Reviews for Great American History Fact-Finder - Ted Yanak - Paperback

The average rating for Great American History Fact-Finder - Ted Yanak - Paperback based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-06-15 00:00:00 Andrew Loughran A collection of short essays, most of them 2-3 pages. I thought it would be good evening reading, coming as it does in little bites; but I kept wanting to read one more, and then one more, and then... I was done. The best essays made me laugh out loud; and the worst were still pretty good.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-11-30 00:00:00 Fred Brune Picked this up on a whim in a second hand book shop. Never heard of Morrow before, but as I'm on a bit of an essay kick I picked it up. Quite impressive. He writes well, with light, clear prose. Sometimes the structure is a little odd - just when you get into the flow, an essay will end with a rather abrupt conclusion. Possibly a result of the medium - most of the essays in this collection were written as short pieces for Time. The collection covers quite a stretch of time - 1980s through to quite recently - and it's interesting to see how reflective and incisive Morrow could be even in the immediate grip of literally awful events, such as the war in the Balkans (where he was a reporter on the ground), or in the aftermath of the destruction of the World Trade Center in New York. Worthwhile for the style, and for the example of how to bring something to a topic within such a short medium, as well as for the thoughts and narratives themselves.