Reviews for To Heal the Scourge of Prejudice : The Life and Writings of Hosea Easton

The average rating for To Heal the Scourge of Prejudice : The Life and Writings of Hosea Easton based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-01-22 00:00:00 Asdf Adsdf This book is a compilation of lectures that were given at a symposium held at Loyala Marymount University in Los Angeles in October 2, 1993. Each chapter is written by a different historian about various aspects of the famine. Although the topics of interest, the book lacks an overall cohesiveness and comprehensiveness that I prefer when reading historical books--it is more like reading a book of short stories rather than one long fictional story. Nonetheless, it is worth the read. The only chapter that I could not finish was about the famine as a catalyst in Irish traditional music making. Without being able to hear the music itself, it is hard to relate to descriptions of music. And, quite frankly, I couldn't imagine that there would be any song that I would want to listen to that was relating the facts of this horrible famine--it would break my heart! Despite my reservations, I think I am going to give another try since I am on a "famine diet" of reading historical texts of this time period to get a broad understanding of what actually happened, and I plan to reread most of the books that I have already read, perhaps with the plan to write a summary of my own perspective of what happened. It is inspiring me to see if I can find an Irish scholar which specializes in this part of history to discuss it further. Most of the books that I have read are well documented, but they present some facts that I'm not sure can be confirmed. For a more comprehensive text, see my review of The Great Hunger, Ireland 1845-1849 by Cecil Woodham-Smith.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-07-19 00:00:00 Hj Hejjj Here is a quote from the book that pretty wells sums it up: In such an adversarial context, the search for truth can quickly degenerate into a matter of strategy, tactics, spins, and bluffs. Ultimately it becomes something of a game, each side intent on victory rather than finding out what really happened and why. Perhaps such a system can uncover some of the truth, but rarely will it uncover the "whole truth." As each side highlights only "facts" that support the result it seeks, all too often elements of the truth fall through the cracks. This is our judicial system and if you want to read about the reality of one case then I would recommend this book to you.