pendantic essay showing the author's incredible ill-sense but there are some good sections which consist of quotes that are more valuable than the author's opinion.

His views on why we cause war is completely one-sided and not original and his ideas on the formation of alternative realities is narrow and does not sound like a psychologist.

Do not waste your time and money on this book. Better buys would be the writings of John Keegan, Carl Von Clausewitz and Mao Tse-Tung. These are just some of the examples that can help anyone form an idea of why we make war that is more relevant than the author's.

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Christian Samito writes in his introduction: "In reading Guiney's words, one can have a fuller appreciation of what motivated civilians to volunteer to fight a war and of the privations they suffered in service to their country."

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Samito's Take.......2006-03-16

This is an excellent book. My great-grandfather was a bootmaker in company K of the 9th Mass and I've collected every document I can find on the 9th's existance. The insights this book offers are priceless. Samito has done a wonderful job.

Can't wait for the movie!.......2000-08-23

Mr. Samito's work is a careful examination of a tumultuous period in American history, and a compelling human drama. Would make a great movie- better than Braveheart or The Patriot!!

Can't wait for the movie!.......2000-08-23

Mr. Samito's work is a careful examination of a tumultuous period in American history, and a compelling human drama. Would make a great movie- better than Braveheart or The Patriot!!

A must read.......1998-01-17

This compelling book truly transported me to the nineteenth century. Mr. Samito eloquently presented the words of this little known figure in a truly remarkable fashion. The history community is truly in debt to Mr. Samito for uncovering these long lost treasures of the nations past. Any history "Buff" worth their salt needs to read this book. I only hope Mr. Samito continues to produce works of this quality for some time to come. Ken Cooper

I loved this book!.......1997-12-29

I don't normally read historical books, especialy ones about little known Civil War generals, but this one came highly recommended by a friend so I gave it a shot. I was won over immediately! As it turned out, the life of Patrick Guiney was remarkable and compelling. His letters to his wife were eloquent and heartwarming, and his courage in the face of what must have been a very painful injury was inspiring. Samito's editing was never intrusive, and elucidated the more ambiguous aspects of the text. I found his explication of the Boston cultural and political scene of the time to be particularly insightful. Overall, a surprisingly good read! Nick Cavuoto

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Strange Mix.......2006-07-25

O'Leary's "Mars 1999" is a strange mix. It's obviously dated (the title and subtitle alone give that away), but since the technical problems of flight to Mars haven't changed, and state-of-the-art hasn't advanced that much, I thought it worth checking out what O'Leary had to say about the problem.

On the one hand, his book is one of many technical speculations about a manned Mars mission, in this case illustrated by alternating fiction and non-fiction chapters. On the technical side, it provides rather less than other books on the subject, although it has some interesting illustrations and ideas.

On the other hand, O'Leary (despite his technical qualifications) seems interested in a Mars mission mostly as a jumping-off point for new-age-ism. He predicts the mission will lead to world government by 2020 -- along with telepathy, elevated consciousness, extraterrestrials, etc.

Even for die-hard space exploration enthusiasts, these claims are a bit much (and entirely beside the point). The book, interestingly, is dedicated in part to new-age guru "John-Roger", and O'Leary also gets cited in moon-landing-hoax conspiracy theories. He may not subscribe to them fully but it all adds to his general air of weirdness beyond what one would like to see in a science book.

These extravagant claims for spaceflight don't help the credibility of the case he's trying to make: if anything, they're an embarassing distraction from what could have been a serious presentation from a credible spokesman for space exploration.

Mars 1999, Exclusive Preview of the U.S.-Soviet Manned Mission

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Mars 1999, Exclusive Preview of the U.S.-Soviet Manned Mission
Brian L'Leary
Manufacturer: Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1987
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000LVAJN6

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A world-famous luxury brand, financial skullduggery, vicious family quarrels ending in a sensational murder: the Gucci story just couldn't be juicier, and former Women's Wear Daily correspondent Sara Gay Forden does full justice to its gossipy appeal. Guccio Gucci opened his first leather-goods store in Florence in 1921, but it was his son Aldo who expanded the company overseas and made products like the Gucci loafer and the Flora scarf international symbols of status and affluence. Aldo's sons, his brother Rodolfo, and Rodolfo's son Maurizio, all of whom also worked in the family business, didn't always appreciate Aldo's imperious ways, and corporate board meetings often ended with ashtrays and Gucci handbags flying. Things got so bad in the early 1980s that Aldo's renegade son Paolo made public financial documents that very nearly sent his father to jail for tax fraud. Even more lurid was the 1995 execution-style murder of Maurizio, followed by the conviction in 1998 of his ex-wife Patrizia for ordering the hit. Meanwhile, CEO Domenico De Sole and creative director Tom Ford were transforming Gucci from a family-run company into a modern corporation once again on the cutting edge of fashion and marketing. Forden makes the business story as dramatic as the Guccis' personal squabbles (and of course the two were often interconnected) in a highly entertaining family biography that doubles as a savvy business history. --Wendy Smith

