Selected Book Lists
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Cape Cod
Archeology and Early History
Dunford, Fred and O'Brien, Greg. Secrets in the Sand
People of Cape Cod
Cobb, Elijah. Elijah Cobb, 1768-1848, A Cape Cod Skipper
The Natural World
Trull, Peter. A Guide to Common Birds of Cape Cod
DiGregorio, Mario. A Vanishing Heritage; Wildflowers of Cape Cod
Hay, John. The Run
Beston, Henry. The Outermost House
Architecture
Doane, Doris. A Book of Cape Cod Houses
The Sea
Philbrick, Nathaniel. In the Heart of the Sea
Fiction
Martin, William. Cape Cod
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King Arthur
Cornwell, Bernard. Winter King
The first book in a trilogy by Bernard Cornwell, is a fast paced
historical drama based on Arthur's rise to power.
Twain, Mark. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's
Court
A tongue in cheek look at the 6th century and the Knights of
the Round Table.
Bradley, Marion-Zimmer. Mists of Avalon
The recreation of the Arthurian legend from the point-of-view of the women
in Arthur's world.
Stewart Mary. The Last Enchantment
The last in a trilogy and tells the story of how Merlin helped Arthur in
his final battle with the Saxons.
White, T.H. The Once and Future King
The traditional story by an author who made Arthur (aka Wart) human.
Yolen, Jane. Passager, Hobby and Merlin
A trilogy for children and tells the story of Merlin growing into his name.
Crowley-Holland, Kevin. The Seeing Stone
The first in a trilogy for young adults and tells a story about King Arthur
as told by another Arthur of the 1200's.
Please also visit our Teen Reading List for suggestions for younger readers, and Helpful Web sites for some online resources.
Women's History
Women's History - In 1980, President Carter issued the first Presidential Proclamation calling on the American people to remember the contributions of women. In 1987 Congress and the President declared March National Women's History Month.
National Women's History Project - www.nwhp.org
Books
Cullen-Dupont, Kathryn. Encyclopedia of Women's History in America
Jones, Constance.1001 Things Everyone Should Know About Women's History
Lundardini, Christine. What Every American Should Know About Women's History
Carabillo, Toni. Feminist Chronicles, 1953-1993
Yalom, Marley. A History of the Wife
Friedan, Betty. The Feminine Mystique
Steinem, Gloria. Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellion
Ward, Geoffrey. Not For Ourselves Alone
Shiels, Barbara. Winners: Women and the Nobel Prize
Heller, Nancy. Women Artists: An Illustrated History
Gies, Frances. Women in the Middle Ages
Raven, Susan. Women of Achievement: Thirty-five centuries of history
Lomax, Judy. Women of the Air
Slavicex, Louise Chipley. Women of the American Revolution
Snow, Edward. Women of the Sea
Bernard, Cheryl. Veiled Courage: Inside the Afghan Women's Resistance
Chang, Pang-Mei Natasha. Bound Feet & Western Dress
Roberts, Cokie.We Are Our Mother's Daughters
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Black History Month
Books
Jeffrey Stewart. 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African American History
Henry Lewis Gates Jr. and Cornel West. The African-American Century: How Black Americans Have Shaped our Country
Marita Golden. Don't Play in the Sun: One Woman's Journey Through the Color Complex
Sara R. Massey, Ed. Black Cowboys of Texas
Jeffrey Bolster. Black Jacks: African-American Seamen in the Age of Sail
Gail Buckley. American Patriots: The Story of Blacks in the Military
Maria Lauret. Alice Walker
David Blight, Ed. Passages to Freedom: The Underground Railroad in History and Memory
Richard Kluger. Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality
Stephan Talty. Mulatto Americans: At the Crossroads of Black and White Culture
Pagan Kennedy. Black Livingstone: A True Tale of Adventure in 19th Century Congo
Robert E. Edgerton. Hidden Heroism: Black Soldiers in America's Wars
Tom Gilbert. Baseball and the Color Line
John B. Holway. Black Diamonds: Life in the Negro Leagues from the Men who Lived It
Dennis Love and Stacy Brown. Blind Faith: the Miraculous Journey of Lula Hardaway, Stevie Wonder's Mother
Rebecca Walker. Black, White and Jewish
Evelyn C. White. Alice Walker: A Life
Melissa Maupin. Benjamin Banneker
Donna Brazile. Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics
Edward Hotaling. The Great Black Jockeys
Jean Fagan Yellin. Harriet Jacobs: A Life
Poetry
"The Dream Keeper and Other Poems" By Langston Hughes
"Black Sister: Poetry by Black American Women, 1746-1980" Ed. by Erlene Stetson
"Rock of Ages: A Tribute to the Black Church" By Tony A. Bolden (Children's Book)
"My Black Me: A Beginning Book of Black Poetry" By Arnold Adoff.
