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Book Review: Indianapolis Jazz: The Masters, Legends and Legacy of Indiana Avenue

Dr. Robert Greer MD

From the 1930’s to the early 1970’s America’s big cities streets teemed with Jazz. Central Avenue in Los Angeles, Beale Street. in Memphis, 52nd Street in New York, and Welton…

Book Review: Thud Ridge

Dr. Robert Greer MD

Dr. Greer reviews Thud Ridge The Stain of the Vietnam war never seems to leave us. Much like the stench from a cracked 100-year-old egg. That nauseating smell just seems…

Book Review—The Pinks & The Golden Elixir of the West

Dr. Robert Greer MD

I recently had the opportunity to read two intriguing books that set the American Historical Record straight.  The first book, The Pinks: The First Women Detectives, Operatives, and Spies with…

Book Review: And Yet by Christopher Hitchens

Dr. Robert Greer MD

Dr. Greer reviews "And Yet" The late Christopher Hitchens, considered one of the premiere essayists of our time, hit literary high notes in his best- selling books, Why Orwell Matters,…

Book Review: American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

Dr. Robert Greer MD

Dr. Greer's review of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House Given the recent wrangling and consternation over the 2016 Presidential Election, I decided to go back and review…

Book Review: Left of Boom

Dr. Robert Greer MD

Sometimes a singular event can change the trajectory of one's life, so it was with Douglas Laux who was a college freshman when the twin towers fell in New York.…

Book Review: We'll Always Have Casablanca

Dr. Robert Greer

The movie "Casablanca" along with "Citizen Kane" are considered by many critics to be two of the greatest movies of all time.  Certainly "Casablanca" is one of the most written-about…

Book Review: O. Henry Short Stories

Dr. Robert Greer MD

Doubleday, Page and Co. began publishing the O. Henry Prize stories in 1919.  This wonderful collection of short stories has appeared annually since then.  The 2015 O. Henry Prize Stories…

Book Review: How About Never - Is Never Good For You?

Dr. Robert Greer MD

Dr. Robert Greer reviews "How About Never - Is Never Good for You?: My Life in Cartoons" by Bob Mankoff. Robert Greer MD examines the memoir of Bob Mankoff -…

Book Review: Brothers, Rivals, Victors

Dr. Robert Greer MD

Dr. Greer's Book Review of Brothers, Rivals, Victors: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley and the Partnership that Drove the Allied Conquest in Europe by Jonathan W. Jordan  Dr. Robert Greer examines Brothers,…

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