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Did Patrizia Reggiani murder her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci, in 1995 because his spending was wildly out of control? Did she do it because her glamorous ex was preparing to marry his mistress, Paola Franchi? Or is there a possibility she didn't do it at all?

In this gripping account of the ascent, eventual collapse, and resurrection of the Gucci dynasty, Sara Gay Forden takes us behind the scenes of the trial and exposes the passions, the power, and the vulnerabilities of the greatest fashion family of our times.

Customer Reviews:

Intense reading........2007-10-01

This is a very interesting book about the Gucci family, but it at times delved too much into all the business and acquisitions. It got at times really complexed. Having said that, it was a really good and interesting book. It was almost as if the author didn't want the story to end. I am glad I read it.

Stick to magazines, Ms. Forden.......2007-07-03

Yes, the Gucci story is intriguing. And yes, Ms. Forden provides some historical facts. But remember, this is a book. It should be readable. Ms. Forden's constant and trivial inclusion of far too much 'stuff' is more annoying than enlightening.

This book could be condensed into 200 pages. Thoughtfully written and entertaining by someone other than Ms. Forden. It is a laborious task to tread through the boring an completely unnecessary details. Ms. Forden, no one cares about the work history of then-Head-of BergdorfGoodman.

Poorly written, this book is one long magazine article. Paragraph after paragraph of unnecessary filler. I suggest you find some other way to capture the history of the Gucci company.

I love this book.......2007-03-10

The subtitle said it all: "A sensational story of murder, madness, glamour and greed". The perfect combination for a successful novel that in reality has been real life. Read it!

Quality Product, Quality Book.......2007-01-16

I have inherited and purchased a few Gucci pieces, and have been so fond of the quality of their products that I thought I would read this book as a "light read." I was completely surprised by the first chapter that I just kept on turning the pages. It's anything but a light read, but a great read! This book really does have it all, including a tremendous education into the fashion empire. I also love the Italian detail and family disfunction. The author did a fantastic job of weaving the intimate details of a family, a business, and a family business. I have not lost an ounce of respect for the Gucci product, in fact I am more of a fan. Blood, sweat, and tears.

A Passion for Fashion..........2005-09-10

The House of Gucci reads like a soap opera in book form. Dramatic elements involving the fashion industry, business, and a dysfunctional family are deftly interwoven into a book that is impossible to put down. This novel is a perfect example of how power and greed can lead to the downward spiral of an outwardly- perfect family. Forden writes in a way that would keep any of a number of people riveted, including the fashionistas, the business- savvy,and those who are simply fond of the Italian culture. I have not hesitated in recommending this book to friends and family.

House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed

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House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed
Sara Gay Forden
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEWQ18

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Mythmaking at its Finest.......2004-10-31

No more mythic a story exists in the history of North America than the siege of the Alamo in 1836. Virtually all Americans, unless they have been living under a rock their entire lives, have been exposed to the myth. In it, a band of less than 200 brave and intrepid men stood fast against insurmountable tyranny and sacrificed their lives for the sake of freedom. A trio of great leaders--William Barret Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy Crockett--presided over an American Thermopylae. They fought to the last defender, and while they died at the Alamo they held out long enough for General Sam Houston to build the army of the Texas Revolution. In the process a horrendous military disaster was turned, abracadabra, into a political and cultural victory. And many Hispanic freedom fighters such as Juan N. Seguin--first mayor of San Antonio--took their stand as legendary defenders of liberty inside the walls of the Alamo against Mexican strongman Santa Anna alongside their famous comrades. Accordingly, the heroic myth extends beyond the Anglo-American settlers to others in Texas.

