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To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 1:07 PMSubject: [bksvol-discuss] planning to scan -- "Woody, Cisco, & Me" by Jim Longhi
Hi there,I have never been very good at announcing plans to scan a book. I have often let my interest in reading a book be guided by not finding it in the collection or on NLS, etc. and firing up the scanner and scanning software.But I shall try to take this practice up, as it sure makes sense.I am only guessing, but is it true that when you do announce it in advance it gets put on a list somewhere? Or is there a person to whom I also should send this notice, that compiles such a list?And further, does the plan to scan sometimes result in an interested party in the volunteer group who wishes to proofread it, then request me to put that text "Hold for" in the filename of the submitted file? If this is true, let me hear from you.Anyway, here is the plan. Next year, on July 14, I think, it will be Woody Guthrie's 100th birthday.Having just celebrated Bill Monroe's 100th birthday last week, it made me think of Mr. Woodrow Wilson Guthrie.We have several really great books already in Bookshare.I have a few things, and if I find them not in the Bookshare collection, I hope to get them scanned and submitted.Here is the first one. Thanks. Rik James Woody, Cisco, and Me by Jim LonghiThis is really an autobiography of a guy who recounts his memories of when he went in to the Merchant Marines with Guthrie and Houston. I remember liking his unique perspective and storytelling. It is much more than just about Woody. It is in a way, about America, I think. A different America than we get to experience today, I think. So I will start my plan to scan with this book.WOODY, CISCO AND ME: SEAMEN THREE IN THE MERCHANT MARINE is, on one level, a memoir of three men who served in the merchant marine during World War II. A recollection of a time and a type of wartime service that is seldom the subject of motion pictures or literary treatments. It is a tale which is particularly compelling in that one of the three was the legendary Woody Guthrie and his equally famous companion Cisco Houston.Yet, in a larger sense this work accurately reflects a period in American history when laboring men and women called one another brother and sister and meant it. Within a decade those self-same terms were institutionalized and the moment was gone. Yet for a brief moment, just before and during the war, most Americans genuinely believed that it was possible to live in peace and harmony whilst achieving economic and political equality for all regardless of race, creed, or color (gender was not yet on the horizon).It is unlikely if, more than a half-century later, Jim Longhi can remember, no matter how traumatic the experience, the detailed discourses he presents in this work. Nevertheless, if the exact words were not spoken he accurately reflects what was undoubtedly said. If this is not history as it happened but as it should have been, the difference is immaterial. Jim Longhi was a left-wing radical in a time and place when such persons were not an insignificant and despised minority of the population. For that reason, if for no other, it is to be hoped this narrative will find an audience among those unfamiliar with that phase in our shared national experience.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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