Just Arrived / New Books

All the books listed below and many other new titles can be checked out from the HCC Library.

Robert F. Bruner and Sean D. Carr. The Panic of 1907.

Call #: HB 3717 1907 .B78 2007

In what has been described as the perfect financial storm, the Panic of 1907 nearly devastated America’s financial system. The stock market lost 50% of its value and only the dominating presence of one man, J. P. Morgan, managed to stave off certain disaster. This crisis birthed both the FDIC and the Federal Reserve. Bruner and Carr’s overview looks at what happened and what financial history can teach us.

Monte Burch. Tool School: The Missing Manual for Your Tools!

Call #: TT 186 .B825 2008

Here’s the “cheat sheet” for beginner and intermediate wood workers on how tools really work. Burch provides tips for successfully using stationary and portable woodworking tools as well as information on buying tools, what accessories to buy, and how to use the tools safely.

Kristin Mehus-Roe. Canine Sports & Games.

Call #: SF 424 .M44 2009

Is Fido getting a little thick around the middle, perhaps softening up from a winter in front of the fire? Well, here are some ideas to put life back into your dog with some fun activities for both of you. Who knows, maybe your dog can become your personal trainer and pay you back for all that dog food and all those vet bills.

S.E. Slosser. Spook South: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore.

Call #: BF 1472 .U6 S83 2009

Need something to read on a dark night by the campfire? These thirty tales recount mysterious happenings in those small, unusual, and remote places that still dot the southern landscape. You might want to keep your flashlight handy, just in case there’s a “bump” in the night.

Neil D. Tyson. The Pluto Files.

Call #: QB 701 .T9 2009

Great jumping Jupiter! The god of the underworld kicked out of our solar system? Well, yes as a matter of fact. Tyson, director of New York’s Hayden Planetarium, explains and defends his decision not to include Pluto as a planet in our solar system. In this humorous and enlightening story, he looks at the science and scientific controversy behind the decision that has brought him a lot of grief, especially from school children.

New U.S. History Books

All the books listed below and many other new history titles can be checked out from the HCC Library.

Richard M. Fried. Nightmare in Red: the McCarthy Era in Perspective.

Call #: E 743.5.F67 1991

Before there was Al-Qaeda, there was the specter of Communism in America. Famed historian Richard Fried traces America’s “Red Scare” and our unrelenting obsession with the Communist bogeyman from the end of World War I to the contentious Congressional hearings of “Tail Gunner Joe” McCarthy.

Daniel Walker Howe. What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848.

Call #: E 338.H69 2007

From the 1815 battle of New Orleans to the 1848 end of the Mexican War, our nation changed dramatically. America’s frontier pushed south and west, commerce grew, and questions about states’ rights and the expansion of slavery came to national attention. Howe’s book, part of Oxford’s History of the United States series, provides an historical panorama of a nation that was realizing many new opportunities while it was also grappling with many new and difficult challenges.

Robert H. Jackson. That Man: an Insider’s Portrait of F.D.R.

Call #: E 807.J36 2003

To say that FDR had many personas is an understatement. Throughout his life, he played any number of roles, each suited to the situation in which he found himself. Jackson, a former attorney general and Supreme Court justice and one of FDR’s oldest and closest friends, wrote this remembrance, which was just recently discovered, in the 1950s. Here, he provides an intimate portrait of FDR and the galaxy of individuals who helped him govern the nation.

James L. Nelson. George Washington’s Secret Navy.

Call #: E 271 .N45 2000

When George Washington surveyed the British forces occupying Boston, he realized that he would have to fight them at sea as well as on land. So, without Congressional authorization, he set out building a rag-tag fleet of small ships to do battle with the world’s greatest sea power. Audacious? You bet. Nelson’s narrative brings this little-known side story back to life.

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James N. Gregory. American Exodus: the Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California.
Call#: HB 1985 .C2 G7

Alejandro de Quesada. Roosevelt’s Rough Riders.
Call#: E 725.45 .D4 2009