Thursday, April 13, 2006
A Tremendous Book Has Moved...
Community Christian Academy, Lowell, MA
It was old - 1983- and the reading level was far above most of our students but the illustrations made it so valuable to us. "Brother against Brother: The War Begins" was part of a Time-Life Series and had the most compelling photos, and posters of the Civil War in our collection. The detailed paintings of slave auctions breaking up families highlighted how art can illuminate injustice; the photos of scars on disobedient slaves are graphic depictions of evil and the military identification photos help us understand how the common person can get caught up in institutional sin....but the majority of pages were slipping away from the binding simply making it impossible to circulate anymore...so now it will have a special home in Reference where it will be used under the watchful eye of staff.
Normally one does not announce such a move , but as a matter of respect to the subject matter such an announcement needed to be made.
permanent link
It was old - 1983- and the reading level was far above most of our students but the illustrations made it so valuable to us. "Brother against Brother: The War Begins" was part of a Time-Life Series and had the most compelling photos, and posters of the Civil War in our collection. The detailed paintings of slave auctions breaking up families highlighted how art can illuminate injustice; the photos of scars on disobedient slaves are graphic depictions of evil and the military identification photos help us understand how the common person can get caught up in institutional sin....but the majority of pages were slipping away from the binding simply making it impossible to circulate anymore...so now it will have a special home in Reference where it will be used under the watchful eye of staff.
Normally one does not announce such a move , but as a matter of respect to the subject matter such an announcement needed to be made.
permanent link
