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Welcome to Good Old Reads!
We provide book reviews of vintage literary treasures. We’ll tell you if they’re worth reading and why. And where you might be able to find them.
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April’s Featured Review
The Cannibal Queen (1992) by Stephen Coonts
Quote of the Month
“History must share with reading, writing and arithmetic first rank as the most important subjects in the curriculum. Understanding the issues on which citizens of a republic are expected to vote is impossible without an understanding of the past. Those who have the opportunity but fail to impart that lesson can be accused of sabotaging the democratic process.”
From A Reporter’s Life by Walter Cronkite (1996)
New Book Reviews
The Greatest Flying Stories Ever Told (2002)
Lamar Underwood (editor)
This book is a bit like texting old friends–no real depth but it might kindle a desire for a longer visit.
The Gershwins and Me (2012)
Michael Feinstein
Feinsteins’ book and the Gershwins’ music together provide a warm and comfortable place to spend a few quiet days.
The Death of a President (1967)
William Manchester
This is a meticulously detailed account of the JFK assassination. To say it’s comprehensive is not enough. It’s an immersion.
Coming Soon!
Mystery of the 15 Sounds (1937)
Van Powell
Greatest Short Stories, Vol. 4 (1940)
Various Authors (edited by P.F. Collier & Son Corporation)
Here, There, Elsewhere (2013)
William Least Heat-Moon
Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography (1913)
Theodore Roosevelt
Read a Banned Book!
Good Old Reads supports the awareness efforts of PEN America regarding the wholesale book bans in American public schools and libraries.
