Australian Cattle Dog, Blue Tiny Ones Dog Devil

June 20, 2001: I am 48 years old, born and raised in a farm & ranch area. My family always had at least one dog, usually two or three of various breeds. Most of them knew they were dogs. My red female heeler has has a really different view of the world. I am very grateful for this book in helping me see things her way. It has saved me a lot of hard work trying to 'correct' behaviors that are bred into her for good reasons. Instead, I just tell the neighbors 'She's a non-cuddler.' Excellent...

April 24, 2004: After five years as a CIA operative, some of them as an assassin, Devil returns to Harlem after his father was murdered to run the family bar the Be Bop Tavern. The Harlem he comes home to is not the place he remembers. Japanese and Koreans are running businesses that used to be owned by blacks and the Asians are buying up all the real estate. It feels like Blacks live in Harlem but it is controlled by outside interests who don?t serve the community...................

Murray gives readers the redefined essence of his lifetime meditation on the blues as this musical style informs American life. Here are incisive essays on writing, music, and art that go beyond the social-science fiction of Negrohood to describe in no uncertain terms what it means to be American.