Reviews for Maryland Line Confederate Soldiers' Home and Confederate Veterans' Organizations in Maryland

The average rating for Maryland Line Confederate Soldiers' Home and Confederate Veterans' Organizations in Maryland based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-07-05 00:00:00 Joshua Baumgardner MacDonald was in Japan for 8 months of 1848. One must read nearly 200 pages of this 365-page book before he even LANDS in Japan. Of course some history and backstory is necessary as a prelude, but Schodt fills out his tome with every single possible thing of the slightest possible relevance and then figures, what the hell, let's pad it even further with the irrelevant. Honestly, this book should have been about 100 pages long, and it would probably still be unsatisfying then, as the author isn't exactly an engaging writer. In fact, the rear cover synopsis is more or less all you need. What a disappointment.

Review # 2 was written on 2021-02-20 00:00:00 Michael Morgan I found this book very interesting, but I am an American living in Japan so that is my personal bias. Tells the history of a man from Northwestern America has he enters a closed Japan and ends up teaching English while imprisoned. One of his pupils goes on to be an important interpreter for Imperial Japan.