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Years ago Carolyn Heilbrun, a long-time feminist (Writing a Woman's Life) who also writes mysteries as Amanda Cross (The James Joyce Murder), decided to leave before age dragged her down by committing suicide at 70. Fortunately, she reneged, and chose instead to chronicle moments from her 60s. Always erudite, often deliciously wry, if sometimes pretentious, Heilbrun hits the mark more often than not in this book of essays. She speaks of "unmet friends" whose lives have paralleled her own and blessed deliverance from the academic bustle and backstabbing of Columbia University, the tyranny of memory, and foolish feminine clothes. Throughout, her sense of renewal is as welcome as her determination to go against the grain.
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When she was young, distinguished author and critic Carolyn Heilbrun solemnly vowed to end her life when she turned seventy. But on the advent of that fateful birthday, she realized that her golden years had been full of unforeseen pleasures. Now, the astute and ever-insightful Heilbrun muses on the emotional and intellectual insights that brought her "to choose each day for now, to live." There are reflections on her new house and her sturdy, comfortable marriage; sweet solitude and the pleasures of sex at an advanced age; the fascination with e-mail and the joy of discovering unexpected friends. Even the encroachments of loss, pain, and sadness that come with age cannot spoil Heilbrun's moveable feast. They are merely the price of bountiful living.
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I discovered many kernals of wisdom...........2007-07-28
Finding myself in my late 50's, unemployed and not likely to take on another full-time career, I was curious about Heilbrun's thoughts and opinions about life during her 60's.
Heilbrun was in her 70's when she wrote this book in 1998. Almost 10 years later, I found kernels of wisdom in almost every chapter despite being far removed from her literary and financial stature.
If you have can relate to the following, I think you will benefit most from reading this book: 1) have an understanding or appreciation of the stifling environment most women who were married during the 1950's-60's felt in their marriages or careers. 2) be near or in your 60's, and 3) understand the introverted personality.
I could relate to her comments about transitioning from a life-long career to having a life full of choices and feeling unsure about how or what direction to take all of this available free time. A friend once told me, "Enjoy your 60's while your health is still good. When a woman reaches her 70's, it's probably downhill from there." I think this outcome was what Heilbrun deeply feared and couldn't admit.
I found her admission of experiencing `political sadness' a foreshadowing. She seemed profoundly affected by the political and social damage our country (and probably the world) endures knowing the recovery could take generations, if it were possible at all. Perhaps her inability to cope or contribute toward repairing such damage was more than she could bear, which might have lead to her suicide in her late 70's.
Her writing can be a bit 'literary'. I had to re-read several passages to be sure that "I got it." That's the main reason I didn't give the book 4 stars. Although she is a prolific writer and probably quite talented in her craft, I didn't enjoy stumbling over many of her phrases.
Too Little, Too Late.......2007-04-27
The titles of books Carolyn Heilbrun has written are exciting to those of us who are of the female persuasion and born before 1950, because women, especially older women, still get far too little respect in today's world.
However, Carolyn Heilbrun's extremely privileged and refined upbringing seems to have led her to come late and reluctantly to a contemplation of the problems of women in general. Her love of fingerbowls and the way of life they represent, her concern that no man's skin be visible between his socks and his pantlegs, her outrage at recent acquaintances being on a first name basis, and her preference for a house of her own, not shared by her husband of many years, are just a few of the things that define a huge gap between her and those of my generation, just 20 years younger.
At any age, it's best to either have a companion you cannot do without or for goodness sake have no spouse at all. Or suffer with your choice, no longer a happy one, but don't write a book telling us we should all profit from your example. It's sad she preferred to be apart from her husband, and I'm willing to pity her, but not to point to her as a model for the rest of us. Contrary to her experience and belief, a woman can be married--and actually living with a man--without losing her independence or her freedom.
Ms. Heilbrun did learn some lessons during her lifetime, and you can clearly see some progress in her beliefs between 1964 and 1997, but in all honesty, she was quite reactionary in 1970, compared to the students and faculty at Columbia, where she taught, so she had a lot of catching up to do. She was very far from the forefront of liberal feminism, almost the opposite, when you consider her exposure to (and resistance to) the intellectual ferment of the 1960s.
I'm 59 now, and I'm not about to take pointers in how to live out my sixties from someone as smug, self-centered, and superficial as this author. If the subject matter appeals to you, I strongly suggest you look elsewhere for intellectual stimulation.
