Category Archives: Education

Book Review: Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon–And the Journey of a Generation” by Sheila Weller

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

The contents of “Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon–And the Journey of a Generation” by Sheila Weller will be very recognizable to us who came of age in the 1960s and 1970s. Sheila Weller tells us that … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Life in a Year: The American Infantryman in Vietnam, 1965-1972 by James R. Ebert

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

Wisconsin high school teacher James R. Ebert does a masterful job as he combines interviews and printed primary sources in this remarkable telling of the infantryman’s experience during the Vietnam War. Ebert tells the story of the US Army and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Chronicles, Volume One by Bob Dylan, Review by Jimmie A. Kepler

Posted on April 17, 2011 by

I received this book from my son Kristopher for Christmas in 2004. The book is a lot like Bob Dylan … different. We start in 1961. We witness some history in him signing his first record contract. It is an … Continue reading →

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