2009 Reading #90: A Time To Die
Books 1-10.
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
Books 31-40.
Books 41-50.
Books 51-60.
Books 61-70.
Books 71-80.
81. Elektra: Assassin by Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz.
82. Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes From the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 by Michael Azerrad.
83. The Dakota or Sioux in Minnesota As They Were in 1834 by Samuel W. Pond.
84. The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert.
85. The Flight of Red Bird: The Life of Zitkala-Sa by Doreen Rappaport.
86. Count Geiger's Blues by Michael Bishop.
87. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness.
88. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
89. Heart of Veridon by Tim Akers.
90. A Time To Die: The Attica Prison Revolt by Tom Wicker. I was very annoyed with this book for the first few chapters--the author takes the approach of referring to himself in the third person, an idea which he admits he cribbed from Miami and the Siege of Chicago, which was something I despised about that book. Wicker can hardly be accused of having an ego the size of Mailer's though, and his autobiographical digressions do approach a point, having to do with the author's quiet loss of faith in the justice of his society and country. I still wish there had been more of an attempt to get at what was really going on in the yard during the standoff, but since the book is largely locked into Wicker's POV that's not here. Still, I wonder if anyone could read this book and not think, even for a moment, that abolishing prisons altogether might not be a bad idea.
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
Books 31-40.
Books 41-50.
Books 51-60.
Books 61-70.
Books 71-80.
81. Elektra: Assassin by Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz.
82. Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes From the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 by Michael Azerrad.
83. The Dakota or Sioux in Minnesota As They Were in 1834 by Samuel W. Pond.
84. The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert.
85. The Flight of Red Bird: The Life of Zitkala-Sa by Doreen Rappaport.
86. Count Geiger's Blues by Michael Bishop.
87. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness.
88. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
89. Heart of Veridon by Tim Akers.
90. A Time To Die: The Attica Prison Revolt by Tom Wicker. I was very annoyed with this book for the first few chapters--the author takes the approach of referring to himself in the third person, an idea which he admits he cribbed from Miami and the Siege of Chicago, which was something I despised about that book. Wicker can hardly be accused of having an ego the size of Mailer's though, and his autobiographical digressions do approach a point, having to do with the author's quiet loss of faith in the justice of his society and country. I still wish there had been more of an attempt to get at what was really going on in the yard during the standoff, but since the book is largely locked into Wicker's POV that's not here. Still, I wonder if anyone could read this book and not think, even for a moment, that abolishing prisons altogether might not be a bad idea.