M.B. HENRY
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Today’s Book Recommendations
The Time Collector
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Overstory
Lost Season of Love and Snow
Quotes of the Week

“In Japan, ancient weavers believed a thousand stories could exist in a single thread. Threads were woven together and sometimes broke, but they always remained. In that way too, so did the past remain forever a part of the tapestry of life.”
– Gwendolyn Womack, “the Time Collector”

“Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.”
– Louisa May Alcott, “Little Women”

“To solve the future, we must save the past.”
– Richard Powers, “the Overstory”

“They say that war is death’s best friend, but I must offer you a different point of view on that one. To me, war is like the new boss who expects the impossible. He stands over your shoulder repeating one thing, incessantly: Get it done, get it done. So you work harder. You get the job done. The boss, however, does not thank you. He asks for more.”
– Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

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A Ghost at Gettysburg – Pennsylvania Hall and Civil War Medicine

Once upon a late night in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, two college administrators were throwing in the towel. It was a long day at Old Dorm – one of the few original buildings on the campus of Gettysburg College. It was a busy place on the fourth floor. There was paperwork to file. Admissions to check. Records to store. It was a lot of work, and it was easier after the students were gone… Read More

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A Ghost at Gettysburg: The 20th Maine’s Mysterious Encounter

The story of Joshua Chamberlain, the 20th Maine, and their heroic stand on Little Round Top is one of the most famous from the battle of Gettysburg.  While entire books have been written on the subject, a basic summary is this.  On the burning hot day of July 2, 1863, the second day of fighting between Lee and Meade at Gettysburg, the slopes outside of town dubbed “the Round Tops” came to… Read More

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AUTHOR/HISTORY ENTHUSIAST/PHOTOGRAPHER
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Today’s Book Recommendations
The Time Collector
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Overstory
Lost Season of Love and Snow
Quotes of the Week

“In Japan, ancient weavers believed a thousand stories could exist in a single thread. Threads were woven together and sometimes broke, but they always remained. In that way too, so did the past remain forever a part of the tapestry of life.”
– Gwendolyn Womack, “the Time Collector”

“Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.”
– Louisa May Alcott, “Little Women”

“To solve the future, we must save the past.”
– Richard Powers, “the Overstory”

“They say that war is death’s best friend, but I must offer you a different point of view on that one. To me, war is like the new boss who expects the impossible. He stands over your shoulder repeating one thing, incessantly: Get it done, get it done. So you work harder. You get the job done. The boss, however, does not thank you. He asks for more.”
– Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

M.B. HENRY