Hello All,
Welcome Back to October's edition. Ron has been added to our book club. We'd like to welcome him to our circle of the web. To give him a warm welcome, he is selecting our books to vote on for this month. They are:
Well-behaved Women Seldom Make History, by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich; made famous the title phrase; stories of 3 notable women with some other anecdotes thrown in. Should be a fun read.
Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression by Mildred Armstrong Kalish; story of Pa, told from a girl's perspective.
The Regency Underworld, by Donald A. Low; a description of the London criminal milieu in the early 1800s; supposed to be really good; informative, and a ready contrast to today and other times.
Ron Titus
Adjunct Director of Scholarly Reading
Wiley College
711 Wiley Ave.
Marshall, TX 75670
(903) 923-2462
rtitus@wileyc.edu
Thanks Ron! Everyone just put in your votes by posting a comment...Stay tuned for our discussion on The 5 People You Meet in Heaven!
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4 comments:
Little Heathens has my vote ...since it's the only one we've got in the library system. I believe I own the Regency Underworld (but then again maybe not) and I think I've used it for research.
Now, Ron, next time don't go ALL non-fiction... OK?
Love to you all--Coral
I vote Little Heathens
*runs off to finish 5 People You Meet in Heaven*
I'm a little apprehensive about the Heathens as I am afraid it will be a throw back to Grapes of Wrath, which as I recall wasn't a pleasant read. So, I'm a little torn between that and the one on women. Maybe it's time to get a different perspective on the great plains and their trials.
So, I guess I will go with the Heathens also.
I first wanted the Women-making-history one, but, alas, not only am I tied to the Library, but am also under the thumb of the Librarian! :-) So let me throw in an enthusiastic vote for Little Heathens! -Ron
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