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BLACK CLOUD: The Great Florida Hurricane of 1928. Eliot Kleinberg. Carroll & Graf. 352 pages. $26.
Buried or burned: Recalling 1928's forgotten Floridians
Florida differs from most of the rest of the world in an important way: much of its current population has no connection to or knowledge of its history. Many residents are non-natives who migrated here over the past quarter century. But another, more complex reason for this lack of knowledge is that some of the state's history -- particularly its black history -- has been summarily buried, literally and figuratively.
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BY TRISH RILEY,
Trish@TrishRiley.com,
08/03/2003 03:01 AM EDT)
THE SECRET LIFE OF COWBOYS. Tom Groneberg. Scribner. 272 pages. $24.
Embracing the cowboy myth
There's not much to learn here about cowboys that Louis L'Amour and Rawhide haven't taught us. Cowboys work hard on dusty, unforgiving land. They'll help you do anything, but won't share their feelings. They can deliver a calf and repair a broken-down fence and extinguish a prairie fire. All before lunch.
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BY KEN FUSON,
08/03/2003 03:01 AM EDT)
ALL SHOOK UP: How Rock 'n' Roll Changed America. Glenn C. Altschuler. Oxford. 226 pages. $27.50.
Rocking the '50s with beginnings of integration
Smack in the middle of the rock 'n' roll revolution in 1955, a frisky, young Boston rock jock sent President Eisenhower a letter and several hit records. ''This is the music of young America,'' wrote Ken Malden, now a sportscaster for Miami's WQAM. He hoped 'their music will make the president `look alive and dig the jive.' ''
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BY IKE SEAMANS,
08/03/2003 03:01 AM EDT)
WHAT WAS SHE THINKING? (Notes on a Scandal): A Novel. Zo Heller. Holt. 258 pages. $23.
Barbara's obsession over a sex scandal
There will be crying and shouting and accusations later, but in the beginning, there is merely waiting. That's all right. ''I am good at waiting,'' confides Barbara Covett, the unflappable, unmarried English schoolteacher of a certain age who acts as our helpful narrator on this satiric journey. ``It is one of my greatest skills.''
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BY CONNIE OGLE,
cogle@herald.com,
08/03/2003 03:01 AM EDT)
STRANGE CHARACTERS REMEMBERED WITH LOVE
STUFFED: Adventures of a Restaurant Family. Patricia Volk. Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat. Blackstone. 8 ½ hours. Unabridged.
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08/03/2003 03:01 AM EDT)
WHERE THE TRUTH LIES. Rupert Holmes. Random. 388 pages. $24.95.
Dark past shadows a brilliant partnership
Serious students of popular culture will recall Rupert Holmes as the Tony Award-winning creator of the Broadway musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood and the Grammy Award-winning author of the 1979 novelty hit Escape (The Pina Colada Song). (In a recent interview with Publishers Weekly, Holmes had the good grace to say, when asked about that maddening song, 'I have a two-part answer: `Yes,' and 'I'm very, very sorry.' '') It should be no surprise that his first novel is an insider's look at the world...
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BY PATRICK ANDERSON,
08/03/2003 03:01 AM EDT)
KIDS' BOOKS
A treat for moms-to-be
The Spanish-speaking world has no counterpart for Mother Goose -- no symbolic Madre Gansa whispering musical poetry into baby's ear.
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SUE CORBETT,
scorbett@herald.com,
07/30/2003 03:01 AM EDT)
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