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History and Current Events May 2025 |
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| Four Red Sweaters: Powerful True Stories of Women and the Holocaust by Lucy AdlingtonBestselling author and clothes historian Lucy Adlington's well-researched follow-up to The Dressmakers of Auschwitz focuses on four Jewish girls whose experiences during the Holocaust unexpectedly intertwined thanks to their treasured red sweaters. Try this next: All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family's Keepsake by Tiya Miles. |
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| There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian GoldstoneIn a sobering and richly detailed expansion of his viral 2019 article "The New American Homeless," journalist Brian Goldstone follows five Atlanta families experiencing homelessness despite having full-time jobs. Further reading: Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children, and a Story of Homelessness in America by Jeff Hobbs. |
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| The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America by Kostya KennedyReleased in time for the 250th anniversary of the event and featuring fresh insights, journalist Kostya Kennedy's accessible history chronicles Paul Revere's fateful midnight ride to warn American minutemen of the British army's impending arrival. Further reading: The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson. |
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Focus on: Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
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| Asian American Histories of the United States by Catherine Ceniza ChoyExploring themes of violence and resistance, Catherine Ceniza Choy's insightful and well-researched work offers illuminating perspectives on the erasure of Asian Americans from United States histories. Further reading: My Life: Growing Up Asian in America edited by the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE). |
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| The Eagles of Heart Mountain: A True Story of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in... by Bradford PearsonJournalist Bradford Pearson's well-researched history spotlights the little-known story of the Eagles, a high school football team of Japanese American boys interned at Wyoming's Heart Mountain Relocation Center during World War II. Try this next: Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II by Daniel James Brown. |
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Byron Public Library District
100 S. Washington St.
Byron, Illinois 61010
(815) 234-5107byronlibrary.org |
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