By BILL DUNCAN
The View From Here
Sometime back I wrote a column on common sense. I didn’t reckon on how many readers would agree with my expression of disbelief in what we perceive today as the lack of common sense. Letters poured in citing experiences readers [...]
By BILL DUNCANThe View From Here
To be honest, I don’t particularly like chewing gum, but there is a reason for my dislike. As a young reporter in Los Angeles I was assigned to cover courts. I didn’t exactly understand courtroom decorum. In one court session, the judge stopped the proceedings, [...]
Book Review The State of Jefferson By Bernita L. Tickner and Gail Fiorini-Jenner Arcadoa Publishing Paperback $19.99
By BILL DUNCAN The News-Review
Thirty years ago when I was traveling north on Interstate-5 in search of my Shangrila I began to see billboards advertising the State of Jefferson. I was [...]
By BILL DUNCAN The View From Here
News stories and editorials have praised the late Frank Hart, founder of Wildlife Safari in Winston, Ore., but none have told about the Frank Hart that I knew. This story perhaps is more revealing of the character of the man than all the praise for [...]
Book Review Let’er Buck The story of the passing of the old West By Charles Wellington Furlong Overlook Press Hard cover $25
By BILL DUNCAN The News-Review
This is not a new book. Charles Wellington Furlong’s classic account of the Pendleton Roundup was first published by G.P. Putman [...]
By BILL DUNCANThe View From Here
With a name like Duncan there is no denying one’s heritage. I am Scottish to the core, expect, perhaps in everything but haggis, the traditional Scottish dish consisting of the sheep’s "pluck" (heart, liver and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, and [...]
Farewell SummerBy Ray BradburyHarper-Collins PublishersA William Morrow imprint
Hard Cover $24.95Paperback $7.99
By BILL DUNCANThe News-Review
The paperback edition of Ray Bradbury’s touted sequel to "Dandelion Wine," is now available and even though it has taken
more than 50 years for the sequel to be published, it was well worth the wait.
In the [...]
The Widow of the SouthBy Robert HicksWarner BooksPaperback $!4.99
By BILL DUNCANThe News-Review
Robert Hicks published his first novel in hardcover last year. Warner Books has now released a paperback version, but it remains a remarkable fictional story based on the true life of Carrie McGavock. Hicks said he fell in love with McGavock’s [...]
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KIDA MemoirBy Bill BrysonBroadway BooksHardcover $25Paperback $14.95
By BILL DUNCANThe News-Review
Some authors give you the feeling through their writing that you know all about them, then you read their memoir and find a different person entirely. Through his numerous books written on a [...]
Widow Words: 100 simple pieces of advice from another widow
By Marcia A. Curran
Vander Wyk & Burnham publishers
Hardcover $15.95
By BILL DUNCANThe News-Review
It may seem strange that a man would be reviewing a book for widows, but from a personal viewpoint I believe the male gender, who statistically dies first and leaves a widow, [...]
