Reviews
"Impressive in its massive presentation of information . . . Son of the Morning Star makes good reading--its prose is elegant, its tone the voice of dry wit, its meandering narrative skillfully crafted. Mr. Connell is above all a storyteller, and the story he tells is vastly more complicated than who did what to whom on June 25, 1876."--Page Stenger, The New York Times Book Review " Son of the Morning Star leaves the reader astonished."-- The Washington Post "A scintillating book, thoroughly researched and brilliantly constructed."-- The Wall Street Journal, "Impressive in its massive presentation of information . . . Son of the Morning Star makes good reading--its prose is elegant, its tone the voice of dry wit, its meandering narrative skillfully crafted. Mr. Connell is above all a storyteller, and the story he tells is vastly more complicated than who did what to whom on June 25, 1876."--Page Stenger, The New York Times Book Review "Son of the Morning Star leaves the reader astonished."--The Washington Post "A scintillating book, thoroughly researched and brilliantly constructed."--The Wall Street Journal, Impressive in its massive presentation of information . . . Son of the Morning Star makes good reading--its prose is elegant, its tone the voice of dry wit, its meandering narrative skillfully crafted. Mr. Connell is above all a storyteller, and the story he tells is vastly more complicated than who did what to whom on June 25, 1876., "Impressive in its massive presentation of information . . . Son of the Morning Star makes good reading--its prose is elegant, its tone the voice of dry wit, its meandering narrative skillfully crafted. Mr. Connell is above all a storyteller, and the story he tells is vastly more complicated than who did what to whom on June 25, 1876." -- Page Stenger, The New York Times Book Review " Son of the Morning Star leaves the reader astonished." -- The Washington Post "A scintillating book, thoroughly researched and brilliantly constructed." -- The Wall Street Journal, "Impressive in its massive presentation of information . . .Son of the Morning Starmakes good reading--its prose is elegant, its tone the voice of dry wit, its meandering narrative skillfully crafted. Mr. Connell is above all a storyteller, and the story he tells is vastly more complicated than who did what to whom on June 25, 1876."--Page Stenger,The New York Times Book Review "Son of the Morning Starleaves the reader astonished."--The Washington Post "A scintillating book, thoroughly researched and brilliantly constructed."--The Wall Street Journal