This morning, as I was reading my copy of USA Today, I came across a piece by Nicole Carroll, the Editor-in-Chief, about “The woman who sued enslaver and won”. In the piece, Carroll relates a portion of the story of Henrietta Wood, “a former slave living in Cincinnati when the woman she worked for suggested a carriage ride across the river to Covington, Kentucky. There, she was abducted and forced into slavery–again.” You can read Carroll’s entire opinion piece here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/06/19/juneteenth-freed-slave-who-her-sued-her-captor-and-won/3197952001/
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Text: All the Light We Cannot See
Your summer read for 2020 is All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr. The novel is set in WWII France and follows two protagonists. It’s compelling and gripping reading, and I hope that you will find it truly enjoyable.
There are two protagonists that the novel rotates between. One is a young blind French girl whose father takes her away from Paris to Saint-Malo.
The other protagonist is a young German boy who has an interest in radios and the science behind them. He is orphaned, and becomes part of the Hitler Youth.
I can’t tell you when, because #Coronavirus, but apparently, All the Light We Cannot See is going to become a limited series on Netflix (source)! I can’t wait for that to happen, because I really enjoyed the novel and will be interested to see it on the screen.
Some other resources for you about our summer read:
- WW2 Today: A Shattered City Surrenders
- WW2 Then and Now: Saint-Malo Pictures
- HistoryNet: Assault on the Citadel
Resource: Sam Terry’s Kentucky
For those of you that are active on Facebook, I recommend following this page: Sam Terry’s Kentucky. The gentleman who operates this page posts interesting historical tidbits every day, and it’s a great way to learn about the history of our state (some of it mainstream, and some definitely little-known).
For example, today’s post is about Ralph Waldo Emerson visiting Mammoth Cave in 1850. We’ll learn some American history this year, but I encourage you to learn some Kentucky history as well.