Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Surprisingly good

In the interest of full disclosure, let me say that the author is my father. Having said that, please don't think that means I have ever given him a free ride. I had him for a history professor and made him defend many things he taught! There is a saying that a prophet is without honor in his own country, and I think this often holds true. I read this book out of loyalty to my dad and was amazed to find it was good read in it's own right. I knew he had done his research, even traveling back to Germany to make sure everything he wrote was at least theoretically possible but he was also able to spin a good, if farfetched, story. For me personally, I loved seeing bits and pieces of his family's lives reflected in the book...a German speaking family in Texas, the loyalty to Texas A&M;, the complete identification with the new country, a deep faith.Dad, I'm proud of you! Not bad for an eighty year old!