Reviews for Cal 96 Baseball: Based on the Illustrated History of Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns

The average rating for Cal 96 Baseball: Based on the Illustrated History of Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-12-16 00:00:00 Mark Waner "Memoirs of a Grandmother... Volume I" is the second (alternate) translation of Pauline Wengeroff's two volume memoir. The first translation, "Rememberings, the World of a Russian Jewish Woman" is condensed, reordered and made more readable. I read the first translation and thought it was both interesting as well as fascinating from a historical perspective. This translation tries to be more faithful to the original text and the translator's comments reflect the thought she put into retaining as best as possible the original spirit. Like the original memoir, this version is divided in two volumes. The book I have is Volume I. My understanding is that Volume II has yet to be published (volume I was published in 2010). The book contains a very lengthy introduction about Wengeroff's intentions when writing, about the implication of the Haskalah on her life and the importance of gender in the book. It also has good pictures and notes, but the memoir part itself is short. In this edition Wengeroff does not come off like an old fashioned grandmother with any naivete about the art of writing her memoirs. She comes off as very intelligent and self aware, with a lot of opinions and social criticism as she does her share of pontification. If you want to read Wengeroff's memoirs, "Rememberings, the World of a Russian Jewish Woman" would probably be a better choice because it's just one volume and it's easy to read. This version is perhaps more helpful to scholars.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-03-23 00:00:00 Brad Davis Charming and fascinating account of living within The Pale in mid 1800s. Pauline Wengeroff writes (wrote -- translated by Shulamit Magnus) in a natural very readable, personable way, at the same time conveying the details and realities of Jewish well-to-do, pious life. Long scholarly essay at the start about issues and society of the period, and copious notes at the end. Extremely, deeply researched. However, you can simply read the memoir without knowing more; Wengeroff brings past life to life.