John was born in Dolphinton; Scotland; December 21; 1788; a cold; cold Sunday. A hard freeze had set in across the country . . . and didn't lift until early the next year. The same bitter weather reached London; four hundred miles to the south; where it froze the river Thames thick enough to support the crowds that came out to enjoy a winter fair set up on the ice. So begins the story of John Borrowman; a ploughman; an immigrant; and; finally; a farmer. The author (and namesake of the main character) has taken an approach to writing that brings dimension to the life of someone about whom only a few obscure facts are known. Ploughman; Immigrant; Farmer breaks new ground in the family history genre and warrants its innovative description as a "reconstructed family history."
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Read it is all I can say.By Alex BlacksonThis is a another great book by Edip1 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Add to LibraryBy June8Well written "wake up call" book. Easy read. Quality Paper. Should be in "must read" list and another valuable book in library.55 of 69 people found the following review helpful. Immoderate "moderate Islam"By William Garrison Jr.Edip Yuksel; a Muslim; wrote this book (in part) to denounce those who believe that the Muslim holy book; the Quran; allows Muslims to wage war against non-Muslims who fail to submit (kowtow) to Islamist rule. The author also wrote a revised Koran called the "Quran: a Reformist Translation." In the latter book; the author didn't just provide a differing translation of the Koran; he eviscerates it by removing all of the sections of the Koran that either blatantly or seemingly enabled Muslims to attack non-Muslims who failed to submit to Islamic taxation [jizya]. Yuksel; a Muslim; appears to acknowledge that the four major ahadith works are bogus (p. 66); and; therefore; their commentaries stating that the Muslim prophet Mohammad championed warfare against infidels to force them to pay tribute to Muslim authorities are bogus; too. In `Warmongers' the author reprints a number of FRONTPAGE articles regarding several conferences that this pro-Muslim author participated in with others who questioned the validity of the Muslim faith. Yuksel apparently believes that these reprints support his contentions; I disagree. But I applaud his reprinting them - they are the best portions of his book. Because Yukel rebukes so much common understanding about Mohammad; how he believes that his 'reformist' Islamic theology will be accepted by mainstream/ moderate Muslims is baffling to me - but that is a cross that he will have to carry. Yuksel denounces the writings of many individuals with whom he disagrees: Glenn Beck; David Horowitz; Daniel Pipes; Ali Sina; Robert Spencer; Wafa Sultan; Ibn Waraq; Bill Warner and Starbucks coffee (along with about 150 other individuals or corporations)... he calls them "Enemies of Peace" and/or "Warmongers" (p. 1). This book is simply so bad with its taqiyya writings that I will be resting it on my bookshelf alongside its companion book "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion".
