Time nearly erased many astounding tales and unexpected anecdotes from Ridgefield�s history. Its colorful characters include a widow who built a landmark Manhattan hotel; her neighbor who invented one of the first �helicopters� and a CIA operative who helped one thousand Americans flee Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War. Lesser known are the stories of the Ridgefield artists who gave the world Superman and Lowly Worm and brought the Wild West to life. One local writer helped make Hawthorne famous; while another penned thousands of hymns still sung around the globe. Join retired newspaper editor Jack Sanders as he uncovers nearly forgotten people and moments of Ridgefield�s past.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Very good. with some interesting (and occasionally distracting) quirksBy Lucas W. HumbleHaving read (and loved) all of Dostoevskys other major works. I was a little reluctant to begin what seemed to be his universally least-acclaimed novel. I was pleasantly surprised. then. to find that A Raw Youth (I realize that this book goes by two titles. but "The Adolescent" does not seem accurate as the protagonist is significantly older than an adolescent) is definitely Dostoevsky.Of course. with Dostoevsky. you get convoluted plots and bits of melodrama. Anyone who has read Dostoevsky should be fully prepared and accepting of this fact. While I would not rank this novel as highly as I would Dostoevskys great works (which. to me. are The Brothers Karamazov and The Idiot). I think it is worth being considered alongside The Possessed and Crime and Punishment.A quirk. however. that was a little disappointing: Dostoevsky used the final few pages of this novel to essentially produce a diatribe/essay as to the future of the Russian novel. It was out-of-place and would have been better elaborated on as its own separate essay. as its presence weakened the dramatic tension of the final pages. Nevertheless. this was a minor disappointment that really does not greatly weaken the impact of the rest of the novel.Now. a quick note as to the format -- I was overall very pleased with this Kindle version. There were very few mistakes. and the text fit the Kindle page nicely. There was one thing that was slightly annoying (and that has been present in every low-priced Dostoevsky work I have read through Kindle). Dostoevsky had a habit of occasionally having characters speak in French. For these occasions. a translation is sorely needed. This problem is not nearly as prevalent here as it was in The Possessed (where one character OFTEN speaks in French). but it is still a distraction.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Classic DostoyevskyBy Johnny NeutronNot as highly rated as his classic novels but if you enjoy those you will enjoy this as well. Has all the usual things that you expect in a book by the dark russian and for me that is more than enough.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A Raw YouthBy Maria ManguWhat an insight into human development. Although. a niteenth century story. it seems. excluding the externals. not much has changed.
