Geoffrey Dunn (2)

This book was fascinating, but thank god it has a substantial bibliography and an index, because there are so many editing and typographical errors that without those appendices, I might have been inclined to marginalize it entirely.

Want examples? Check the hardcover edition, page 105, which proffers "doublejeopardy" as a legal term. doublejeopardy, one word. And on page 256, there is a typo regarding Jim Barnett that is obvious and clunky and not at all suspicious, just careless. There are show more others (wrung instead of rung) but I forbear.

I can't necessarily fault Mr. Dunn for this. It's probably just curmudgeonly of me, because in the olden days, careful copy-editing was a respected job, and one that I might have worked at, except for these is modern times and we don't need no copy editors on account of we have Spellcheck.

Okay. Aside from all that, I consider this book to be thoughtful, detailed, uncomfortably insightful regarding the state of our nation, and well worth reading. It really ought to have had a less strident title, though. show less

Read the title read the book. I found too much detail, but as I am not American, the detail was superfluous. I never liked the thought of her as running mate for McCain, and was relieved when they lost the presidency.

Wonderful, heartfelt stories full of interesting characters that piece together bits of Santa Cruz history.

An outstanding book by Geoffrey Dunn. He is a personal friend and went to high school with him. He shares these stories from the history of Santa Cruz. He gives a personal touch to these stories.