Tag: World War I
100 Years and 3 Days
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2014/07/31/100-years-and-3-days/
This week we are commemorating the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of WWI. Florence Green, the last known WWI veteran, died in 2012 at age 110. Frank Buckles, the last living U.S. WWI veteran died in 2011, also at age 110. Here are today’s...
100 Years and 2 Days
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2014/07/30/100-years-and-2-days/
World War I, which began 100 years ago Monday, involved a total of 76 current nations and more than 65,000,000 troops. Here are today’s suggested fiction and non-fiction titles that are set during or around The Great War. The Secret Life of Violet Grant By Beatriz Williams “Rumor has...
100 Years and a Day
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2014/07/29/100-years-and-a-day/
This week we are highlighting some novels set during or around World War I. We’ll also share a few non-fiction titles to commemorate this historic event. 100 years and a day ago, World War I, “The Great War”, began and would last more than...
The Gendarme
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2010/09/24/the-gendarme/
Title: The Gendarme Author: Mark T. Mustian Publisher: Penguin Group, September 2010 Summary: Emmett Conn is 92 years old. Recently widowed and suffering from a brain tumor, he is plagued with headaches and bad dreams. The dreams come to him like a movie being played...
The Air We Breathe
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/02/14/the-air-we-breathe/
Title: The Air We Breathe Author: Andrea Barrett Summary: While World War I looms in the future, the patients at Tamarack State Sanatorium are fighting their own battle with tuberculosis and the emotional issues that come from being confined to a strict regimen of rest and little social...