Lynn,
Thanks so much. The patron happens to be here again today, though, and is pretty sure "Two from Galilee" is not the book she's looking for. She's going to try it anyway, though, just in case her memory is faulty.
Janet
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1. biographies of presidents (2)
2. "Christmas Story" book...not Jean Shepard's (2)
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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 10:09:18 -0500
From: Deb Roy <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: biographies of presidents
We have a patron doing the same thing, and although he has read biographies
by many different historians, he has much enjoyed the Presidents series
edited by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and Sean Wilentz in particular. . Here's
a link to the publisher's website:
http://americanpresidentsseries.com/booklist.asp
Deborah Roy, Acquisitions
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On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 6:00 PM, Deborah Walsh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> McCullough's John Adams would get my vote for 2.
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> DTWalsh
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> > On Dec 16, 2016, at 4:49 PM, John Russell <[log in to unmask]>
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> > A patron is looking for a recommended reading list of single volume
> presidential biographies.
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> > I helped them select Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow, which won the
> 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Biography, from our shelves and they just checked
> that out.
> >
> > There is a lot information to sort through about presidential
> biographies and I thought I would check-in with Fiction_L to see what books
> or book lists everyone recommends as definitive, single volume, biographies
> of presidents.
> >
> > The patron is going to read them in order and would like to start with a
> recommended list of presidents 2 – 9.
> >
> > Thanks!
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> > John
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> > John Russell
> > Youth Services Librarian
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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 20:00:43 +0000
From: "Windeguth, Janet" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: "Christmas Story" book...not Jean Shepard's
Hi, everyone,
Here's a seasonal request. A patron is looking for a book she read in 1979. She doesn't remember the author or the title, or even what the cover looked like. The book is a novelization of Jesus' birth and the events leading up to it. She particularly remembers what an excellent job the author did of providing backstories for all the characters involved.
A search of WorldCat, Amazon, Wikipedia, and even just Google didn't net anything she recognized. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks so much,
Janet
Janet K. Windeguth
Library Technical Assistant
Adult Services
Crystal Lake Public Library
126 W. Paddock St
Crystal Lake, IL 60014
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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 21:05:59 +0000
From: Lynn Heitkamp <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: "Christmas Story" book...not Jean Shepard's
"Two from Galilee" by Marjorie Holmes originally came out in 1972. It's a very descriptive piece of historical fiction about Mary, Joseph, and their families. It ends at the manger scene.
Lynn Heitkamp
Public Libraries of Saginaw
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Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2016 3:01 PM
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Subject: "Christmas Story" book...not Jean Shepard's
Hi, everyone,
Here's a seasonal request. A patron is looking for a book she read in 1979. She doesn't remember the author or the title, or even what the cover looked like. The book is a novelization of Jesus' birth and the events leading up to it. She particularly remembers what an excellent job the author did of providing backstories for all the characters involved.
A search of WorldCat, Amazon, Wikipedia, and even just Google didn't net anything she recognized. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks so much,
Janet
Janet K. Windeguth
Library Technical Assistant
Adult Services
Crystal Lake Public Library
126 W. Paddock St
Crystal Lake, IL 60014
815.526.5150
www.clpl.org
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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 16:44:02 -0600
From: Stacey Peterson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: biographies of presidents
The Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago has a bibliography on their website
-- the "Essential Presidential Book Shelf." It's a mix of single-volume and
multi-volume presidential biographies.
http://alincolnbookshop.com/new-presidential-new-lincoln-bibliographies/
[http://alincolnbookshop.com/new-presidential-new-lincoln-bibliographies/]
Stacey Peterson
Adult Services Manager
Batavia Public Library
10 S. Batavia Ave.
Batavia, IL 60510
Phone: 630-879-1393 ext. 250
Fax: 630-879-9118
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From: John Russell <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 22:48:48 +0000
Subject: biographies of presidents
A patron is looking for a recommended reading list of single volume
presidential biographies.
I helped them select Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow, which won the 2011
Pulitzer Prize for Biography, from our shelves and they just checked that
out.
There is a lot information to sort through about presidential biographies
and I thought I would check-in with Fiction_L to see what books or book
lists everyone recommends as definitive, single volume, biographies of
presidents.
The patron is going to read them in order and would like to start with a
recommended list of presidents 2 – 9.
Thanks!
John
John Russell
Youth Services Librarian
Bruton Memorial Library, Plant City, FL
813.757.9215 x24
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