The Perfect Tribute by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews; 1906; Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, NY; 47 pages; 5/15-5/15 On a President Lincoln boarded a train to Gettysburg with the noted orator Edward Everett to dedicate the Gettysburg Battlefield. Along the way he penciled a few lines on the back of an envelope. Everett spoke for [...]
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson; 1977; HarperTrophy; 128 pages; 5/15-5/15 First the movie trailer misrepresented what the movie was, then this book which is considered a classic is pretty much different than the movie. The bare bones of the story are here, but I believe that the movie is much more moving and involving [...]
Bat Bomb, World War II’s Other Secret Weapon by Jack Couffer; 1992; University of Texas Press, Austin, TX; 252 pages; 0-292-70790-8; 5/14-5/15 Since cities of Japan in the 1940′s were generally built of wood and close together fire was viewed as a weapon. One of the more fanciful ideas was to attach mini napalm cannisters [...]
Portland; People, Politics and Power 1851-2001 by Jewel Lansing; 2003; Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR; 576 pages; 0-87071-559-3; 5/11-5/14 Former Portland City Auditor Jewel Lansing writes a history of Portland City Government from before the coin flip to 2001. She writes a history of Portland tied to each term of Portland’s mayors. [...]
Black Men Built The Capitol, Discovering African-American History In and Around Washington, D.C. by Jesse Holland; 2007; The Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, CT; 192 pages; 978-0-7627-4536-4; 5/11-5/11 This would be a great companion volume to Washington Schlepped Here by Christopher Buckley. Holland takes us through the city proper, then through the district and lastly through [...]
