A library in Licking County Ohio is sponsoring a special read along program for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The library has developed reading lists for both kids and adults for fiction and non-fiction books related to the Civil War and people are being encouraged to read two books between now and May 21st. Successful readers would have their names entered in a drawing for a small prize. Unfortunately, they don't seem to have posted the reading list at the library website. Available lists on the web don't seem all that great either. My short, short list would include:
Fiction:
Michael Shaara, Killer Angels. About Gettysburg
Nonfiction:
James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom. A good one volume history
Shelby Foote, The Civil War: A Narrative. A great three volume history
David H. Donald, Lincoln. Probably the best biography even though published 15 years ago.
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