Here's a list of recent acquisitions:
Lincoln:President-Elect by Harold Holzer
Lincoln:Biography of a Writer by Fred Kaplan
The Lincoln Anthology Edited by Harold Holzer
Lincoln's Melancholy by Joshua Shenk
Texas Civil War Artifacts by Richard Ahlstrom
The Battle of the Wilderness by Gordon Rhea
Gettysburg Requiem: The Life of...Wm. C. Oates by Glenn LaFantasie
The State of Jones by Sally Jenkins and John Stauffer.
I have my summer reading, for sure!
I'm still currently reading White's biography of Lincoln. Excellent read. I'm also reading a CW-related fiction book titled The Known World by Edward Jones. It won the Pulitzer a few years back. It's about a black slave owner.
A little known fact about the Civil War was that there were black slave owners. I've tried starting this book several times but haven't been able to get "into" it. 3rd time is a charm. Interesting from the get-go.
It's strange, but that happens quite often. I can't seem to get into a book so I'll put it down and try it a year or so later. Then, bang, it's great from the first sentence. I guess you have to be in the right frame of mind or something. Anyway, it's very good.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
