Swamp!

By Joe Pachinko

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966531302
• ISBN13: 9780966531305
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Superstition Street Pr
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Pachinko has balls!

I love this book! If you like adventure, environmental awareness, romance, scatology, and most of all HUMOR, you won't be disappointed here. In fact, SWAMP is very hard to put down once you start reading. Ostensibly a story of impoverished contract archaeologists, this book actually has a much bigger scope, the toxification of the world by the clueless. Some of these clueless characters are so funny, I couldn't breathe from laughing so hard. Of course, the environment is a sad subject, too, but I think Pachinko's leavening the subject with such brilliant and insightful humor makes the 'message' go down a lot easier. Be aware, Be entertained, Buy the book!

The compound of humor and serious reading!

This is one of the funniest books that I have ever read in my life! I just happened to get this book and really enjoyed it. The author has a fabulous sense of humor. There are many funny episodes that are woven into the story and those episodes never got me bored. One day, when I was on the way home by bus, one of the episodes popped into my mind and I couldnft stop laughing, acting like an idiot. However, it is not just a funny book. I have never been to the south of the United States but his well-written story is vivid enough to let me feel it. This book takes the readers to the South! The book is light reading but he also describes how the environment had been ruined in the name of civilization. It casts a question whether humanfs effort to pursue the convenience really ends up to evolution or human happiness. It is worth reading!

For those wanting a dose of reality

Joe Pachinko captures all that is life on the underbelly of the contract archaeologist. A dark and dismall tale that does not make life pretty just so it can be consumed my the masses. Joe Pachinko proves that he knows first hand the horrors of which he tells. From the raping of the land with toxic waste, to bowing down before the altar of the dollar while disreguarding human life ,to the squaller that Sam and Billie Jo live in, this story never lets the reader catch his breath. Image after image is thrust upon you, almost breaking yor will, but dragging you forward at the same time. Delving into the twisted, but somehow truthful mind of Sam, life is definatly not seen through rose tinted glasses. This book is stark reality at its core and does not yield for the faint hearted. A wonderful piece of literature that should be quickly digested, but only if you can keep it down!

CRM exposed! Real archaeologists at work!

Readers of SWAMP! will find that the archaeologists they see digging by the side of the road live not in a world reminiscent of 'National Geographic'...far from it! Highly recommended for anyone who is even thinking of becoming an archaeologist, or those of us who find ourselves stuck in the field of cultural resource management. My co-workers and I constantly entertain ourselves by reading passages aloud on our drive to projects. Five stars!

View of the Business of Contract Archaeology

Joe Pachinko's book, "Swamp", is a stark and semi-realistic look at the business known as contract archaeology. In humorous tones, he shows the reader what some contract archaeology businesses are doing or should we say not doing in the United States today. It shows that like most businesses, the almighty dollar is the most important driving force. The good in the novel are that the two heros are into archaeology not for the money but for something more. Everybody in archaeology working as a professional or is interested in archaeology should read this book.