Join us on Saturday April 21st for a program about December 7, 1941. Battlefield expert Robert Muelller will discuss the events of that day, the experiences of some of those who were there, and the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Please note: This program will be held off-site at: Village Green 605 Barrington Ave. East Dundee. (Next door to the library.) While you’re waiting, or after the program, you can check out the following titles, which cover the events of that day, as well as its causes and repercussions.
Pearl Harbor: from Infamy to Greatness -- Craig Nelson
The USS Arizona: the Ship, the Men, the Pearl Harbor Attack, and the Symbol That Aroused America -- Joy Waldron Jasper
Pearl Harbor Christmas: a World at War, December 1941 -- Stanley Weintraub
Uprooted: the Japanese-American Experience during World War II – Albert Marrin
Infamy: the Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment during World War II – Richard Reeves
Midnight in Broad Daylight: a Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds – Pamela Rotner Sakamoto
Mrs. Roosevelt's Confidante: a Maggie Hope Mystery – Susan Elia MacNeal
Come to the Information Desk for more suggestions to keep you reading, and to register for Pearl Harbor: A Day of Infamy. You may also register by calling 847-428-3661 (press 3) or directly at www.frvpld.info.