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Deanne Stillman is a widely published, critically acclaimed writer. Her previous books include Desert Reckoning, Mustang, and the cult classic Twentynine Palms, a Los Angeles Times bestseller. She is a columnist for the Los Angeles Review of Books and a member of the core faculty at the UC mostrar mais Riverside-Palm Desert Low Residency MFA Creative Writing Program. mostrar menos

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The Penguin Book of Women's Humour (1996) — Contribuidor — 118 exemplares
My California: Journeys By Great Writers (2004) — Contribuidor — 56 exemplares
Unbridled: The Western Horse in Fiction and Nonfiction (2005) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares

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Well-researched biography of two icons of the American West, Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill Cody, and how their lives intertwined in a meaningful way. Both were celebrated and misunderstood, their names linked together by the buffalo, symbols of the American West.

The author has a definite viewpoint on the betrayal of the Native Americans, which she illustrates through an account of the lives of these two men (and one woman, Annie Oakley). Buffalo Bill is shown, in the 1870’s, as part of the problem, taking part in wiping out the buffalo and killing scores of American Indians. Around the same time, in 1876, Sitting Bull participated in the Little Big Horn battle where Custer met his end. Many thought Sitting Bull killed Custer (he didn’t). Thus, Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull started out on opposing sides as enemies.

Once the Hunkpapa tribe of the Lakota were forced onto reservations, Sitting Bull became less of a threat, and Buffalo Bill experienced a change in perspective. In establishing his Wild West show, Cody attempts to right the wrongs of the past. These shows were intended to help Native Americans preserve the spirit of their culture while also conveying its essence to the rest of society. It also played a part in the early efforts to preserve the buffalo. The two men became close friends during the few months after Sitting Bull had joined the Wild West show. This dual story of Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull portrays the significant changes to the American frontier during the lifetime of these two extraordinary men.

The author has done extensive research, drawing on many historical accounts to set straight many misconceptions. I found the book very interesting, particularly the description of the assassination of Sitting Bull and the subsequent massacre at Wounded Knee, along with the part played by the Ghost Dancers influenced by Wokova (an obscure Paiute Indian). I did not feel compelled to read it, but enjoyed it when I picked it up. Recommended to those interested in the history of Native Americans or the American West.

An advance copy of this book was provided by NetGalley in return for a candid review.
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Castlelass | Oct 30, 2022 |
Multi-generational troubles cut to the bone with destructive intensity in Deanne Stillman’s Twentynine Palms: A True Story of Murder, Marines, and the Mojave. Two crimes in particular serve as an axis for examining lives afflicted by poverty, questionable decisions, and the violence done by men against women. It is a depressing, unsettling chronicle.

The Marine base north of Twentynine Palms is situated in California’s “high” desert. In these pages, locals and Marines do their best to turn that geography into metaphor by abuse of drink, weed, meth, you name it. Paralleling their effects, Stillman’s prose occasionally reels free of grounded reportage, as if recruiting the jackrabbit qualities of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. At times this works okay. Other times, no. Many details rouse doubts (Bloods dressed in blue, Crips in red; an NFL guard outruns a safety for a TD; locals watch “comets” (meteors really), etc.). Some gaffes suggest she has trouble reading a map.

Even so, if you have heart enough to believe that lives not lived especially well nonetheless can be tragic, this book will bring terrible moments to the page in a way that captures grief and provokes distress, bestirring your sympathies.
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dypaloh | Nov 7, 2021 |
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present a picture of breasts plus erect nipples in a tight pink T-shirt:




And so this early collection of humour by women was sold.

I shake my head. I know, it's the usual argument, I guess. It is liberated to present women in ways that men get off on. It's just that the men aren't allowed to say they get off on it.

But if the front cover isn't your thing, I wouldn't go any further. The nipples are quite the best bit.

I'm sorry. I don't get it. Maybe if you read it in the early seventies? I didn't get to it until twenty years later.… (mais)
 
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bringbackbooks | 2 outras críticas | Jun 16, 2020 |
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present a picture of breasts plus erect nipples in a tight pink T-shirt:




And so this early collection of humour by women was sold.

I shake my head. I know, it's the usual argument, I guess. It is liberated to present women in ways that men get off on. It's just that the men aren't allowed to say they get off on it.

But if the front cover isn't your thing, I wouldn't go any further. The nipples are quite the best bit.

I'm sorry. I don't get it. Maybe if you read it in the early seventies? I didn't get to it until twenty years later.… (mais)
 
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bringbackbooks | 2 outras críticas | Jun 16, 2020 |

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