What's New at the Marshall Public Library?

All of the books listed feature the great state of Missouri!

•         "From Missouri: An American Farmer Looks Back" by Thad Snow.  This series of personal essays expresses the thoughts of a farmer, a hunter, a husband, and a man with a soft spot for mules and dogs.
•        "Tried and True Missouri: Native Plants for Your Yard" published by the Missouri Dept of Conservation is chock full of ideas, photographs, charts listing such things as light preference, and wildlife, for each plant, and a list of problematic non-natives.
•         Howard Wight Marshall’s “Play Me Something Quick and Devilish” explores the heritage of traditional fiddle music in Missouri.  The book comes with a CD.
•          “Mark Twain’s Homes and Literary Tourism," by Hilary Iris Lowe, explores four Twain homes, beginning at the beginning—Florida, Missouri, where Clemens was born.  Hannibal was his childhood home and he lived to see it become a tourist destination.
•          Maddie Earnest and Liz Fathman, in “Missouri Harvest: A Guide to Growers and Producers in the Show-Me State” introduce us to the farmers who raise the food, those who deliver it, the chefs who prepare it, and some of the people who are active in making it all happen through the support of local businesses.
  
•         “The Missouri State Penitentiary: 170 Years Inside the Walls,” by Jamie Pamela Rasmussen, is a fascinating look at the history of the prison and its most famous inmates.  The founding of the penitentiary helped solidify Jefferson City’s position as the state capital.  This book is the latest in a series called Missouri Heritage Readers, each of which explores particular aspects of Missouri’s rich cultural heritage.  Among the 30 books in the series are familiar ones such as “Arrow Rock: The story of a Missouri Village," by Authorene Wilson Phillips and “The Santa Fe Trail in Missouri,” by Mary Collins Barile.
•        “Savor Missouri: River Hill Country Food and Wine,” by Nina Furstenau, is packed with over fifty recipes from Missouri cheese makers, breweries, wineries, and down-home eateries.
•          Finally, Daniel Woodrell...we just received this week his highly acclaimed new novel “The Maid’s Version”.  If you haven’t read “Winter’s Bone,”  put that on your list and then read “The Maid’s Version.”  You won’t be disappointed in either.