Reviews of books by MWSA members. Reviews appear in reverse chronological order, with the most recent review posted appearing first.
Note: Some older reviews are being reposted to this site and those will appear out of order.
Poetry that draws you in and makes you think. Poetry lovers will enjoy it, others will become avid poetry readers.
Title: Behind the Steel: One Life-Five Epochs
Author: Joe Carvalko
Genre: Poetry
Reviewed by: Joyce Gilmour
ISBN (links go to the MWSA Amazon store): B00YRCDRCK
West Point graduate and Vietnam Combat Veteran ties together three generations of family service to America with the battle/political/social chaos of Vietnam. A terrific page turner!
Title: Pass In Review COUNTRY
Author: Brian Utermahlen
Genre: Historical Fiction
Reviewer: Hodge Wood
ISBN (links go to the MWSA Amazon store): 149734011X
Horrific combat…teenage courage…plummet into alcoholism. Join the author as he draws you inside the story.
Title: Sailor Man: The Troubled Life and Times of J.P. Nunnally, U.S. Navy
Author: Del Staecker
Category: Memoir
Reviewer: Joe Epley
ISBN (links go to the MWSA Amazon store): 1555718167
Weapons, ships, military engagements, spies and diplomacy, this story has all of this and more. A story ripped right from the headlines.
Title: The Asian Imperative
Author: Kenneth Andrus
Category: Thriller/Mystery
Reviewed by: Lee Boyland
ISBN (links go to the MWSA Amazon store): 0989378993
Conflict, slaves, families, the average bystander. The Civil War impacts each in their own way. This is a moving and compelling story the reader will enjoy.
Title: Damned Yankee: The Story of a Marriage (The Civil War in South Carolina's Low Country) (Volume 5)
Author: Carolyn P. Schriber
Category: Historical Fiction
Reviewed by: Terry Shoptaugh
ISBN (links go to the MWSA Amazon store): 0984592873