To the Library and Beyond Joan’s book review this week is for the book “Frontier History Along Idaho’s Clearwater River”, by author John Bradbury and published in 2014. The book traces the history of the area around Idaho’s Clearwater River. It begins with the gold rush days around Pierce, Orofino, and Elk City. Then it describes the forming of Idaho Territory in 1863 and then its eventual statehood in 1890. It also details the Nez Perce native American treaties, the reservation, and the Nez Perce War. Finally, it describes the age of the timber barons in the great Idaho white pine forests during the 1890s and early 1900s. This is a great book for history buffs and it has many nice old photos too. These photos are invaluable for showing the existing conditions of places and people at the time they were taken. Speaking of existing past conditions, our library has an extensive collection of Classic fiction books, written by famous authors over a period of many years and/or centuries. Some of the authors of these books include Edgar Allen Poe, James Fenimore Cooper, Samuel (Mark Twain) Clemens, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Geoffrey Chaucer, J.D. Salinger, William Shakespeare, and H.G. Wells, among others. These are American and British authors, and we have others as well. Their books are very illustrative of the people and conditions that occurred throughout the history or these countries and others. For our young readers, including preschool through high school kids, we have a large part of our library devoted to books for these age groups. There many books for preschoolers, including the classic Golden Books, and also Disney books. There is also a large selection of board books for the preschoolers. For young children, juveniles and young adults, we have both fiction and nonfiction books. So whichever age group is interested in books, we have a great selection for everyone!
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