Tag: America
One Summer
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2014/02/16/one-summer/
Title: One Summer: America 1927 Author: Bill Bryson Publisher: Doubleday, 2013 Summary/Review: Reading this book is like having a friendly historian take you by the arm and walk you through a momentous summer in America a long time ago – 1927. Not just any...
When We Were the Kennedys
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2012/08/23/when-we-were-the-kennedys/
Title: When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico Maine Author: Monica Wood Publish: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012 Summary/Review: When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico Maine by Monica Woods is an endearing memoir told from the voice of a nine...
Hiking Through
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2012/08/15/340-2/
Title: “Hiking Through: One Man’s Journey to Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail” Author: Paul Stutzman Publisher: Revell, A Division of Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan- 2012 Summary: All his life, Paul Stutzman dreamed of hiking the length of the Appalachian Trail...
Bringing up Bebe
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2012/08/09/bringing-up-bebe/
Title: Bringing Up Bebe Author: Pamela Druckerman Publisher: Penguin Press, NY 2012 Summary: This is less a manual on raising children than it is a comparison on how mostly upper middle class children are raised in France and America. Pamela Druckerman, a former reporter...
The Indifferent Stars Above
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2009/06/11/the-indifferent-stars-above/
Title: The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride Author: Daniel James Brown Publisher: William Morrow, April 2009 Summary: Upon hearing the words “Donner Party,” it’s likely that most people remember the most sordid and sensational details of this tragedy....
The Whiskey Rebels
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2009/02/09/the-whiskey-rebels/
Title: The Whiskey Rebels Author: David Liss Publisher: Random House, September 2008 Summary: This is a great historical thriller that takes place soon after the Revolutionary War. It follows the lives of two strangers, Joan Maycott and Ethan Saunders, as they try to make a life...
America, America
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/07/21/america-america/
Title: America, America Author: Ethan Canin Summary: Ethan Canin has always been a wonderful writer, but this is his best book yet. In fact, it’s one of the best books I’ve read – period. Several reviewers have deemed it a “great American novel,” not...
The Nine
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/07/01/the-nine/
Title: The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court Author: Jeffrey Toobin Summary: Best-selling author Jeffrey Toobin takes the reader into the chambers of the Supreme Court to reveal the character and thinking of the nine people who decide the law of...
Selected Stories
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/06/30/selected-stories/
Title: Selected Stories Author: Andre Dubus Summary: For me, summer is a great time to read short story collections: You can pick up a book, read a bit, and then put it down and enjoy the sunshine. That said, I’m not a fluffy ‘beach read’...
A People’s History of American Empire
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/06/24/a-peoples-history-of-american-empire/
Title: A People’s History of American Empire: A Graphic Adaptation Author: Howard Zinn, with Paul Buhle, and illustrations by Mike Konopacki Summary: It is hard to believe that the groundbreaking A People’s History of the United States is almost 30 years old! Historian Howard Zinn’s classic ‘history from the...