Good News Bad News.......2005-08-22
If you are in your sixties, seventies, or beyond - or even if you are a precocious fifty-year-old, there is much to be had in this ultimately enigmatic series of essays by feminist, scholar, activist and mystery hound Carolyn Heilbrun. Thoughtful, introspective, funny and only occasionally cantankerous, Heilbrun strikes many a familiar chord in examining the oddly satisfying process of aging, if not gracefully, at least with some unexpected zest.
Heilbrun wore many hats in her life - her book Writing a Woman's Life is now a classic feminist study. She has a huge and richly deserved reputation as a scholar of Virginia Woolf as well as the Bloomsbury era in general. In popular culture, Heilbrun is probably best known by the pseudonym Amanda Cross, author of the Kate Fansler mystery series. She spent most of her academic career at Columbia University and speaks in these essays of her dismay at her experiences there and her relief at finally retiring.
Heilbrun is generous in sharing her inner life but never quite explains the puzzles. She was an ardent feminist, patriarchal enemy to the core. She deplored society's requirement that women dress the role and ultimately gave up dresses altogether. She slants towards androgyny and regards bisexuality as just a moving point on a line. She devotes a whole chapter to May Sarton, the poet, novelist and essayist who was her contemporary and her friend. Sarton was a tempestuous, oft ill-tempered lesbian who, much to her own dismay, found most public appreciation with the publication of her numerous journals recounting her rural life in New Hampshire and Maine.
But despite all of this, Heilbrun was a wife and mother and lived a seemingly contented life with her husband. The fact that, at the age of 68, she bought a home of her own where she often stayed, sans husband, seemed to her quite ordinary. In her personal life, there seemed to be little of the cacophony that marked her work and her times.
But the enigma of Carolyn Heilbrun lies mainly in her oft-vocalized determination to commit suicide at the age of 70 when, presumably, all usefulness and joy would be gone from life and ending it would avoid all of the nastiness involved in the endgame. But 70 came and went and she makes much in The Last Gift of Time of her decision to go on. Life, it seems, still had a lot to offer and that is what she offers us. These later years can be so rewarding that many women are quite shocked by this unexpected gift.
But, having read the book, and being inspired by that message, it is a bit disconcerting to learn that in 2003, at the age of 77, Heilbrun actually did commit suicide. By all accounts, there was no hint that this was to happen. Her husband and children were profoundly shocked, as were her friends . On the day she died, a Tuesday, Heilbrun walked through Central Park with a friend - something the two had done every Tuesday for 26 years. All seemed normal. Heilbrun was her usual self. The only possible hint, and a very thin one, was that at one point Heilbrun said "I feel sad". When the friend asked what she felt sad about, Heilbrun responded "The universe". And then she went home and put a plastic bag over her head.
Knowing the eventual outcome of Heilbrun's journey certainly changes the flavor of this book but it is difficult to say whether the message is diluted or enhanced. I, personally, was taken aback and re-read the book to see what I might have missed but did not find anything significant. It is still a book well worth reading and it has a lot to say to us "women of a certain age". But, despite its insight and its wisdom, what it mostly affirms is the unpredictability of life. And that, I suppose, is a good thing.
A Conundrum Wrapped in an Enigma.......2005-05-16
Carolyn Heilbrun wrote this celebration of life after sixty shortly after deciding not to carry out her long-determined plan to commit suicide at 70 and six years before killing herself at 77. To know that outcome increases the frustration and the spasm of anger at her -- how could she so exquisitely detail the joy she found in living over the last decade and a half of her life, and then one day slam the door on those joys through, I understand, an overdose of sleeping pills and a plastic bag around the head for good measure. The clue must lie in this book's last essay, On Mortality, and what Heilbrun seems to fear and foresee in that chapter, that at some increasing age indifference to life succeeds pleasure in life.
Obviously a woman of strong views -- I was not familiar with any of her writing before Gift --, Heilbrun is never shy about expressing those views, but does so with a humor and civility too often missing in writing and intellectual debate. She has scores to settle, but often, in these essays, matters of more compelling interest: a faithful dog; the fairly nondescript house she buys in the country; her enthusiam for email and England.
In the end I come away from Gift with two strong feelings, pleasure at being able to still enjoy some of those pleasures that Heilbrun enjoyed and an unsettling inability to understand why she later chose to stop doing so.
