Title: MMA 1954-57 Diary Lacks Cohesion
Review: I felt the accounts of the author were insightful into Massachusetts Maritime Academy of the 50s era - definately a time in educational history that has totally vanished. Although chronological, I found the book's structure inconsistent, not much in the way of transitions, background or lead-ins for the reader to really get a total flavor of the MMA. Overall, as a cold reader, I think this is not such a good read and generally a very fragmented book and not a good writing effort. It has some updated entries in 1998, so its reprinted from the original 50s version. What is confusing is the inclusion of another student's extensive diary entries in italics interjected with the author's and this doesn't add much to the effort. Photo quality is poor. There are emails in the back of the book that just don't appear to be meaningful, its just thrown out there. Perhaps I was expecting a bit more professionally pulled together or polished story, even from diary entries.
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