by Katherine Decker, Head of Circulation, Lynnfield Public Library
May 27 is Memorial Day when we salute the fallen and give thanks to all those who have served our country. Here are some books and dvds to commemorate Memorial Day.
Nonfiction Books
Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose
Book | Large Print | eBook | eAudiobook | DVD
Paths of Dissent: soldiers speak out against America’s misguided wars edited by Andrew Bacevich and Daniel A. Sjursen
The Long Reckoning: a story of war, peace, and redemption in Vietnam by Geroge Black
The Hello Girls: America’s first women soldiers by Elizabeth Cobbs
Half American: the epic story of African Americans fighting World War II at home and abroad by Matthew Delmont
Book | eBook | eAudiobook
Soldiers don’t go mad : a story of brotherhood, poetry, and mental illness during the First World War by Charles Glass
Soldier dogs : the untold story of America’s canine heroes by Maria Goodavage
Fiction Books
Sisters in arms : a novel of the daring Black women who served during World War II by Kaia Alderson
Book | eBook | eAudiobook
The Road Ahead: fiction from the forever war edited by Adrian Bonenberger & Brian Castner
The Long March Home : a World War II novel of the Pacific by Marcus Brotherton
Switchboard Soldiers: a novel by Jennifer Chiaverini
Book | CD Audiobook | Large Print | eBook | eAudiobook
The River We Remember: a novel by William Kent Krueger
Book | Large Print | eBook | eAudiobook
The Killer Angels: a novel by Michael Shaara
Book | CD Audiobook | eBook