Re: More Nostalgia

[Dan Robinson <dlrbnsn2@eclipse.net>]

Yes, I do remember the Landmark Biography series.  Much later, I
realized that they were quite romanticized and somewhat biased, but I
don't think it harmed me much. Like Mary Ann, I did start reading
more history and drifted into it in college.  However, I did have
another source for my history interest. In fourth and fifth grades I
read the complete (cover to cover to cover) 1919 Book of Knowlege.  I
learned a great deal of history, all British and stopping at 1918.
<grin>.

This concentration sort of short circuited the usual reading and I
didn't get to the usual children's classics until I was actually a
school librarian.  (then I speed read alot of books, so I could
answer the questions the kids had)  While I read My side of the
mountain every couple of years, and have read the Narnia and Prydian
series more than a few times, I didn't read them in school.
Actually, becoming an elementary school librarian opened up a whole
new world of books that I had missed... somehow.

Dan Robinson
Indexing Services
H.W. Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson@hwwilson.com (work)
dlrbnsn2@eclipse.net (home)



On  3 Apr 99 at 20:37, Mary Ann Bell wrote:

> Speaking of nostalgia and biographies, after the wonderful orange books
> I moved on to a series with nifty maps on the inside covers. Loved those
> maps! I think they were called Landmark Biographies. My favorite was
> Davy Crockett. Remember them? I did end up minoring in history in
> college, probably because of all those biographies (using the term
> loosely, I know). Mary Ann
>
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> Mary Ann Bell, Librarian

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