tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724009224231710168.post-2634557174861373062008-07-02T20:36:00.000-07:002008-07-02T20:38:43.528-07:00<p class="MsoNormal">Readers Read, Session 2 PART 1</p><p class="MsoNormal">by Jacob Malewitz<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">There is in reading, again, a power, and again, a power. Power is reading. I will detail a few little books here which could stop a door from slamming. I will note books I haven’t read. Note books you should read. Let’s read …</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Reading Historical Fiction … Is somewhat …</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Joyous.<span style=""> </span>I love historical fiction and would love to make a career just in reading it. However, few books read, getting smaller, trying to remember exactly what I read. Sure, I have Jeff Shaara’s “To the Last Man” hardcover, a hardcover which a library decided wasn’t good enough—and made my day. Didn’t read it. I have a small set of Colleen McCoullough books; I am a fan of Roman history, and she knows Roman history. Read about five pages. Getting warmer. I happen to own a copy of Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize winning story of <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Gettysburg</st1:place></st1:City>, with an apt title—“Killer Angels.” Actually, I borrowed that one and haven’t opened it up. Getting cold again. Historical fiction looks so interesting. I did read Persia Wooley’s primer on the writing of historical fiction, “How to Write and Sell Historical Fiction,” which I would recommend to you, dear scholar.</p>Jacob Malewitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11736917698207934001noreply@blogger.com