[bksvol-discuss] Re: [bookshare-discuss] Book Submitted: The Hidden Treasure of Glaston
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 22:22:09 -0800 (PST)
It sounds wonderful. I'll add it to my list of books
to read.
CIndy
--- Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Oh, yay!! Oh, yay!! Monica, you want Christian
> literature? You got
> it, gal! You want a wonderful historical
> perspective? You want a
> great character study? You have all this in The
> Hidden Treasure of
> Glaston. I have too much on my plate now, or I'd
> validate it in a
> heart beat! I had to read this book in sixth grade.
> We were studying
> The Middle Ages. I have always remembered this
> book. For years, I
> thought it was called something else, but the magic
> and the profound
> beauty of that story has staid with me all that
> time. Folks, I'm
> fifty-four years old and I read that book when I was
> about eleven years old.
>
> I rediscovered the book about two years ago. It's
> available from NLS,
> but it's on old records. They may not send it to
> you if you ask them.
> So, having this copy in Bookshare is a treasure. I
> think, as a matter
> of fact, it may be out of print now. It was
> published in the 1940s.
> When I relocated the book, I reread it of course,
> and I had to write to
> my old sixth grade teacher who is still living here
> in Fairport.
> Reading The Hidden Treasure of Glaston under Bud
> Ewell's direction is
> an experience I will never forget, even if by the
> time I'm ninety my
> short term memory has gone to Hell in a hand basket.
>
> If that book hasn't been taken by anybody by the
> time I finish what I'm
> doing now, I'd be delighted to validate it.
>
> Oh, I suppose I should quit waxing lyrical and tell
> you a bit about
> this little book. It is the story of a little boy
> who was dropped off
> at the monastery in Glaston as his father was
> escaping to France. His
> father was one of the several knights who took King
> Henry II's outburst
> seriously when he declamed, "Won't *someone* rid me
> of that troublesome
> priest!?" Yes, this little boy's father
> participated in the murder of
> St. Thomas Abeckett. Hmmmmm, 1177 I think.
>
> Anyway, here is this poor kid dropped off in this
> strange community and
> he has an additional problem, he is lame. Well, he
> makes friends and
> discovers that Glaston has a secret, a wonderful,
> awesome, secret! I
> won't say any more.
>
> Ann P.
>
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