The History Channel has linked up with the Library of Congress by issuing short video documentaries on the “hidden treasures” housed by the Library. The current video is about a copy Rudyard Kipling’s Kim and how it literally saved a man’s life in the First World War.
You can view this video on “The Book that Saved a Life” at the History Channel’s website.
Other videos available for viewing are: [found on "This Week's Hidden Treasure" page]
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the Gutenberg Bible
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the contents of Lincoln’s pockets from the night of his assassination
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Lincoln’s Inaugural Bible
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the book of accounts taken from the 1814 Capitol fire
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the Wallpaper edition of the Vicksburg paper
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and the first Spider Man cartoon
That’s funny — a friend was just complaining about having to read this book for her book club this month. She disliked it and was not going to finish. I told her that I read as an adult and remembered being charmed by it. I’ll have to pass this post along to her. It will give something to talk about at book club!
Thanks Anne for commenting – hope your friend will appreciate the book all the more now!
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