[bookshare-discuss] Re: OT: Brian's teaching
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:12:19 -0700 (PDT)
With Peter Finch and Sean Connery, how can I resist? I
added it to my Netflix queue. Thanks for the
suggestion.
Cindy
--- Amy Goldring Tajalli
<agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Cindy,
>
> I am not Brian (obviously) but happen to notice this
> so thought I would save some time; Look in Wikipedia
> under Northwest Passage and you will find Amundsen
> as the one (first?) who succeeded and a list of
> those who failed and died and/or lived. He also flew
> over the North Pole (first) in an airship piloted by
> Umberto Nobile and the two fueded about who should
> have gotten credit for that accomplishment as
> Amundsen was the head of that expedition. You may
> be familiar with part of that Story from the movie
> The Red Tent. I am sure Brian will give you a more
> concise answer - you know I tend to give much too
> much - but I could spend a week in Wikipedia just
> with those two or following everything in the
> section on the "Northwest Passage" and another month
> following connections from there. Have fun.
>
> Amy
>
> P.S. Do get The Red Tent. It is a marvelous movie
> and as far as I can tell or heard it is not far from
> the history.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 12:06 AM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: OT: Brian's
> teaching
>
>
> > Interesting. What us your dissertation on.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> > --- Brian Miller <brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Actually, I m not with the University of Iowa
> >> anymore -- that is, I am not
> >> teaching there right now. I currently work for
> the
> >> U. S. Department of
> >> Education. I am a U-Iowa alum, however, and I
> >> taught both Spanish and
> >> History there, as well as completing my master's
> in
> >> education, a teaching
> >> credential, and most of my doctorate (which I am
> >> still working on, which is
> >> why I still have the U-Iowa address).
> >>
> >> Brian
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 5:22 PM
> >> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] OT: Brian's teaching
> >>
> >>
> >> > I see you're at the U of Iowa. What do you
> teach?
> >> >
> >> > Recently there was a program on either the
> History
> >> or
> >> > the Discovery Channel about a group of late
> 19th
> >> or
> >> > early 20th-century explorers who were trying to
> >> find a
> >> > passage through the Arctic from the Atlantic to
> >> the
> >> > Pacific and got stuck. It sounds somewhat
> >> > similar--maybe that's where the novelist got
> his
> >> idea.
> >> > Unfortunately, there were no survivors from
> that
> >> > expedition.
> >> >
> >> > Cindy
> >> >
> >> > --- Brian Miller <brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Thanks Shellie, this one is especially
> terrific
> >> -- I
> >> > > used to teach a course
> >> > > on arctic exploration, and I wish I had this
> >> novel
> >> > > when I taught as I would
> >> > > have added it to my reading list.
> >> > >
> >> > > Brian Miller
> >> > >
> >> > > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > > From: "Shelley L. Rhodes"
> >> <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 2:00 PM
> >> > > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Just
> Submitted:
> >> > > Afterlands
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > > That one sounds really good.
> >> > > > You always pick some great stuff.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
> >> > > > and Judson, guiding golden
> >> > > > juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > > > Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
> >> > > > Graduate Alumni Association Board
> >> > > > www.guidedogs.com
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
> >> > > > Puppies are the joy at one end.
> >> > > > Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
> >> > > > Carolyn Alexander
> >> > > >
> >> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > > > From: "Brian Miller"
> >> <brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> > > > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > > > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 12:33 PM
> >> > > > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Just
> Submitted:
> >> > > Afterlands
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > All,
> >> > > > I have just submitted for validation the
> >> > > following:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Afterlands, a novel, by Steve Heighton,
> >> Haughton
> >> > > Mifflin, 2005, pp 400.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > >From the book jacket:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > THIS GRIPPING NOVEL OF ARCTIC survival, is
> >> based
> >> > > on one of the most
> >> > > > remarkable events in polar exploration. In
> >> 1871,
> >> > > off the coast of
> >> > > Greenland,
> >> > > > nineteen men, women, and children, voyaging
> on
> >> the
> >> > > Arctic explorer USS
> >> > > > Polaris, were cast adrift on a large ice
> floe
> >> as
> >> > > their ship began to
> >> > > > founder. Afterlands is the story of this
> small
> >> > > society of castaways a
> >> > > white
> >> > > > and a black American, five Germans, a Dane,
> a
> >> > > Swede, an Englishman, and
> >> > > two
> >> > > > Inuit families as they try to survive a
> >> six-month
> >> > > winter ordeal,
> >> > > struggling
> >> > > > with the harsh elements and with one
> another,
> >> the
> >> > > group splintering into
> >> > > > factions along ethnic and national lines.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Steven Heighten provocatively fills in the
> >> blanks
> >> > > of the documented
> >> > > history
> >> > > > of this event by focusing on the
> suspicions,
> >> the
> >> > > hunger-induced delusions,
> >> > > > and the unrequited longings among three
> >> members of
> >> > > the group: Roland
> >> > > Kruger,
> >> > > > an educated, witty, rebellious German
> seaman;
> >> > > Tukulito, or "Hannah," the
> >> > > > party's Inuit interpreter; and George
> Tyson,
> >> the
> >> > > American ranking officer,
> >> > > > who later wrote an account of the
> experience
> >> that
> >> > > solidified his
> >> > > reputation
> >> > > > as a hero while casting Kruger as the
> villain.
> >> > > Throughout the novel,
> >> > > > Heighten incorporates passages from Tyson's
> >> > > contentious account, then
> >> > > > daringly imagines the aftermath of the
> ordeal,
> >> > > following Kruger, Tukulito,
> >> > > > and Tyson as they attempt to move beyond
> their
> >> > > searing memories and resume
> >> > > > their lives in the larger world.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Combining the high drama of Arctic survival
> >> and
> >> > > the psychological
> >> > > intensity
> >> > > > of modern theater, this beautifully written
> >> novel
> >> > > powerfully addresses
> >> > > > themes of belonging, nationalism, and love
> in
> >> > > times of crisis.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > ***
> >> > > >
> >> > > > This is an awesome book, and I hope someone
> >> picks
> >> > > it up soon.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Brian Miller
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >>
> >
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