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Suburban Sprawl Was a Long Time in the Making.
I'll start 2025's attempt to post fifty book reviews with John Stilgoe's Metropolitan Corridor: Railroads and the American Scene. Although the book features a train on the dust jacket, and railroads in the subtitle, it's not ferroequinology. Nor is it urban planning, although I intend to argue that amateur or professional urbanists will gain a ( Read more... ) -
Books 22-28
All but the first are Brothers Grimm stories:
22. Great Lakes: Shipwrecks and Survivals, by William Ratigan. I don't recall the last time I so looked forward to reading a book and was so disappointed. I'd heard this book referenced a few times by a couple of YouTubers that do documentaries on ships and shipwrecks, so, Great Lakes shipwrecks being ( Read more... ) -
Books 13-21
All but the first are Grimm Brothers tales.
13. Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting, by Claire Pooley. I loved this book! It is so charming and warm. I laughed several times (one time I had to put down the book for a few minutes I was laughing so hard- without giving away any spoilers I will just say it involves the can-can). There were a couple ( Read more... ) -
Books 6-12
All of these are from the Grimm Brothers.
6. The Crystal Ball. Kind of an odd tale, with a grab-bag of plot lines knitted together in one short story. The mother of three sons turns the two older boys into animals but the youngest of the three runs away to try to find a mysterious castle. There, a beautiful princess is imprisoned there, awaiting ( Read more... ) -
Books 1-5
All of these are from the Brothers Grimm.
1. The Crumbs of the Table. Reminds me a bit of the story of a child who rescues a rattlesnake during a storm. Here, a man encourages some puppies to eat the scraps around a table while the abusive mistress is away. The puppies at first refuse, fearing retribution, but they finally relent. The mistress ( Read more... )
