DWD's Reviews

Published by Recorded Books in 2007. Read by George Guidall Duration: 8 hours, 42 minutes. Unabridged. Walt Longmire is the Sheriff of Absaroka County in Wyoming and he is off to Philadelphia to visit his daughter Cady. This visit comes as part of a road trip with his friend Henry Standing Bear who is presenting some photos at a museum. To add some extra fun, Walt is going to meet up with his tough-talking deputy Vic's family, since she is also from Philadelphia. Turns out they are entrenched in the police department, from top to bottom. But, before the visit really got started, Cady is pushed off of a balcony and suffers a head injury, leaving her in a coma. Walt and Henry start investigating and soon things start to get very complicated, very fast. This is the third book in this series, but the first one that I have read or listened to. Normally, I don't join series midway, but I felt confident that I could start with this one because I had seen two season of the TV s...

Published in 2017 by Blackstone Audio. Read by Peter Berkrot. Duration: 11 hours, 45 minutes. Unabridged. Just a few months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hollywood actor Jimmy Stewart was a new recruit in the U.S. Army angling for the chance to fly a bomber in combat. At the time, he was the reigning male actor in Hollywood, having recently received the Oscar for Best Actor . But, deep down, Jimmy Stewart wanted to continue the family tradition of military service. The Army tried to divert Stewart to a non-combat role, aided by some string-pulling by his movie studio. But, Stewart pulled some strings of his own and eventually found himself training to fly bombers, despite the fact that he was easily at least ten years older than all of the other trainees. Stewart and his men flew their bombers to England and joined the massive collection of planes involved in the bombing campaign in November of 1943. Stewart's age and extensive pre-war flying experience played a part in hi...

Originally Published in 2005. Published in 2016 by HMH Books for Young Readers. This book is really three stories all wrapped up in one. #1) It is the early biography of two authors and how they got started. #2) It is also the story of how Curious George, the iconic children's book character came to be. #3) And, most importantly, it is the story of how these authors and this character were almost snuffed out at the beginning of World War II because of their religion. This edition of the book is designed to be used in a classroom. Not only is is wonderfully illustrated with both photographs and original drawings reminiscent of H.A. Rey's work, it also includes assignments and discussion questions at the end of the book. I rate this book 4 stars out of 5. It can be found on Amazon.com here: The Journey that Saved Curious George .