Reviews for Ultimate Baseball Puzzles: Crosswords/Puzzles/Games

The average rating for Ultimate Baseball Puzzles: Crosswords/Puzzles/Games based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-08-28 00:00:00 Jerry Lowery I love reading books about the wagon trains heading out west. This period of our history fascinates me, and I wonder if I was around then, would I have had what it took to make that long and dangerous journey? You gamble your life , possessions, your future - and that of your loved ones for the hope of a better life. This book didn't romanticize the wagon train. It was factual and gave a high level sense of how people coped with the basics. The facts were generic, but the author picked a particular family to illustrate the facts and used their diaries to make it more personal. The Larkins sold their farm in Indiana in 1853 and headed followed the Oregon trail with 4 children. They were very fortunate in making it to the end with no fatalities. Most people picture the Indians of the movies and old TV shows as the biggest threat to the pioneers, but in actuality it was disease, specifically cholera. One reason the Larkins may have survived when others didn't was that they were big coffee drinkers - thus forcing them to boil water and unwittingly kill the cholera germs. So many died of cholera that the Indians would follow behind and raid the graves. In this particular wagon train, they learned to bury the body and then build a fire over it to disguise the site. In the morning, the 'captain' would lead the wagons over the gravesite to further disguise it. This is a quick read with a lot of interesting information

Review # 2 was written on 2016-03-02 00:00:00 Jerrod Hall This book is easy to read. It followed Larkin family as they emigrated to Oregon. In my opinion, each chapter is well organized with interesting information and great illustrations. Because I am curious about mundane details of bygone era, I love this book very much. Here are list of the chapters: going west, the family, the wagon, Inside the wagon, daybreak, hitching up the wagon, rolling the train, on the trail, landmarks on the trail, tribe of the west, indian country, hunting, children's activities, nooning, mishap, stopping at fort, a special day, sickness and death, setting up camp, entertainment, oregon at last.