This is the mythic story told in Lon Tinkle's masterful recounting, "13 Days to Glory." He recites this master narrative very well. It reads like a novel--and in some ways it is fictional--never failing to engage the reader. In it one learns all of the major elements of the myth:
1. A small group of Texans stand up to Santa Anna's numerous and armed Mexican army. Far from a senseless confrontation with the Mexicans, the defense of the Alamo becomes a delaying tactic making possible the later success of the Texas Revolution.
2. Determined to stall Santa Anna's march to the north the Texans agree to stand and fight to the last man. In a dramatic event, Travis forms up his troops, draws a line in the sand, and asks those who will stand and fight to cross it. All do so except for Frenchman Louis Moses Rose--a veteran of Napoleonic Wars--who leaves the Alamo and is the only source for the "line in the sand" incident.
3. They experience a siege lasting thirteen days and then a final assault comes on March 6, 1836. All 187 defenders of the Alamo died in the final assault, heroically in this master narrative. Mexican casualties range from a low of about 70 killed as reported by Santa Anna (which no one believes) to somewhere between 1,500 and 2,000 Mexicans killed. Capture of the Alamo exacted, therefore, an enormous price for Santa Anna.
4. A few weeks later, time gained by the defense of the Alamo, Sam Houston's army surprised Santa Anna at Goliad and scored a great military victory. In the process Texas achieved its independence from Mexico.

If this sounds familiar it is because it is the still widely accepted story of the Alamo. It is ensconced in the interpretation offered at the historic site in San Antonio. It is still the basic account taught to schoolchildren in Texas, and in most other high school history courses. It is the story depicted in many books and in most of the films made about the siege, especially Fess Parker's "Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier" (1955) and John Wayne's "The Alamo" (1960).

Lon Tinkle's "13 Days to Glory" is a valuable statement of the myth. It is important to recognize that this myth is not so much falsehood--as many people seem to believe--as it is a story about our past that points up the highest ideals of the society. As James Oliver Robertson observes in "American Myth, American Reality" (Hill & Wang, 1980), "Myths are the patterns of behavior, or belief, and/or perception-which people have in common. Myths are not deliberately, or necessarily consciously, fictitious" (p. xv). The story of the Alamo depicted here and in other mythic treatments, is a kind of poetry, about events and situations that have great significance both for those involved and those that follow. Myths are, in fact, essential truths for the members of a cultural group who hold them, enact them, or perceive them. They are sometimes expressed in diffuse ideologies, but in literate societies like the United States they are also embedded in historical narratives such as Lon Tinkle's.

What does the myth of the Alamo say about the culture that has embraced it? Everyone will have individual answers to that question, but let me offer a couple of suggestions. First, the ideology of freedom and democracy as manifested in the United States is heavily wrapped up in it. The idea of American exceptionalism, that American institutions and beliefs are penultimate in human history, finds representation there as well. In addition, the concept of personal sacrifice for a larger, presumably positive goal finds its place in the story. The coming together of a diverse group of people, some of whom intensely disliked each other, for a significant purpose also makes its way into the narrative. Finally, the demonization of "the other," in this case the dictator Santa Anna and his tyranny sets up the defenders of the Alamo as persecuted innocents.

How far to carry these discussions of myth is everyone's prerogative. For fuller explications of the mythic aspects of the story, as well as excellent narratives, I would recommend these four books:
James E. Crisp, "Sleuthing The Alamo: Davy Crockett's Last Stand And Other Mysteries of the Texas Revolution" (Oxford University Press, 2004).
William C. Davis, "Three Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis" (Perennial, 1999).
Stephen L. Hardin, "Texian Iliad: A Military History of the Texas Revolution, 1835-1836" (University of Texas Press, 1996).
Jeff Long, "Duel of Eagles: The Mexican and U.S. Fight for the Alamo" (William Morrow, 1990).
"13 Days to Glory" is not the "state of the art" in the history of the siege of the Alamo, but it is a very good place to start in any exploration of the mythology of the event.

A good read,.... but.......2004-03-16

Tinkle's book was originally written in 1958. Not surprisingly, it closely mirrors what I learned as a student in the 1960's in Coach Woldt's Texas History classes. The trouble is, neither one turned out to be very accurate. Sorry, Coach. I don't have any way of knowing, but the way it reads and the information it provides the reader make it quite possible that Tinkle's work may have been used as the primary reference in Texas public school history books on lesson plans pertaining to the Alamo.

I shy away from writing harsh book reviews, and will say the book is an enjoyable read and gives good basic information about the account, however; the book does contain a considerable amount of unsubstantiated myths and legends.

Tinkle takes a good deal of liberty with things, such as this note in the Appendix:
Page 1. The placing of Daniel Cloud in the bell tower is the author's single assumption in this book as to the position of any character at any specific time.

The knowledgeable reader will find Tinkle made many such "assumptions" throughout the book.