Recommended.
The lady opted out.......2005-03-02
It is difficult to relate to this book having the knowledge that Heilburn killed herself -with the consent of her son-because she felt it was all over. Perhaps her isolation had more to do with depression or some such than the spin she puts on it in the book.Her suicide was presented as a rational and logical choice. I don't know. She was an excellent scholar and a feminist thinker at the right time-so kudos to her memory for that.
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- All Tell, No Show
- Excellent! One of the best books I've ever read!
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Times Last Gift -Op/102
Philip Jose Farmer
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All Tell, No Show.......2006-03-10
I picked this up the other day, not expecting too much, but hoping that, considering the fame of the author, it would be a decent read.
Woe upon me! This book is hardly printworthy. I would give it 0 stars, if I could.
While the premise of the story is quite interesting, it is exceedingly poorly written. Perhaps this book was meant as an outline for a longer, fleshed out work, and someone accidentally forwarded to the printers. The prose is sloppy and nondescript, the characters are paper-thin, and the dialogue - though there is plenty of opportunity for it - is sparse and uninspiring, and what was no doubt meant as a surprise at the end was neither surprising nor particularly original. As the title of this review indicates, in this book, Farmer is all tell and no show.
Not recommended except as an example of how NOT to write fiction for writing teachers to give their students.
Excellent! One of the best books I've ever read!.......1999-07-24
This story takes place both in the future and our distant past, and binds them together through the incredible experiences of the main character. I've read it twice and will certainly read it again. A terrific story from beginning to end!
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- Plot-twists and surprises make this time travel novel a fun read.
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Time's Last Gift
Philip Jose Farmer
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Plot-twists and surprises make this time travel novel a fun read........2006-08-28
When four elite scientists journey 14,000 years into the past, mysterious questions about the journey, one of the crew members, and the very nature of time threaten to destroy the landmark mission, and with it, the lives of the four scientists.
Though Farmer's piece is packed with interesting questions and suprising answers about time travel, the novel actually starts out pretty slow. The first 60 pages mostly detail the group's encounters with prehistoric man and the prehistoric world in general. Though it is well written and features above-average character development, it did not grab my attention like the rest of book. Perhaps anthropology types would enjoy this part of the book more than I did.
After getting acquainted with the four scientists, all highly regarded in their respective fields, Farmer picks up the pace. Marital problems between two of the scientists and the unusual habits of another raise some peculiar questions about the psychological effects of time travel and about the possibility that one of the travelers is a scientific anamoly.
Throughout the book, there is action and gradual foreshadowing.
The grand finale of the book is masterfully done and has a surprise that I won't give away.
Though perhaps not the definitive time-travel novel, Time's Last Gift still has enough plot twists and suspense to be called a real page turner.
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UK edition. Scientists travel 12, 000 years back to tape the past.
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Tough Times Never Last (Itty Bitty Books)
Robert Harold Schuller
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One of the best books I've ever read.......2007-01-04
I've had these books for more then 20 years now - taking them with me through flood and fire. The first is SECOND 6 months of his tour while, "The only war we ever had: A company Commanders Journal" is the FIRST 6 months of his tour in Vietnam in 1968-1969.
M. Lee Lanning was the youngest person ever to lead an entire Company of 200 soldiers even though he was only a First Lieutenant, all at the age of 23.
I find these books truly fascinating - they show the horror, the boredom, the friendships made and the attempts at comedy used to stay sane during wartime. I never thought that a "War Memoir" would ever capture my attention, but this did it. Many (if not most) war books are written by the pencil pushers or REMF's and not someone who actually held a rifle and saw the enemy.
Each page is straight from the diary that his father gave him before he shipped out - then what follows is his memory of that day.
One of my favorite excerpts:
"Our move was delayed when one of the FNG's (F-ing New Guy), who had joined Bravo Co. at Crystal (their main base) a few days before, saw something in a clump of bamboo. Seconds later he approached me carrying a heavy, cone-shaped object that I immediately recognized as a 105mm artillery round. From it's shiny exterior, I deduced it was a "dud" from our fire before assaulting the bunkers.
The FNG, proud of his find, had no clue what he was cradling in his arms. As calmly as possible, I told the man to walk back into the jungle for at least 50 meters, gently place the object on the ground and return to my location. The tone of my voice, and the fact that all the others were scrambling for cover, definitely got the troop's attention.
