An amateurish genealogical exercise whose appeal for general readers is limited largely to a reverent profile of Asa G. Candler, Sr., the go-getting pharmacist who acquired rights to an unsung patent medicine known as Pemberton's Tonic and renamed it Coca- Cola. Drawing on corporate as well as family archives and on the memories of Candler's blood descendants (who refer to themselves as ``the real ones''), Graham (a great-great-grandchild of the founding father) offers a discontinuously selective account of the Candler clan. But, unfortunately, the lives of Candler's heirs hold almost no interest for anyone save kinfolk and those who need reminding that money can't buy happiness. As it happened, moreover, the patriarch ceded ownership of Coke to his four sons and one daughter toward the close of 1917; unable to work together, the beneficiaries sold out less than two years later, effectively ending their ties to the soft-drink colossus. A devout Methodist, Candler prospered in real estate as well, and he was also a philanthropist of note. His descendants, however, have left few footprints on the sands of time. Many, in fact, became alcoholics, philanderers, and social-register dropouts. In her chronicle, full of pointless anecdotes, Graham soft-pedals or ignores the shortcomings of latter-day Candlers, opting instead for frequent allusions to the heritage of a once-proud house that has squandered its birthright. A graceless, labor-of-love memoir. (Illustrations—not seen.)
Pub Date: Nov. 16, 1992
ISBN: 0-942637-62-3
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Barricade
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1992
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...
Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").Pub Date: May 15, 1972
ISBN: 0205632645
Page Count: 105
Publisher: Macmillan
Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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