The release of yet another Hollywood account of the Alamo will likely spawn renewed interest on the events there. If you are such a reader, looking to learn more of the history of the Alamo, there are numerous more accurate sources, such as my favorite on the subject, Texian Iliad: A Military History of the Texas Revolution by Stephan Hardin, Sullivan's Fall of the Alamo, or A Time to Stand by Walter Lord.

Entertaining, Absorbing.......2000-09-16

This is an entertaining, absorbing tale of the Alamo--it is written like a novel. It provides a good rendition of the traditional story--one where valiant, noble Texans fight evil Mexicans. This book is not one to read to get a balanced, in-depth account. For that, read Jeff Long's Duel of Eagles. Read this one for entertainment and to appreciate why the Alamo has stood the test of time as a symbol of the American fighting spirit.

The Truth of Myth.......2000-03-19

Dr. Tinkle's account of the Battle of the Alamo has, in some ways, been a life-forming book. It was in these pages (as a child in the early 1960s) that the heroic/epic myth of the Alamo became realized to me. What culture (native Celt-German-Texan) had begun in me, and what Disney and the Duke has fueled, became a way of life after reading Tinkle's account of the events now carved in stone in our national conscious. Col. Wm. Barrett Travis' mythical drawing of the line in the courtyard (whether true or not, true myth becomes myth made true) became a model for life. The pattern has been repeated dozen's of times: find a worthy cause, draw a line, get massacred. I owe it all to this book. Get a copy if you can.

While the recent Texian Illiad by Stephen Hardin, and Stephen Harrigan's The Gates of the Alamo are both good reads (Gates of the Alamo sits on my nightstand, waiting its turn) that do much to shed both historical light on the battle, and dispel popular revisionist histories (the probably forged De la Pena's Diaries being the worst), Thirteen Days to Glory remains my sentimental favorite, the stuff that myths are made of, and fed by.

"No rendirse, muchachos".......2000-01-24

While profound, Travis's words: "Don't surrender, boys" (spoken in Spanish) - tell only part of this story of the Siege of the Alamo. But because of the circumstances surrounding the battle (no Texan Survivors) there is no way to ever truly know all of the events surrounding those final days. Yes this is not the only book on the subject that one should read if you want a well-rounded impartial view of these events. Regardless it makes for good reading and I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the Texas revolt and it's ramifications. Many still affecting us to this day.

13 (THIRTEEN) DAYS TO GLORY. The Siege of the Alamo. A Volume in the Library of American History Series.

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13 (THIRTEEN) DAYS TO GLORY. The Siege of the Alamo. A Volume in the Library of American History Series.
Lon. TINKLE
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13 Day to Glory: the Siege of the Alamo
Lon Tinkle
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13 DAYS TO GLORY : The Siege of the Alamo (LIBRARY OF AMERICAN HISTORY)

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13 DAYS TO GLORY : The Siege of the Alamo (LIBRARY OF AMERICAN HISTORY)

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13 Days To Glory The Siege of the Alamo
Tinkle Lon
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13 Days to Glory: The Siege of the Alamo
Lon Tinkle
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13 Days to Glory : The Siege of the Alamo
Lon Tinkle
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13 DAYS TO GLORY The Siege of the Alamo
Lon Tinkle
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13 Days to Glory: The Siege of the Alamo (Leather Bound)

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13 Days to Glory: The Siege of the Alamo (Leather Bound)

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Contents includes a section on board responsibilities covering the president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary.

Describes committee functions such as setting up committees and lists specific committee duties.

Describes officer's and director's fiscal responsibilities including specific categories of potential liability and sources of liability protection.

Useful charts and checklists include Sample Meeting Agenda, Board Duties, Case Study on Proactive Volunteer Members

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Not bad, but could use a little professional advice from an expert........2005-11-13

All in all, not a bad attempt, but not the complete authoritative version that we were all hoping for.

A few tips from some HOA advocates may have made this essential reading, however, I was not approached for any advice, even though I am considered the number one HOA advocate in the country.

I really would have like to give this 5 stars, maybe next time, when the second, revised edition comes out. Contact me please.

And while we are on the subject, I have still not been approached by anyone from the Community associates Institute, to ask if I would like to be a guest speaker at their annual convention in Washington D.C. (Hint. Hint.)

Anyway, you know who I am, you know what I do, so together we can make a change. United we stand, divided we fall.

Let's unite for a change, it would be for the continued success of both sides. We are halfway there already.

I am waiting for the revised edition in the meantime. If you need some tips, you know how to contact me.

Not bad really.......2005-09-07

This is a handy little guide to pass out to new volunteers. Remember, this little tome is short and concise designed to be read in less than an hour.

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