last weekend, mr. pike, little girl, and i met some friends at the newberry library for its annual book fair.the library had more than 100,000 books for sale -- from paperback mysteries to grade school readers. and we found nine to add to our collection.
- an economic history of england - printed 1947
- ancient times: a history of the early world - printed 1916
- mace's school history of the united states - printed 1904
- essays, poems, and addresses of ralph waldo emerson - printed 1941
- american citizenship - printed 1927 (we bought two copies of this one. one for us. one for a certain history-loving brother.)
- australia, asia, and africa: a geography reader - printed 1931, 1912, and 1930 respectively
we were so excited to have a few old reads to add to our shelves. i think the history and geography books will be especially interesting to read -- to see how information has been portrayed and changed over time.
we've already marked our calendars for next year -- july 28-31. would you like to join us?
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I LOVE library book sales! We came away with some awesome finds from the ones we went to while we lived in Indiana.
Someone wise once said that they would trust an old history book over a newer one...I think both are valuable to understanding the people then and now. I once attended a lecture of a professor that specialized in "Memory Diplomacy" -- how a people is viewed or views themselves and the effect of that on diplomacy. The story of the past does change with time, is dependent on the historian, and is important.
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