Reviews:
Here is what others who bought
the book had to say:
I want to thank all these
individuals for sharing their thoughts and feelings with me, and for allowing me to share
them with you...
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"Hi. Just wanted to
let you know I am really enjoying your book...I have to pace my time reading because I
find I don't want to do anything else when I pick up the book. I had a friend come and
stay a night this week and I showed her the book. While I was at work, she read farther
than I had. She really liked it also. If I don't e-mail too often, it's because I'm
reading!!!!!!! You are quite a good writer!"
Carol Steinbock
Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
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"Upon getting
to the chapter on Denmark, I was reminded again of the book/movie : Out of Africa, and
that shall be on my list of next books to read, after I finish A Farewell to Arms.
Fascinating.. reading biographies.. I have enjoyed many comments you make in your
book, usually personal reflections. One such was about being interested not so much in
where a person died, but where they were born and raised.. where they grew up and had
their first experiences. So true. I also was surprised to learn about Albert Nobel.. and
about Hans Christian Anderson. So many bits of information I did not know. I found your
concept of bridges, mentioned early on in the book, something that stayed with me. I've
gone back to re-read that a few times, and shared with some people. I shall
now look on bridges with a new perspective...
And finally, I especially liked what you wrote in
chapter 12 about Loneliness, and how when travelling you are never really alone. You
hold in mind memories of family and friends, and before you know it you're talking with
strangers and making new friends. Again, I got out the highlighter, and pondered
that for a few minutes."
Phyllis Sadler
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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"Just a brief note to tell you I'm still
enjoying your book. The 8 1/2 x 11 format makes it a bit difficult to carry around, but
the story is sure great reading."
Francisco Dominguez
Los Angeles, California, USA
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"I
received the book yesterday at 2:30 p.m......was too excited to write at that time and
launched right into reading. When my husband saw the size of the book he said, 'kiss me
now honey and I'll talk to you sometime in April'."
A follow-up:
"I am in the middle of the book and read it every chance I get.....so, so,
interesting and very funny at times....I break out in laughter and startle my poor husband
from time to time."
A follow-up:
"It has brought out a number of different emotions in me.....delight, laughter,
amusement, sadness. It also has been quite thought provoking … I felt you really
opened yourself up to the reader and shared your personal experiences quite fearlessly. I
was happy and quite surprised to read about your tender feelings about women in general
and this made me feel hopeful.....I'm not accustomed to hearing men talk about longing,
loneliness, feelings of uncertainty....and at some points I was agonizing right along with
you. … Well I must get back to the book now...."
Rosalie Rivera
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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"I'm
reading your "Odyssey" again and am enjoying it a whole lot better the second
time around. Perhaps it is because I'm savoring the journey, trials and tribulations
and trying to equate to it this time."
D.W. Hoeth, Charter Member of
Scoot Tours
Texas, USA
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Here is what some visitors to the
Odyssey website said:
"I visited your site
tonight, and I spent at least 3 hours there! Throughout the years I have seen a few sites
that are very similar to yours, but none as interesting and spell-binding as yours!
"UNBELIEVABLE!!!
There are still some chapters that I haven't read completely yet...because I found it
irresistible to jump ahead to see what adventures were on the next page."
Mike Ware
Tampa, Florida, USA
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"Tom, you got to me!!! You took me clear out of
myself as I read your story and lived your pictures. I have never been so moved in
my life. I actually forgot I was sitting here in this wheel chair. It was me
on that scooter, and it was me looking out of your eyes, and feeling and tasting and
being. Now I want to read your book... .
A man known as "Poet"
Washington, USA
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"Dear Tom,
"I was somewhat leary of a
website promotion - but I clicked & what a wonderful surprise! Love the music,
photos & most of all the story - first chapter more than a little reminiscent of The
Lord of the Rings...
"You sound like the best
sort of traveller - courageous & adventurous, willing to learn lessons from your
travels instead of imposing rigid plans & missing the real adventure...I'm enjoying
the website tremendously, looking forward to reading about your journey through
India..."
This Odyssey visitor posted the
above in a travel-oriented newsgroup.
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"Tom, I was
just at your site...it looks like your Odyssey trip was quite an adventure! I hope your
positive attitude will have an influence on people from around the world."
Tom Vassos
Author, "Strategic Internet Marketing", e-business Advisor, IBM; MBA Instructor,
University of Toronto, Canada
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Comments from an
authority on Ernest Hemingway: 
"Tom...to call
you a "worldly" character is certainly an understatement. What an
adventure you've had. Hem would have been impressed. And I am impressed that
you took along BY-LINE in your travels. A wonderful choice. As Hemingway
travels throughout Europe reporting on the "troubles he's seen," you're right
there with him commenting on the glories and beauties you've seen... you have a wealth of
original, exciting and informative content here."
Josh Silverstein
Ernest Hemingway scholar, website designer and webmaster of "TIMELESS HEMINGWAY"
* AUTHOR'S NOTE:
I took with me, all the way around the world,a copy of By-Line: Ernest Hemingway.
See Chapter 7.
(Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967,
Bantam paperback edition.)
(Photo above left: Ernest
Hemingway - courtesy EH Collection, John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, MA)
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