Description
The Song at the Plow:
Collecting Jesse Stuart
Farmer, teacher and writer Jesse Stuart came to fame in the 1930s with poems, stories and novels celebrating life in his home state of Kentucky.
Going to Gettysburg:
Collecting Guidebooks to the Battlefield
The future of the nation hung in the balance at the Battle of Gettysburg in early July, 1863. We look at the books that describe and guide visitors to its “hallowed ground.”
Launching Dreams along with Rockets:
Homer Hickam
When the Soviets launched Sputnik in 1957, millions of Americans were shocked out of complacency. It is unlikely that many high schools students regarded it as a turning point in their lives, but it changed Homer Hickam forever.
Books into Film
East of Eden, a novel by John Steinbeck, a film by Elia Kazan
Ten Years Ago
August 1991 Checklist Update: James Welch
September 1991 Checklist Update: Edward Abbey