Without a word, he followed my instructions. I braced for the expected explosion as he turned away and slowly walked towards the jungle..."
If you get this make sure you also get "Only War We Had: A Platoon Leader's Journal of Vietnam" that is the first of this series - it contains his journal entries from the first 6 months of his tour.
An Excellent Real World Vietnam Book.......2001-08-28
I missed the Vietnam War by a year or two. I served as an 11B from 72-78. I always wondered what it would have been like to have been there in a rifle company. Plenty of books about SF and LRRPs, but not very many written by a real platoon leader. I never had a tremensous desire to be an elite soldier in an elite unit (if I could have even made it). I only wanted to be a rifle squad leader. This book really made me feel what it would have been like. What I missed. It is a real world book. Not a battle every minute book filled with stories of great exploits. Just a real world grunt in Vietnam book. I recommend the companion book "The Only War We Had."
An Excellent Real World Vietnam Book.......2001-08-28
I missed the Vietnam War by a year or two. I served as an 11B from 72-78. I always wondered what it would have been like to have been there in a rifle company. Plenty of books about SF and LRRPs, but not very many written by a real platoon leader. I never had a tremensous desire to be an elite soldier in an elite unit (if I could have even made it). I only wanted to be a rifle squad leader. This book really made me feel what it would have been like. What I missed. It is a real world book. Not a battle every minute book filled with stories of great exploits. Just a real world grunt in Vietnam book. I recommend the companion book "The Only War We Had."
vietnam 1969-1970.......2000-12-09
this book is the best book ive ever read.This book started out in hawaii lee was a luitenant at the time but he wanted to upgrade his level in office so he was asked to become company commader his journey through the viet kong was very exiting it was full of action and outrage his tale was very inspireing he stood up for his men and became very popular as bravo company commander and became one of the best plotoon in vietnam his wife lived in sanfracico her name was linda when lee move out of the states his wife was pregnant with there girl rosallie.he was waiting to come home after 8 months in the war he was a month awayfrom coming home to the states when he got a rear job which he was waiting for and then took his long ride back home to sanfracisco.
The awesome sequal to THE ONLY WAR WE HAD.......1999-07-01
This book is the second in the set, the first being THE ONLY WAR WE HAD. This book, however, is different in that the author is no longer a naive Lieutenant being shipped off to Vietnam. This book begins with the same Lieutenant--now aged and matured--returning to Vietnam from leave in Hawaii. Like his first book, VIETNAM 1969-1970: A COMPANY COMMANDER'S JOURNAL is both detailed and exciting.
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- SIMPLY AN OUTSTANDING TRUE STORY
- Been There...
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Lima-6: A Marine Company Commander in Vietnam
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Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat
ASIN: 0671704362 |
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In this vivid and intensely frank memoir, retired Marine Colonel Dick Camp recounts his daily experiences as "Lima-6" -- the commander of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines -- from June 1967 through January 1968. As much as it is about the Vietnam War, Lima-6 is also a candid account of the camaraderie that a Marine infantry company forges in battle, and the compelling human drama of an infantry company at war as seen through the eyes of a lonely leader upon whom all others depend for guidance and strength.
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SIMPLY AN OUTSTANDING TRUE STORY.......2002-09-17
A tremendous book recounting battles, fire-fights, ambushes, as well as the challenges of leading 18 and 19 year old marines in war time. Gives a good idea about the physical hardships and danger that our men encountered in Vietam. Capt. Camp also admits near the ending that he was "very, very, glad to get out of Vietnam." An honest insight !
Been There..........2000-08-31
Very even and factual account. I would encourage persons interested in USMC history to read this account of one man's perspective of events that occured in the second half of 1967, in I Corps. I have to tell you that I am slightly prejudiced: Captain Camp was my Company Commander in Viet Nam. He is the one against whom all others are judged. Skipper Camp is not only the finest Officer I encountered in the Marine Corps but, also, a real human being.
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- Get the real story from someone who was there & wanted to be
- Comanche six gets a five!
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Comanche Six: Company Commander in Vietnam
James Estep
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Get the real story from someone who was there & wanted to be.......2007-08-21
This book was great, no Rambo personalities just honest bravery and men doing what they felt was right for their country. I would highly recommend it as well as Victor Six, another story of a company commander and what it's like to lead men into war.
