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Rough Crossings By Simon Schama Ecco...
...Disorder Peculiar to the Country By Ken Kalfus Ecco...
Toole never saw Hilary Swank get that second Oscar. He died in 2002 of what he would have called a bum ticker, leaving behind the manuscript of a novel called Pound for Pound (Ecco; 366 pages). Under the circumstances, it's a pleasure to say that Pound for Pound is not a rough, unfinished, posthumous collection of jottings, nor was Rope Burns a fluke. Pound for Pound is that most rare and absorbing of pleasures, a great boxing novel...
With Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves, and the American Revolution (Ecco; 475 pages), the indispensable Simon Schama (Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution) has taken a much trickier path. By choosing to tell the story of the thousands of escaped slaves who fought beside the British in the hope of securing their freedom, he effectively turns the American Revolution upside down. In Schama's book, it's the Crown that holds out the promise of liberty, the patriots who would take it away. As war approached, the British promised emancipation to any runaways who would join forces with...
...when executives saw how Americans who had been guzzling Chardonnay were looking for other dry white varietals. Pinot Grigio, with its light, fruity style, was a natural choice, and much of the best came from Italy. Gallo struck a deal with Cavit, an Italian cooperative. The result was Ecco Domani, which sold 900,000 cases last year. Cavit now produces two other successful Italian brands for Gallo...