| Title | : | American WopBeaver Buffalo Buttons Brass Boxing and Beer: Thats why youre here! |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 |
| Publication | : | First published April 7, 2012 |
The first part of the book American Wop begins with the authors experience in his ancestral Scotland while his Grandfather lay dying in the US. A phone call signaled his Grandfathers impending end was really an announcement made years before. The surreal events leading to death drives his Grandfathers departure home.
The author weaves their history together in a form that brings together the first-rate appeal of the characters, their forgotten society and our Americana. Jacks time spent brushing shoulders with World Champion Boxers with hilarity and tear-jerking results shows the famous characters never published true colors.
As Uncle Joe always said - there's a story in here - for everyone! Please enjoy the story while learning something of why you're here.
American WopBeaver Buffalo Buttons Brass Boxing and Beer: Thats why youre here! Reviews
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A wonderful write that I could not put away. This would be a perfect book for anyone. It would be a good book for high schools students who need a backbone too their history..
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I loved this book. Would rate it more than 5 stars, if I could!
Before you read it, go to the homepage
http://www.americanwop.com/and get "in the mood".
The description of the story, here on Goodreads, is already perfect, so I will not add to that. (Would not be competent enough to do so anyway... I know my limits...)
I can honestly say that, to me, it was the sucker-punch of the year.
And thats what I am looking for in a book. A roller-coaster-ride of emotions, memories and thoughts written by a genuine person, willing to tear himself apart to be able to share it with me... trough a book.
To me it read like a diary. Kind of detached bits of a puzzle, that in the end give you the full picture of who and what Jack Tar is. And why he became the guy with a heart of a lion, soul of a poet and fists of a true fighter.
At times it was hard to keep reading, and yes in the last third of the book I cried. My own closeness to some of it, was painful. But it was SO worth going on.
For those of you who like Christopher Hibbert, Jack Kerouac or/and Stephen Crane go for it! For those who don't... don't! -
This book is a must read for anyone who has any family who have come over from THE OLD COUNTRY.. Jacks stories about his family are a hoot. The history woven into the story will make one wonder ,how did we ever let these things happen,and why do we keep letting it go on? Do yourself a favor read this book,and give a copy to a friend or two.
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This is not a book you want to hurry through,you might miss something. So much history is slid in between these pages in a conversational way that you can't help but be drawn in. Me, a person whom can get easily bored with history related in just the factual,this is what happened type of delivery, found it quite entertaining as well as informative.
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Jack Tar's American Wop is a tour through family history complete with rollicking prose and deep reference to Americana (not to mention Gypsies, Scots, and Italians!). The narrative is refreshing in its slow burn movement across the past and the present; Jack's peppering of anecdotes that pair with the plot of American Wop is what will keep you invested in what happens next. Sad, serene, funny, and at times mad, you'll want to take the ride that is American Wop.
