Abandoned cars

Author: Lane, Tim

Title: Abandoned cars

Published: Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2010

Description: 163 p. :chiefly ill. ; 25 cm.

Call Number: PN6727 L353 A22 2010

Note(s): "Abandoned cars is Tim Lane's first collection of graphic short stories: noir-ish narratives united by their exploration of the vast American mythology by way of the desperate and haunted characters who populate its pages"--Cover p. [4]

Subject(s):

• Detective and mystery comic books, strips, etc
• Graphic novels

Review(s):

• Hays, Carl. "Abandoned Cars." Booklist 105, no. 2 (September 15, 2008): 33

Read: August 19, 2010

The march to the sea and beyond: Sherman's troops in the Savannah and Carolinas campaigns

Author: Glatthaar, Joseph T., 1956-

Title: The march to the sea and beyond: Sherman's troops in the Savannah and Carolinas campaigns

Published: Baton Rouge: Louisianna State University Press, 1995

Description: xvi, 318 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Call Number: E476.69 G53 1995

Bibliography: p. 261-310

Note(s): Originally published: New York: New York University Press, 1985

Subject(s):

• Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
• Sherman's March to the Sea
• Sherman's March through the Carolinas
• North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns

Review(s):

• Barrett, John G. "The March to the Sea and Beyond (Book Review)." American Historical Review 91, no. 2 (April 1986): 469
• Miller, Randall M. "The March to the Sea and Beyond (Book)." Library Journal 110, no. 11 (June 15, 1985): 61

Read: August 16, 2010

Whirlwind: the air war against Japan, 1942-1945

Author: Tillman, Barrett

Title: Whirlwind: the air war against Japan, 1942-1945

Published: New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010

Description: xvii, 316 p., [16] p. of plates :ill., map ; 25 cm.

Call Number: D790 T624 2010

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan
• Bombing, Aerial -- Japan

Review(s):

• Muller, Richard R. "The Firestorm That Ended the War." World War II 25, no. 2 (July 2010): 68-69
• Hov, Sara. "Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942-45." Army 60, no. 6 (June 2010): 82-84
• Murray, Williamson. "Flying into the Rising Sun." Military History 27, no. 1 (May 2010): 71-72 

Read: August 13, 2010

L.A. noir: the struggle for the soul of America's most seductive city

Author: Buntin, John

Title: L.A. noir: the struggle for the soul of America's most seductive city

Published: New York: Three Rivers Press, 2009

Description: xii, 419 p., [8] p. of plates :ill. ; 21 cm.

Call Number: HV 6795 L6 B86 2009

Bibliography p. 391-406

Note(s): A journalist and case writer presents a social history of Los Angeles, from Prohibition to the Watts riots, focusing on the long-running war between notorious gangster Mickey Cohen, and the man who would become the city's most famous police chief, William H. Parker. Originally published in hardcover by Harmony Books, 2009

Subject(s):

• Organized crime -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
• Cohen, Mickey, 1914-1976
• Parker, William H. (William Henry), 1902-1966
• Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century
• Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century

Review(s):

• Spencer, Jeremy. "L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City." Library Journal 134, no. 12 (July 2009): 106-109
• "L.A. NOIR: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City." Kirkus Reviews 77, no. 12 (June 15, 2009): 639

Read: August 8, 2010

War

Author: Junger, Sebastian

Title: War

Published: New York: Twelve, 2010

Description: xii, 287 p. ; 24 cm.

Call Number: DS371.4123 K67 J86 2010

Bibliography: p. 269-281

Note(s): Junger, author of "The Perfect Storm," turns his brilliant and empathetic eye to the reality of combat in this on-the-ground account that follows a single platoon through a 15-month tour of duty in the most dangerous outpost in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley

Subject(s):

• Afghan War, 2001- -- Campaigns -- Afghanistan -- Korangal Valley
• United States. Army. Airborne Brigade, 173rd

Review(s):

• What is it good for?." Economist 395, no. 8683 (May 22, 2010): 89
• Nashawaty, Chris. "Sebastian Junger Goes to War." Entertainment Weekly no. 1103 (May 21, 2010): 76-77
• DEXTER, FILKINS. "'Nothing to Do but Kill and Wait'." New York Times Book Review (May 16, 2010): 13

Read: August 3, 2010

Stars in their courses: the Gettysburg campaign, June-July 1863

Author: Foote, Shelby

Title: Stars in their courses: the Gettysburg campaign, June-July 1863

Published: New York: Modern Library, 1994

Description: viii, 290 p. :maps ; 19 cm.

Call Number: E475.51 F66 1994

Note(s): "Originally published by Random House, Inc., as volume II of The Civil War, a narrative: Fredericksburg to Meridian"--T.p. verso

Subject(s):

• Gettysburg Campaign, 1863

Review(s):

• Mitchell, Douglas. "The Conflict is Behind Me Now ": Shelby Foote Writes the Civil War." Southern Literary Journal 36, no. 1 (Fall2003 2003): 21-45
• Foote, Shelby. "THE NOVELIST'S VIEW OF HISTORY." Sewanee Review 99, no. 3 (Summer91 1991): 439
• White, Helen, and Redding Sugg. "A COLLOQUIUM WITH SHELBY FOOTE." Southern Humanities Review 15, no. 4 (September 1981): 281-299

Read: July 21, 2010