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"A Boy's Life", by Robert McCammon
Robert McCammon

Posted on 11/01/2010 3:50:41 PM PDT by Chasaway

This is an absolute, total, complete, maybe-you're-wasting-your-time vanity!

But if you've not read it, I would ABSOLUTELY, 100%, suggest that you find, borrow, buy or steal "A Boy's Life", by Robert McCammon.

I really can't explain it. You'd just have to read it.

And if you do and you enjoy it, I'd love to get a FreepMail from you about your experience.

I've gotten my wife, two kids, dad and mom...all of them to read it...

And really...it's an terrific trip.

C


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bikes; boys; fun; life

1 posted on 11/01/2010 3:50:49 PM PDT by Chasaway
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To: Chasaway

I have read this and remember one “scene” about the boy bike riding (I think he was with friends) and something magical happened. Am I on the right track?


2 posted on 11/01/2010 3:58:27 PM PDT by merry10
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To: Chasaway

Weird. I know I read it, and thought is was good. But for the life of me I can’t remember anything about it, even after reading a plot summary.


3 posted on 11/01/2010 4:03:33 PM PDT by jjsheridan5
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To: merry10

That is totally it! This is a magical book, all around!

Worth re-visiting, if you haven’t read it in a while...


4 posted on 11/01/2010 4:04:53 PM PDT by Chasaway (Tonto: "What do you mean "We", White Man?")
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To: jjsheridan5

It’s an amazing book.

If your were ever a boy...if you ever had an imagination...this book will take you back:

Ol’ Moses; The Lady; Rebel, the dog; “Body Snatchers”; parents just don’t listen to their kids; bikes; baseball; school; fascist teachers...

All of it!


5 posted on 11/01/2010 4:07:35 PM PDT by Chasaway (Tonto: "What do you mean "We", White Man?")
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To: Chasaway
You know, I'm going to respond to my self...

How about a 5 Star rating (average) from Amazon...with 302 reviews?!?

Enough to give it a look?

6 posted on 11/01/2010 4:14:12 PM PDT by Chasaway (Tonto: "What do you mean "We", White Man?")
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To: Chasaway

Look into this one sometime, from 1805.

Diary of an Early American Boy: Noah Blake 1805

http://www.amazon.com/Diary-Early-American-Boy-Americana/dp/0486436667


7 posted on 11/01/2010 4:15:16 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: Chasaway

McCammon’s one of my absolutely favorite authors. I have read every one of his books, including “Boy’s Life”. Loved them all.


8 posted on 11/01/2010 4:22:55 PM PDT by nycgal
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To: ansel12

Just ordered one for me and my 22-year-old son...

and my dad.

Thanks,

C


9 posted on 11/01/2010 5:00:36 PM PDT by Chasaway (Tonto: "What do you mean "We", White Man?")
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To: Chasaway

That is a lot of copies, but it is a really easy book to keep passing around.


10 posted on 11/01/2010 5:40:07 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: Chasaway

I read it when for the first time when it was published and have loaned or had many friends read it. All of them said it was one of the most amazing books they had ever read.


11 posted on 11/01/2010 6:46:32 PM PDT by brytan1
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To: Chasaway

I completely agree. It isn’t my kind of book but I read it because I was at loose ends. I can’t even explain why I was so captivated. It is a terrific experience.


12 posted on 11/01/2010 6:46:37 PM PDT by meepsch
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To: Chasaway

I just ordererd President Bush’s book and I’m reading Blind Man’s Bluff again, so maybe this will be next on my list.


13 posted on 11/02/2010 4:07:25 AM PDT by merry10
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To: ansel12
Thank you for that link; I just read all about the works of Eric Sloane, and bought one of his books just now.

He was a wise, wise man.

14 posted on 11/02/2010 7:49:47 AM PDT by I Buried My Guns (Novare Res!)
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