L I B R A R I A N S / M E D I A  S P E C I A L I S T S

ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THE BIG READ?

THE YEAR 2010 IS DESIGNATED TO FEATURE MARK TWAIN’S FIRST AND MOST FAMOUS NOVEL ABOUT AN ADVENTUROUS YOUNG MAN FROM HANNIBAL, MISSOURI—TOM SAWYER.

About the time Twain was conjuring up his tale of memorable characters including Tom, Huck, Aunt Polly, Becky Thatcher, Injun Joe and Muff Potter, other young men were struggling for survival in the War Between the States east of the Mississippi River.

Joe is an example of a young slave whose life near the infamous Confederate war prison at Andersonville, Georgia is just as exciting and adventurous as Tom Sawyer’s.  Nicknamed “Goober” by prison guards, Joe befriends an escaped Union prisoner who teaches him ways to deal with the many challenges of growing up as the Civil War rages around him.

Author Bob Whetstone is available to present a program during your celebration of the B I G  R E A D that illustrates the parallels between the adventures of the young heroes featured in these two novels:

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and

Goober Joe: Coming of Age~~A Civil War Novel

What better way to draw readers young and old to your library?

Contact Bob Whetstone by email, bobwhetstone@bellsouth.net or by phone, 205-988-4132.