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This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-keithpruitt Recent reviews written by member keithpruitt en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_475750960772?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt - This review was originally written and posted in February of 2000.  At that point the book had been out for a number of years.  Since then Random House has released the Vintage edition pictured here and a movie has been made from the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475750960772 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:14:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475750960772?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475682279044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt - This review was originally posted on May 28, 2000.  It has been retooled with different format and new introductory materials.  Hope you are blessed from the music I have been privileged to enjoy for nearly fifty... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475682279044 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:52:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475682279044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475348569732?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt - The bulk of this review was originally posted in April 2000.  I am reposting it with most left in tack from the original.  I have written new introductory notes and background for this review.  Hope you enjoy.Merle... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475348569732 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:35:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475348569732?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475339067012?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt - I originally posted a review of this collection May 28, 2000.  The review to come is completely new with very little information taken from the original.  The formatting has changed as well to fit my current style.  With Porter's death... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475339067012 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:37:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475339067012?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475313049220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt - They appear in each major metropolitan area of the country, the weekly free newspaper, paid for my commercial ads, fighting the establishment and presenting the liberal voice in direct defiance of the prominent media outlets.  For twenty-eight years... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475313049220 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:07:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475313049220?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473719148164?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt - Background From the mountains of Kentucky came the enchanting sounds of bluegrass music.  During the course of time, many performers have embodied that music.  Having studied under the tutelage of the likes of Ralph... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473719148164 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:41:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473719148164?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471861005956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt - IntroductionWhen Emmylou Harris submitted Roses in the Snow to the public in 1980 her star was already beginning to shine brightly in country music.  The previous years' acclaimed Blue Kentucky Girl had earned her a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471861005956 Wed, 27 May 2009 13:14:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471861005956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_470314094212?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt - Somewhat forgotten in this era of modern country sounds, is the haunting sounds of the neo-traditionalist known as The Voice by his legions of fans.  Vern Gosdin passed away on April 29th leaving a last legacy of pure country music fashioned... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~470314094212 Wed, 13 May 2009 21:54:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_470314094212?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469277642372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt - In the heat of the 2008 Presidential campaign, Nikki Grimes along with illustrator Bryan Collier created a beautiful portrait of Barack Obama for children.  Published by Simon and Shuster, Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope tells the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469277642372 Mon, 4 May 2009 17:50:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469277642372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469272596100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt - Remember when you were small and your mom was always saying, NO!  In my house it was generally followed by a switch.  David Shannon has recreated some of the events of his childhood that had his mother yellowing those infamous words in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469272596100 Mon, 4 May 2009 17:06:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469272596100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468475874948?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt -  A Bit of Album History When Randy Travis released the gospel album Rise and Shine in the fall of 2002, the country crooner had not had a top 20 hit in three years.  Yet the buzz around this Kyle Lehning produced... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468475874948 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:05:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468475874948?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468448218756?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt - The divided nation had just ended a war that through four years had taken thousands of lives.  And one week after victory was won, Good Friday turned into mourning as Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.  What was it like for the children to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468448218756 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:53:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468448218756?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468441271940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt - Perhaps among more recent children's literature that has reached the stage of being counted a classic, The Giving Tree by the late Shel Silverstein is one of the greatest.  The story is about a little boy who becomes friends with a tree... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468441271940 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:31:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468441271940?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_467827265156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt - Tim McGraw is best known as the country singer of great hits like Live Like You Were Dying, Not A Moment Too Soon, and Please Remember Me.  But did you know that he is also a writer?  Tim McGraw and Tom Douglas have written My... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~467827265156 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:11:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_467827265156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_466387766916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt - The time was the early 1980s, and country traditionalists were bemoaning the demise of country music as it had been played by the likes of Lefty Frizzell, Faron Young, and Ernest Tubb.  The honky tonk sound had died with the onslaught of cross over... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~466387766916 Wed, 8 Apr 2009 13:25:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_466387766916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465094217348?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt - Several years ago when I was doing research on health and nutrition, I reviewed several nutrition bars at this site.  The fad diets of recent years have brought a proliferation of new cereal bars.  Included in that number are the ones... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465094217348 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:04:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465094217348?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465046769284?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt - The 1960s were a magical era of children's writing.  While education expanded its knowledge of what children needed for literacy, one idea rose to the top- using nonsensical words to help children with phonemic awareness.  Students need rhyme... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465046769284 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:52:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465046769284?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_463586627204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt - This review is actually a late entry into the write off sponsored by bilbopooh.  She was so kind to ask me to participate in this tribute to Abraham Lincoln the 16th President of the United States on the 200th anniversary of his birth.  The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~463586627204 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:58:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_463586627204?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_462511509124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt - Thousands of children have been introduced to the imaginative world of Max in the Maurice Sendak classic Where the Wild Things Are.  Published by Harper Collins, the book was originally published in 1963 during a time when imagination... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~462511509124 Sun, 1 Mar 2009 19:11:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_462511509124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_462173408900?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt - Folktales are an enabling genre for teachers.  For students who are always asking why, these tall tales explain common things to students in story form.  While far from true, the value of allowing students to use their imaginations and to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~462173408900 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:47:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_462173408900?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_461563072132?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt - Ancestral research for those families of America who have been here for generations will generally entail members of either the Confederate or Union Armies during the tragic American Civil War.  Research over the past year led me to a distant cousin... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~461563072132 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:22:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_461563072132?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459283402372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt - As is the case with country music, many of the pioneers of southern gospel music are leaving their earthly tabernacles for eternity.  They are greatly missed; each has left a lasting legacy in their musical recordings.  Previously, a review was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459283402372 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:32:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459283402372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458516762244?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt - Through the years there has been any number of journals published by brethren within churches of Christ that were not "church" organs.  For the most part, many of these have done a valiant job of upholding truth and giving Christians insights that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458516762244 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:11:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458516762244?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458425536132?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt - From the historic significance of Presidential Homes including the White House to majestic scenic parks like Yosemite and Golden Gate to the wild lands of Alaska, the National Park Service oversees a plethora of scenic and historical sites.  And one... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458425536132 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:05:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458425536132?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458103819908?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author keithpruitt - For some thirty-six or so years (when it gets that high, who's really counting, right) I have had the privilege of being a published author.  My credits number into the hundreds many of them being published at internet sights.  (Again, I have... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458103819908 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:13:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458103819908?linkin_id=8003929