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Title: Hello from the world
Review: While the plight of the rail-line adventurers is certainly compelling, the way the book is laid out on the whole leaves much to be desired. I would much rather there been a focus on a few of the characters and their experiences in their entirety.The practice of submitting dozens of snippets from dozens of people makes for dull reading and dilutes the overall power of the experiences shared by these people. After reading scores of two-paragraph statements on the great depression, we are left with no feeling for the characters other than, "Boy the depression must have really sucked!"I'm unsure as to whether this work falls into the "publish or perish" school of literature but it certainly seems that way. Too often the reader is left "wondering" and wanting to know more about some compelling characters.Alert publishers everywhere - A collection of short essays does not a book make!
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