The Wheaton Whistle

Quite inadvertently I’ve come down with ‘Lincoln fever.’ I recently had the good fortune to spend many idle hours on a sunny beach with a delightful book called Mary by Janis Cooke Newman. Told from the first person perspective, it’s a fictionalized account of the life of Mary Todd Lincoln. Using notes to describe her time as [...]

Posted in Books on January 12th, 2009
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Have you been searching for a good book to read?  Wandering the stacks, hoping a book will jump out and say, “Take me.”?  Stop searching and allow me or one of the other reference librarians to find some books for you.  I love to read, I love to share what I’ve read, and I love to [...]

Posted in Books, Recommendations on January 2nd, 2009
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