to parse

[Jonathan Lighter]

It's scholarly *and* lucid. The chapter on prehistoric art is interesting
(like the rest of the book) but a little too long for the context, IMO.

I hope he likes it.

JL

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Eric Nielsen <ericbarnak at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Thanks, I just ordered a copy--at a bargain--from Amazon. My hospitalized
> brother will enjoy it I'm sure. He loves military History.
> Oh yeah, I noticed there were no reviews for this book on Amazon, yet  *; >
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> > This gives me the chance to say that, despite "parse" and one or two
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> > oddities I might post some day, Perlmutter's book, on the iconography of
> > war, is excellent and informative.
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> > Now how often do I say something like that?
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> > JL
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