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Title: Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths of Power by Alexandra Robbins ISBN: 0-316-73561-2 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 04 September, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.27 (51 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Phenomenal book, couldn't put it down
Comment: Secrets of the Tomb promises to sort the truth from the rumors about Skull and Bones and it delivers. Anyone familiar with the secret society will find tons of new material, such as Skull and Bones documents, stories, and interviews. Anyone unfamiliar with Skull and Bones will be astounded at how much influence it has had and continues to lord over our country. The atom bomb? Bay of Pigs Invasion? Brown Brothers Harriman? Grave-robbing? All the work of Skull and Bones.
Enthralling sections devoted to President George W. Bush illustrate how the President has used the secret society to his benefit, appointed fellow members to important positions in his administration, and yet continues to deny publicly he knows anything about the club. (Funny, he mentions it in his autobio.)
But Secrets of the Tomb presents this all of this information not as some conspiracy theorist blather, but as a solid work of investigative reporting, which is something no one has ever done on Skull and Bones. The book takes care to demystify some aspects of the society while confirming other details. At the same time, it's an incredibly fast-paced read, like a detective story.
This book is a must-read not only for anyone interested in secret societies, but also for anyone interested in knowing more about President George W. Bush. One of my favorite books I've read in a long, long time.
Rating: 5
Summary: Stash of Secrets of the Skull & Bones Alexander Robins
Comment: I thought Secrets of the Tomb Skull and Bones, The Ivy League, And the Hidden Paths of Power.
was excellent. The president and his father are both members of Skull and Bones and so is Senator John Kerry who will run against George W. Bush in 2004 are all so called "Bonesmen". The author Alexandra Robbins writing style is incredibly smooth and the fact that she mentions that she is a member of "one of Skull and Bones kindred Yale secret societies" only makes it more fascinating. This is an enjoyable mystery within a mystery of a mysterious book.That is part of what makes it even more interesting The book it self is mysterious looking with a wild picture of "The Tomb" and the creepy but aesthetic skull and Bones symbol with the 322 draws the reader in. There are a lot of photos I've never seen before in this book. The reader will get a vivid picture of how the Society system works. This is a part of American culture that needed to be discussed not just through rumor. You also get a tour of the "Tomb" and the private island owned by Bones all as bizarre as the recent movie Skulls. In an interesting chapter on the initiation ritual the author takes inside this ritual but makes it interesting and yet manages clear up some of the rumors that surround it's secrecy. You get I think a real taste for what these initiates went through. It's funny to think of the president and his son and fellows Bill Buckley going through this ritual. The Networking of the Order is the who's who of the elite's and a must read for those who like to study how power structure works. In fact if you read The Wise Men Six friends and the world they made by Isaacon and Thomas you'll remember they mention Skull & Bones briefly but prominently in this mammoth work about the diplomats men of Wall street true insiders several of them were indeed Skull and Bones directly influenced the post WWII world. Secrets of the Tomb revels that connections still exist today. I charters of this are a who's who of the powerful. If you liked that movie the Skulls or even Harry Potter or even Rushmore or your an avid listener of Cost to Cost radio you'll love Secrets of the Tomb. I think even the most paranoid reader or conspiracy theorist will find the wealth of fasinating information within. It a wilderness of mirrors this Skull in Bones. Read about Skull and Bones the most infamous of all the Secret Societies.
Rating: 1
Summary: Save your money.
Comment: The book is incredibly dry, seems she spends more time cutting and pasting sources than actually putting any of her own thoughts into the book. If you want to get the good stuff out of this book, go to the library and read chapters four and five.
Avoid reading anything else unless you have nothing but time on your hands. I was very upset that she fails to turn an accusing eye on her own secret society - hypocrite.
You can thank me for saving you 15 bucks now.
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Title: Secret Societies of America's Elite: From the Knights Templar to Skull and Bones by Steven Sora ISBN: 0892819596 Publisher: Destiny Books Pub. Date: 30 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: America's Secret Establishment: An Introduction to the Order of Skull & Bones by Antony C. Sutton ISBN: 0972020705 Publisher: Trine Day Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Fleshing Out Skull & Bones: Investigations into America's Most Powerful Secret Society by Kris Millegan ISBN: 0972020721 Publisher: Trine Day Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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Title: Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities by Alexandra Robbins ISBN: 1401300464 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 14 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Rule by Secrecy: The Hidden History That Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons, and the Great Pyramids by Jim Marrs ISBN: 0060931841 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 24 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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