Books by Nick Taylor and Complete Book Reviews
Nick Taylor, Author . Bantam $27 (640p) ISBN 978-0-553-80235-1
Launched in 1935, at the bottom of the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) served as a linchpin of FDR’s “New Deal.” Through the WPA, Roosevelt put millions of unemployed Americans to work on public...
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Nick Taylor, Author . Simon & Schuster $26 (368p) ISBN 978-1-4165-5065-5
The Civil War is but the noisiest of the struggles that the ambivalent hero of this historical novel wants to distance himself from. In 1862, at age 17, John Muro is packed off from Lynchburg to the University of Virginia Medical School, a berth...
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Nick Taylor, Author St. Martin's Press $4.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-312-92370-9
``Crazy Sal'' Polisi was a New York City criminal who chose to become a government informant rather than serve a 35-year jail term. After testifying against John Gotti, he and his family were placed in the Federal Witness Protection Program, which...
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Nick Taylor, Author Simon & Schuster $27.5 (304p) ISBN 978-0-684-83515-0
History has witnessed many discoveries made almost simultaneously by competing scientists: Newton and Leibniz quarreled over who invented the mathematical system of calculus and even this year's mapping of the human genome was announced only after...
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Nick Taylor, Author Simon & Schuster $19.45 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-66062-8
In one sense, this is a typically American story of a father who wanted a better life for his sons than he had had; in another, however, it is anything but representative. ``Crazy Sal'' Polisi was a New York City criminal, involved in gambling, car...
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Nick Taylor, Author Simon & Schuster $20.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-70944-0
A 125-year-old suburban Episcopal church serves as the focal point in Taylor's ( Sins of the Fathers ) search for ``the extraordinariness of ordinary people.'' Following the daily activities of the Rev. Lincoln Stelk, at St. Mary's church in Lake...
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Nick Taylor, Author Nan A. Talese $15 (194p) ISBN 978-0-385-47102-2
In a disarmingly candid, beautifully written memoir, Taylor ( Sons of the Father ) depicts the financial and emotional problems he encountered as one of the many middle-aged, self-absorbed offspring who suddenly find themselves faced with...
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