Comanche six gets a five!.......2002-10-09
I may be a little biased but this book is great! The reason I say this is because it is written by my father's company commander. It depicts a fairly realistic idea of what my father saw for the time he was under Estep's command, but Estep did leave out some things and elaborate on others. It is an interesting book to read and it is a part of my history.
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- RTO; C 2/5 1ST AIR CAVALRY DIV. JUNE 67-JUNE68
- A grunt's viewpoint of the reality of a line unit in Vietnam
- 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, 1967-68.
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Company Commander Vietnam
James Estep
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Vietnam has been called the "company commander's war" -- these were the young officers who ran the war on a day-to-day basis, making life and death decisions in the jungles, rice paddies, and villages. Estep quickly learned what it meant to be a leader of men: to comfort an 18-year-old who had killed for the first time; to give confidence to an intimidated platoon leader; to revitalize the morale of a "hard-luck" company; to gain the trust of his crusty first sergeant; and, most of all, to confront and conquer his own fears.
Company Commander Vietnam is an honest and compelling story, unexcelled in its ability to help a new generation understand the complexities and realities, and the painful paradox of the Vietnam War.
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RTO; C 2/5 1ST AIR CAVALRY DIV. JUNE 67-JUNE68.......1998-08-24
This book brought back a flood of memories for me as I was one of the radio operators mentioned in the book. After learning that Capt. Estep had written a book about Vietnam I was anxious to read it to find out what happened to him after he was wounded and put on a medivac. It's great to know that he is well and has been able to write a book about the experiences that so many of us spent as grunt's in Vietnam. I have read several books about Vietnam but none so realistic as "Company Commander". This book is as near to a real life experience as you'll ever come.
A grunt's viewpoint of the reality of a line unit in Vietnam.......1998-03-17
Facinating!!!! I was honored to be the commander of Company C, 2nd of the 5th Cav about a year after COL Estep commanded it. I found the book by pure accident, and was drawn to it by the title because I too had been "Commanche Six." For those who did not serve in a line unit in RVN and would be curious to know the reality of it, this book is superb. COL Estep will not be remembered as a great writer, and I had the feeling this book was edited to appeal to young "war book" readers, but the experience is authentic. During the year's time between his command and mine, the 2/5 Cav had moved from the highlands to the Tay Ninh Province area. All the radio call signs remained the same, and much of the terminology. The only thing of significance that had changed was the name we called oursleves. I'd never heard the term "snuffy" until I read the book. We (including the officers) referred to ourselves as grunts. Avail yourself of the opportunity to read of authentic war experiences, as uncomfortable as they may be.
5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, 1967-68........1997-08-12
This is a Vietnam War far from the demoralized army of
popular imagination.
Coordinated air assaults, aggressive patrolling and ambushing
and skilled defensive systems characterize this
other war of highly motivated and effective soldiers,
taking the war to the enemy and honorably upholding
the American military tradition in conditions as
rugged as any in our history
Estep, a four-tour mustang who retired as Colonel,
is a skilled memoirist who brings the reader into the
action and paints a vivid picture of the fighting-
and winning-American soldier in Vietnam.
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- Outstanding book about combat and leadership.
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Lima 6: A Marine Company Commander in Vietnam, June 1967-January 1968
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Outstanding book about combat and leadership........2004-12-28
A great and true adventure. The innermost thoughts of a Marine Corps company commander.
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Vietnam, 1969-1970: A Company Commander's Journal (Texas A&M University Military History Series)
Michael Lee Lanning
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Lieutenant Michael Lee Lanning went to Vietnam as an eager young patriot who was confident of surviving the war. After six months in-country, he was promoted at age 23 to company commander, and his sense of duty began to shift from his nation to preserving the lives of the men in Bravo Company.
Lanning and his men faced an enemy who was patient, elusive, and firm in the belief that they could outlast the Americans. The young commander also confronted the prospect of sudden, violent death, bone-numbing weariness, and the stench of blood and decaying flesh. He would lose friends and would acquire a cynical contempt for all Vietnamese, both allies and enemies.
Vietnam, 1969-1970, like its predecessor, Lanning's The Only War We Had, is taken from the journals the author kept during his tour of duty. He writes, "I dusted off men with wounds that will disable them for the rest of their lives. I dusted off a dead man that was one of the best soldiers I ever have known. I am realizing the full burdens of being a company commander."
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