Mainers in the Civil War by Harry Gratwick ’55
Mainers in the Civil War by Harry Gratwick ’55 The History Press, April 2011 Early on the morning of April 12, 1861, a mortar shell arched across the sky and exploded over Fort Sumter in the middle of Charleston Harbor. For the next 34 hours, Confederate artillery pounded Federal troops with shot and shell until the fort’s commander, Major Robert Anderson, surrendered and agreed to evacuate his men. Far to the north, the great state of Maine did not witness any Civil War battles. Mainers, however, contributed to the war in many important ways. Hailing from the mainland to the islands,...
Read MoreWho’s Afraid of Post-Blackness? by Touré ’89
Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness? What It Means to Be Black Now by Touré ’89 Free Press, September 2011 In the 21st century, racial attitudes have become more complicated and nuanced than ever. Inspired by a president unlike any Black man ever seen on America’s national stage, many are searching for new ways of understanding Blackness. Commentator and journalist Touré begins his book by examining the concept of “Post-Blackness,” a term defining artists who are proud to be Black but don’t want to be limited by identity politics and boxed in by race. He discovers that the...
Read MoreThe Greatest Game Ever Pitched by Jim Kaplan ’62
The Greatest Game Ever Pitched: Juan Marichal, Warren Spahn, and the Pitching Duel of the Century by Jim Kaplan ’62 Triumph Books, February 2011 Taking the mound at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park in 1963 were 42-year-old Warren Spahn and 25-year-old Juan Marichal, the wunderkind headed for the Hall of Fame. As one scoreless inning followed another en route to a 16th-inning climax, those in attendance sensed that they were watching a pitching duel for the ages. The event surpassed the world of statistics and entered into the realm of magic. Jim Kaplan, who covered baseball for Sports...
Read MoreWe Go As Captives by Neil Goodwin ’58
We Go As Captives: The Royalton Raid and the Shadow War on the Revolutionary Frontier by Neil Goodwin ’58 Vermont Historical Society, October 2010 It was October 16, 1780, in Royalton, Vermont. With no warning and in almost complete silence, a war party of 265 Canadian Mohawks and Abenakis, led by five British and French-Canadian soldiers, materialized from the forest at dawn. They moved so fast and so quietly there was no time for anyone to escape and spread the alarm. Prisoners were taken, and the town of Royalton was burned to the ground. We Go As Captives revolves around the story of...
Read MoreThe Twisted Thread by Charlotte Bacon ’83
The Twisted Thread by Charlotte Bacon ’83 Voice, June 2011 When beautiful but aloof Claire Harkness is found dead in her dorm room one spring morning, prestigious Armitage Academy is shaken to its core. Everyone connected to the school, and to Claire, finds their lives upended, from the local police detective who has a personal history with the academy, to the various faculty and staff whose lives are immersed in the daily rituals associated with it. Everyone wants to know how Claire died, at whose hands, and more importantly, where the baby that she recently gave birth to is—a baby that...
Read MoreGuerrilla Marketing for a Bulletproof Career
Guerrilla Marketing for a Bulletproof Career by Jay Conrad Levinson and Andrew Neitlich ’83 Morgan James Publishing, April 2011 Guerrilla Marketing for a Bulletproof Career is an honest, practical and hard-hitting guide for career success in perpetually uncertain times. It provides a road map to advance your career and prosper without being blindsided by overnight industry collapses, potential layoffs, economic shocks, corporate scandals, international competition or technological disruptions. The authors provide a new perspective on what it means to be ready in this economy, including how...
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