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Sunday Feb 21 THE BIG READ BEGINS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Today is the official beginning of THE BIG READ, sponsored by The Dayton Daily News, Books & Co and other community sponsors. We encourage you to read this year’s selection, Dreamers of the Day by Mary Doria...

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DOC by Mary Doria Russell
Doc in the title is Dr. John Henry Holliday, known in U.S. Western lore as Doc Holliday; frontier dentist, gambler, and gunslinger. In Russell’s capable hands, the West of the 1878 era comes alive in the telling of the relationship between Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp, a fearless Texas lawman. It was an unrestrained time in our history where arguments were settled with guns and saloons were filled with card sharks eager to relieve the cattlemen of their wages. Among the events depicted in the book is the famous battle at the O.K. Corral that forever links the names Holliday with Earp. It’s a wild, memorable read!
IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS by Erik Larson
Subtitled Love, Terror and an American Family in Hilter’s Berlin, this book vividly shows us the early years of Hitler’s Nazi Germany seen through the eyes and experiences of an American diplomat, William E. Dodd, and his family. At first enthralled with the Berlin assignment, Dodd soon became more and more troubled as he witnessed violence becoming common-place, especially toward the Jewish population. By following the Dodd family, Larson shows us a microcosm of life in Nazi Germany during Hitler’s rise to power. He also shows why the world did not realize early on the true nature of Hitler and his ruthless plan for domination.
KINGDOM KEEPERS IV: POWER PLAY by Ridley Pearson
If you have Disney World fans in your house, they are going to enjoy the fourth book in the popular children’s Kingdom Keepers series. Not everything in the CyberSpace Mountain is as it should be. It’s the job of the young Kingdom Keepers to find out who is causing havoc and right it. It seems the Overtakers are at it again trying to steal the Disney “magic.”

THE BIG READ BEGINS

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21

Today is the official beginning of THE BIG READ, sponsored by The Dayton Daily News, Books & Co and other community sponsors. We encourage you to read this year’s selection, Dreamers of the Day by Mary Doria Russell and participate in the discussions that will take place at public libraries and Books & Co from now until April 10. Please check the discussion schedule at area libraries, Books & Co, and The Big Read webpage at www.bigread.org.

THE BIG READ culminates in a visit with MARY DORIA RUSSELL at Books & Co at The Greene on Saturday, April 10 at 1 pm and then with a festive dinner gathering with Mary that evening. More information about these two activities will follow in the March and April newsletters. Please save the April 10 date for The Big Read festivities. We don’t want you to miss them!