"Blues Poems" Ed. by Kevin Young
"In the Hollow of Your Hand: Slave Lullabies" Ed. By Alice McGill
"On the Bus with Rosa Parks: Poems" By Rita Dove
"Maya Angelou" Ed. by Harold Bloom
"The Rose that Grew From Concrete" By Tupac Amaru Shakur
"Carver, a Life in Poems" By Marilyn Nelson
"Locomotion" By Jacqueline Woodson
"Rock of Ages: a Tribute to the Black Church" By Tonya Bolden
Video
Four Little Girls (HBO Documentary Film)>
The 54th Massachusetts (History Channel)
Men of Honor (Based on life of Carl Brashear)
Rock of Changes: Race, Faith, and Freedom on Nantucket
Small Steps, Big Strides (African American Screen Legends)
Solomon Northup's Odyssey (From His 12 Years Being a Slave)
The Tuskegee Airmen
Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Buffalo Soldier>
The Speeches of Martin Luther King
Forever Ella: A Celebration of Ella Fitzerald
Aida's Brothers and Sisters: Black Voices in Opera
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First One Hundred Years
The Celebration of Kwanzaa
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Lewis and Clark
(Items marked * belong to the Brewster Ladies Library.)
Become and armchair traveler and learn about westward expansion.
Discovering Lewis and Clark. www.lewis-clark.org
Employing a variety of multimedia techniques, this web site focuses on the
issues, values, and visions relating to the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
*Slaughter, Thomas P. Exploring Lewis and Clark: Reflections on Men and
Wilderness. (2003)
A work of investigative history that shines a new light on the famed expedition:
the journals kept, the lands claimed, the myths cherished, the dreams stolen,
the history and identity created.
*Ronda, James P. Finding the West: Explorations with Lewis and Clark.
(2001)
Ronda documents the stories that Lewis and Clark kept about their "road
across the continent" including narratives by and about the Native peoples.
*Moulton, Gary E., Editor. The Lewis and Clark Journals: an American Epic
of Discovery: the Abridgement of the Definitive Nebraska Edition/Meriwether
Lewis, William Clark, and members of the corps of Discovery. (2003)
Moulton presents an abridgement of the famous Journals of the Lewis and Clark
Expedition and artfully emphasizes those sections that describe the flora,
fauna, and native peoples.
*Ambrose, Stephen. Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson,
and the Opening of the American West. (1996)
In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his secretary, Meriwether Lewis, to
lead a voyage up the Missouri River, over the mountains, down the Columbia River
and to the Pacific Ocean.
*Clark, Ella E. Sacagawea of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. (1979)
Details the Indian Shoshone woman who traveled with Lewis and Clark.
*Glancy, Diane. Stone Heart: A Novel of Sacagawea. (2003)
The Lewis and Clark expedition told through the voice of the Shoshoni woman who
traveled with them through the uncharted West.
*Hall, Brian. I Should be Extremely Happy in Your Company: A Novel of
Lewis and Clark. (2003)
Presenting the story of Lewis and Clark in a new light, Hall uses the novelist's
art to produce a readable book that fills in the gaps and provides new
perspectives.
*Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery. (1997) (Videorecording)
Includes the stories of the young army men and French-Canadian boatmen.
*Isaacs, Sally. The Lewis and Clark Expedition. (2004)
Explains the social, political and economic realities that shaped the nation.
(Children's book.)
*O'Brien, Mary Barmeyer. Heart of the Trail. (1997)
Follows the triumphs and difficulties of eight young women who traveled into the
American West by wagon.
*Thomasma, Kenneth. Sacajawea. (1997)
Follows the life of 16 year old Sacajawea during the twenty-one months she
traveled with Lewis and Clark.
Fanselow, Julie. Traveling the Lewis and Clark Trail. (2000)
This Bicentennial edition provides comprehensive information on activities,
attractions, and amenities available along the Lewis and Clark Trail. (Travel
Guide.)
Fifer, Barbara. Going Along with Lewis and Clark. (2003)
A very descriptive book that tells who Lewis and Clark were, who the enlisted
men were, what they took with them, how they traveled, where they went and who
the met. (Children's book.)
*Raum, Elizabeth. Meriwether Lewis. (2004)
Tells the story of Lewis' young life. (Children's book.)