Route 66 Chapel
by Dr. Michael Lund, Professor of English

This is the seventh novel in his Route 66 series, based on his childhood in the 1950s along America’s most fabled highway. “When a landmark church is slated for destruction in Fairfield, Missouri, a half-dozen residents mount an eccentric campaign to save it,” Dr. Lund says of the book. “Like John Steinbeck’s ‘Mother Road,’ the little stone chapel has come to represent a fading way of life – slower in pace and more committed to community – that a younger generation is beginning to rediscover and to value.” Published by BeachHouse Publishing, softcover, 260 pages.

Snippets
by Grace Bishop, Longwood Alumna, ’48

This collection of her columns over the last six years for The Wetumpka Herald in Wetumpka, Ala., was released on her 80th birthday in January. A longtime resident of Wetumpka, near Montgomery, she taught high school English, Spanish and journalism in Virginia and Alabama for 30 years, earned a master’s in Spanish at Auburn University after enrolling at age 50, later directed an outpatient substance abuse prevention and treatment program, enrolled at age 70 at Auburn University
at Montgomery to study acting, and co-founded the Wetumpka Depot Players, for whom she continues to act and direct. Published by Garst Goat Farm, softcover, 140 pages

Amy’s Travels
by Kathryn Starke, Longwood Alumna, ’02

This illustrated children’s book is about a child’s journey around all seven continents, based on her Longwood suitemate, Amy Kramer (who lived on five continents while growing up), and is accompanied by K-5 lesson plans for teachers. Starke teaches second grade at John B. Cary Elementary in Richmond, and is a part-time graduate student at Longwood working on a master’s degree and certification as a reading specialist. Published by Creative Minds Publications, softcover, 28 pages.

A History of the Jamestowne Period 1607-1700 400th Anniversary Edition
by Mary Newton Stanard, reprinted with bibliography

Seven Longwood history students in the Jamestowne Society Scholars Program researched the footnotes and bibliography in this 400th anniversary edition of Mary Stanard’s A History of the Jamestowne Period 1607-1700. Stanard, who originally published the book in 1928, died before completing the footnotes. The Longwood students conducted research for five years to define the primary sources she used to write the book. The First North Carolina Company of the Jamestowne Society sponsored the reprinting. Copies are available through R. N. Hendry, treasurer, 4105 Darlington Place, Raleigh, NC 27612-3007 ($20 plus $5 shipping). Make checks payable to R.N. Hendry. Reprinted by Thompson-Shore, hardcover, 406 pages.

Virginia: An Illustrated History
by Dr. Deborah Welch, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Public History Program, with a foreword by Mark Warner, former governor of Virginia

With more than 60 photographs, illustrations and maps, Virginia: An Illustrated History guides readers through a concise, intriguing look at Virginia’s crucial role in American history. “This book acknowledges the bad with the good,” former Virginia Governor Mark Warner says in his foreword, “and provides us with a valuable lens through which we can look back on Virginia’s past.” Published by Hippocrene Books Inc., softcover, 200 pages.

 

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