GDG- Books: Merry Christmas to HIM? [15 year old]

[Tom Ryan]

Alan,

	A teenager may enjoy reading some of the booklets that the Friends of the
National Parks at Gettysburg (now Gettysburg Foundation) and also the
Farnsworth House publish.  They cover a variety of personalities (e.g.,
short bios of John Reynolds and Lewis Armistead) and events (e.g., Encounter
at Cemetery Hill and The Codori Family and Farm) at Gettysburg.  You can
probably get a complete list from their websites.  I think these shorter
books would be approrpriate for a yound person, and they are inexpensive.

Tom Ryan

-----Original Message-----
From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com
[mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com]On Behalf Of Alan D. Brunelle
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 7:58 AM
To: GDG
Subject: GDG- Books: Merry Christmas to HIM? [15 year old]


Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:


I was at my daughter's soccer practice last night, and was spending the
time reading some of Bachelder's letters. A woman queried what I was
reading, and after explaining, she mentioned that her 15 year old has
become very interested in The Battle. She asked for some suggested
reading, and the first two books that immediately came to mind for a
teenager starting out were Tucker's High Tide and Foote's Stars in Their
Courses - as both seem to be written in an easy-to-read manner. [I also
put a plug in to gdg.org - telling her it's a great place for him to
start flying around the WEB...]

Are there any other suggestions out there? I'll be seeing her again next
Monday, and if there are better (or more) suggestions, I'd like to pass
them on. Getting another generation interested in learning & history &
Gettysburg is always worth spending some time on...

Thanks,
Alan


                   ---------------------------------------------------------
-------
You may unsubscribe by going to
http://mailman.arthes.com/mailman/listinfo/gettysburg

You can add yourself to the GDG map at:
http://www.frappr.com/gettysburgdiscussiongroup

View archived posts from May 2004 -  present at
http://mailman.arthes.com/pipermail/gettysburg/