I have 3 waiting for me at my parents house in DE! I thought it would have arrived when I was visiting bit missed it by a couple days, sadly. Can't wait to get hands on, if anyone needs or wants a copy DM me =}
I have finished my first read of the book and was surprised and delighted to find it excellent and more than a bit of a page turner.
Specialized books can vary widely in quality and accuracy. I have books so badly written as to be unreadable, and books so filled with inaccuracies as to be unusable except as door stops. This book is well written, filled with supporting documentation, excellent illustrations and photos, and supplemented with stories of the people involved.
I will confess to being still not quite sure which Racine is which and from whom they may have descended. I’m also not much of a fan of poetry but that may well be a fault in me rather than the book.
So, once again, very well done. It will be a book that I order more copies of for my friends , and one I dip into continually for my own enjoyment.