To the Library and Beyond This past Tuesday the library had its best attendance yet at our children’s story hour from 10-11am that day. The attendance included 31 kids, mostly preschoolers. They all had a great time, as everyone does who attends the event. Joan’s latest book review is about the nonfiction title “The Oregon Trail, A New American Journey”, by Rinker Buck. This is the story of the author and his brother Nick, who purchased a covered wagon and team of three mules in the early 2000s, with the plan to drive the entire length of the old Oregon Trail, a distance of approximately 2100 miles, from its origin in western Missouri, to its end in Oregon. The author recounts their journey, from when they started out from St. Joseph, Missouri, all the way across NE Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and eastern Oregon, where they ended their trip in Baker City, Oregon. The old trail has many historical markers, as well as many miles of the old ruts still in place. There are a few Trail museums along the way. The travelers took nearly 6 months to make the trip. They had many visitors and people who helped them along the way, including many ranchers who gave them meals and let them camp and corral their mules on their ranch property. This is a great true story of the wagon trip across the country in many different conditions including various tracks, roads, weather, etc. And the author is a very good story-teller of their trip. Our library also has a great selection of newly-acquired books, including both fiction and nonfiction. Some of our new nonfiction titles include, “A Higher Loyalty”, by James Comey; “Coming Back Alive”, by Spike Walker; “Red Notice”, by Bill Browder; and “The United States of Europe”, by T.R. Reid. New fiction titles include “The Bitterroots”, by C.J. Box; “Shadow Tyrants”, by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison; and “The Night Fire”, by Michael Connelly. This is just a brief listing of a few new library titles. Come on in to see a lot more, here for your reading pleasure!
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