The Crowbar Hotel Review

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(More customer reviews)this by far is the best adventure book I've ever read, and what makes it the best adventure book in my opinion, it's all about trains and a true story. To the author, thank you I really enjoyed it

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D. C. Jesse Burkhardt, who introduced a new genre of travel-adventure with 2007's "Travelogue From an Unruly Youth" (winner of the Washington Press Association award in the best books/non-fiction category) returns to blaze a trail across Canada in a two-fisted sequel, "The Crowbar Hotel: By Freight Train Across Canada.""The Crowbar Hotel" is a "unique travel-adventure that details an unusual expedition through Canada in 1979, as well as a glimpse into the hidden world of illicit transportation via freight trains," Burkhardt explained in the book s introduction. "The Crowbar Hotel explores what it means to aim yourself toward a chosen horizon and vowing to get there, despite obstacles and hardships and despite encounters with police who threatened us with deportation."Burkhardt traveled from Victoria, British Columbia, to Toronto, Ontario, then returned to the West Coast through the Midwest heartland of America ~ Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota; riding on historic carriers such as the Rock Island, Milwaukee Road, and the Ann Arbor Railroad. The new book, proudly printed in the U.S.A., includes a series of maps drawn by the author, as well as 35 photos taken during Burkhardt's travels."Crowbar is a wild guidebook to a time when we traveled without paying attention to signs or maps or rules," Burkhardt said. "We moved on instinct and faith. Freighting through Canada was truly another world, and it was a world of mystery and magic."

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Hotel Deep: Light Verse from Dark Water Review

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(More customer reviews)I fell in love with Oddhopper Opera and bought it before my son was even conceived. I recently discovered Hotel Deep and ordered it sight-unseen. It is yet further proof that Kurt Cyrus is a fabulous artist and a brilliant poet. This is now my 2.5-yr-old's favorite book. He asks for it by name ("Read Toe Deep?"), and goes around quoting it. His favorite page is where the lone sardine finally reunites with his school ("Sardines! Sardinessardinessardinessardines...!") But his favorite poem is the one about the stonefish. Apparently he is able to pick up on the idea of the fish pretending to be what it isn't, and he walks around saying, "Not a stonefish, no indeed!"
A young child needs to have his hand held and be shown how to appreciate these Kurt Cyrus books, but there is so much there for both him and us to enjoy. My husband and I don't get tired of reading this one!
Okay, I have to amend this review to say that my son (still 2.5) knows the ENTIRE book by heart. He can recite the whole thing one line ahead of us. He loves to point to the sardine on every page (except the deep-sea page, where he says, "Don't see sardine!" every time), and he can find and identify each of the 28 fish named and pictured on the back page of the book. Parental bragging aside, I consider this a tribute to the book's brilliance. A 2-yr-old can enter into it wholeheartedly, but as an adult I can tell you that there are fresh details that emerge every time through. My children won't outgrow this one.
Oddhopper Opera is a fun romp, but Hotel Deep is just pure art.

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