November 2024 Newsletter

StoryWalk at the French Art Colony The StoryWalk title for November is Turk and Runt: A Thanksgiving Comedy by Lisa Wheeler with illustrations by Frank Ansley. StoryWalk is located on the grounds of the French Art Colony, 530 First Avenue. StoryWalk is a great way for both children and adults to enjoy the great outdoors and great children’s books! Book club to discuss the Civil War’s ‘greatest battle at sea’ Bossard Library’s Civil War Book Club will examine one of the most significant naval battles in history beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 23 at the library. Book club members will consider the book To the Uttermost Ends of the Earth: The Epic Hunt for the South’s Most Feared Ship ⎯ and the Greatest Sea Battle of the Civil War by Phil Keith and Tom Clavin, which explores the sea battle of June 19, 1864 just off the coast of France between the Confederate raider Alabama and the Union warship Kearsarge. In To the Uttermost Ends of the Earth, authors Keith and Clavin focus on the lives of the seamen involved in the epic battle, including the Confederate Captain of the Alabama, Raphael Semmes, and Captain John Winslow of the Union vessel Kearsarge. Winslow was charged by the U.S. Navy Secretary with traveling “to the uttermost ends of the earth” to find and destroy the Alabama, the crew of which had been attacking Union merchant ships. They had boarded hundreds of vessels, captured numerous ships, and cost the Union more than $6 million in cargo. The book club discussion will be moderated by Gene Huffman of the CadotBlessing Camp No. 126 of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Copies of the book can be borrowed from the library. The audiobook and eBook can be found on hoopla or the Libby app. Anyone with an interest in the history of the Civil War is welcome and encouraged to attend. For more information, please contact Lynn at 740.446.7323. Celebrate 75 years of the National Book Awards The National Book Awards, one of the most prestigious awards for literature, is celebrating its 75th year of recognizing the best writing in the United States. The awards are overseen by the National Book Foundation that seeks to ensure that books have a prominent place in our culture. Currently, the awards honor the best fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people’s literature each year. The National Book Award finalists were recently released and the winners in each category will be announced on Nov. 20 during the 75th annual awards ceremony. Borrow one of these 2024 National Book Award finalists and many other awardwinning titles at Bossard Library: Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling by Jason De León │ Finalist in Nonfiction Category In Soldiers and Kings, De León, winner of the MacArthur “genius” grant, provides an in-depth look at the world of smuggling in Latin America. James by Percival Everett │ Finalist in Fiction Category James is a reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain from the point of view of the enslaved Jim. Whiskey Tender by Deborah Jackson Taffa │ Finalist in Nonfiction Category This memoir traces the childhood, both on and off the reservation, of a mixed tribe native girl who was raised in Navajo territory in New Mexico.

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