Jeez you were reading about the Bataan death march in middle school? Thats a bit much, no? I was watching JFK in 8th grade. I wonder how things like that end of effecting your personality and worldview in the end?heydaralon wrote:William Manchester's Goodbye Darkness covers the Bataan death March if I remember correctly. It was fairly engaging, though I read it in middle school. I don't know if someone mentioned Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden. Not quite a memoir, but a phenomenal book.
I think reading the off the wall and grotesque stuff is what lures people into becoming readers and getting interested in history.GloryofGreece wrote:Jeez you were reading about the Bataan death march in middle school? Thats a bit much, no? I was watching JFK in 8th grade. I wonder how things like that end of effecting your personality and worldview in the end?heydaralon wrote:William Manchester's Goodbye Darkness covers the Bataan death March if I remember correctly. It was fairly engaging, though I read it in middle school. I don't know if someone mentioned Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden. Not quite a memoir, but a phenomenal book.
Off the wall / odd / violent even yea those things help entice people to read more on their own. But then again lots of things persuade people to read more.heydaralon wrote:I think reading the off the wall and grotesque stuff is what lures people into becoming readers and getting interested in history.GloryofGreece wrote:Jeez you were reading about the Bataan death march in middle school? Thats a bit much, no? I was watching JFK in 8th grade. I wonder how things like that end of effecting your personality and worldview in the end?heydaralon wrote:William Manchester's Goodbye Darkness covers the Bataan death March if I remember correctly. It was fairly engaging, though I read it in middle school. I don't know if someone mentioned Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden. Not quite a memoir, but a phenomenal book.
When I was a kid and my parents took me to the library there was this reference book on torture which I would always peruse. It was fully illustrated. It got me interested in the middle ages.GloryofGreece wrote:Off the wall / odd / violent even yea those things help entice people to read more on their own. But then again lots of things persuade people to read more.heydaralon wrote:I think reading the off the wall and grotesque stuff is what lures people into becoming readers and getting interested in history.GloryofGreece wrote: Jeez you were reading about the Bataan death march in middle school? Thats a bit much, no? I was watching JFK in 8th grade. I wonder how things like that end of effecting your personality and worldview in the end?