Book Title: Boys on the Edge Genre: Memoir Summary: It’s the summer of 1969. The country is on edge with civil rights, desegregation, Vietnam, and the Cold War. Four teenage boys set out for adventure on Cape Lookout – a remote island along North Carolina’s Southern Outer Banks. Diving headlong into their new
Book Title: Voyage: Travels with Tropic Moon Genre: Memoir Summary: Tropic Moon, a 42-foot, steel-hulled ketch, was home to the Baardsens from 1978-1992. Long before the days of personal GPS, and with no satnav or radar onboard, Ed navigated using a sextant, a compass, nautical charts, and a depth sounder. Tales from over
Book Title: The Garden Genre: Poetry and Photography Summary: With input from her spirit guide, Jean Baardsen composed The Garden more than forty years ago. In this wee book, Jean combines the 36 lines of the poem with 36 of her photographs of joyous, colorful flowers. Included are azaleas, columbine, day lilies, hydrangeas,
Book Title: A Pirate Tale Genre: Children's Books Summary: In A Pirate Tale, five small pets make their home on a sailing yacht. (Seriously, who needs people?) One night while on passage, Callie is at the wheel when she spies - OMG - a pirate ship! Read this wee book to learn what
Book title: Again the Red Fox Genre: Poetry Summary Laura Wendorff (Emeritus Professor of English, UW-Platteville) says, "Again the Red Fox is a strong, beautiful book about the natural world and our place within it. Populated with a multitude of different animals, it is the fox that stands out, interwoven throughout these poems like
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