[issybird]

Originally Posted by Nyssa

Kindred is emotional and eye-opening! While it is listed as "SciFi" that is actually just the method of delivery.
After watching Roots as a child, I've always had difficulty reading or watching stories from that time period. There is always too much pain, suffering, loss, anger. But Kindred kept me engaged the entire time.

I highly recommend it.

Thank you. I like time travel, so that's a plus and there's a short hold list at Philly, so I should get to it soon.

Originally Posted by astrangerhere

I have read Shelby Foote's nonfiction extensively. His three volume epic chronicle of the Civil War is still one of the best histories out there.

As for fiction, though, I can also recommend his novella Shiloh. It is set during the war, but touches on the personal lives and histories of those participating.

I've enjoyed Foote's three-volume Civil War history and have rather expected to be straying into that period. I've read one novel by him, Jordan County, which was good enough and Shiloh looks better. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Catlady

A nonfiction book I've got my eye on for next year is The Great Divorce: A Nineteenth-Century Mother's Extraordinary Fight Against Her Husband, the Shakers, and Her Times, by Ilyon Woo.

Oh, looks good! And Audible has it as does the local university library if I decide to be cheap.