Ted Williams at War
by Bill Nowlin
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Author: Bill NowlinEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-25
ISBN: 1579401252
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Rounder Books
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Book Review: Comprehensive research, but REALLY bad writing....
Summary: 2 Stars
I will agree with the other reviewers on the excellence of the research in this book, at least in regards to its comprehensiveness in covering so many details of Ted's service. Ted Williams truly was a great American hero, and he deserves to have his story preserved.
However, the writing in this book is just not good. The prose is as stale as it could possibly be; it is bad enough that even the most exciting scenes of combat and competition somehow come off as dry and dull.
In addition, there are some glaring errors even in the research. For instance:
How ON EARTH does one write an entire book dealing largely with aviation and pilots, yet never learn that the term "knots per hour" is gallingly incorrect? That is basic stuff: The error is as bad as if he had written that teams each get 4 outs per inning in baseball. Not good.
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