[Winter 2009] Books on Tape Update Order Form

(VCT 1109) Governing Idaho: Politics, People, and Power
Author: James Weatherby and Randy Stapilus
Read By: Art Latterell
Here are all the details of the history, geography, and demographics that make the political structure of this western state a fascinating study.
3 Cassettes Adult Non-fiction

(VCT 1110) On Holy Ground: The History, Art, and Faith of St. Edward the Confessor Roman Catholic Church, Twin Falls. Idaho
Author: Patricia Marcantonio
Read By: Colette Cowman
After moving from Denver to Twin Falls, Idaho, in 1977, the author was immediately struck by the beauty of this church's architecture and art as well as the strength of faith in its congregation. This book is more a flowing story than a dry history.
1 Cassette Adult Non-fiction

(VCT 1113) Steamboats on Northwest Rivers: Before the Dams
Author: Bill Gulick
Read By: Ken Cooper
One hundred years before dams were built on the Columbia Snake River System, steamboats carried cargo and people to the farthest reaches of these waterways. Here's the story of wild water, sturdy boats, and bold captains on the Northwest frontier
2 Cassettes Adult Historical Fiction

(VCT 1112) Roan Maverick
Author: C. R. Strahan
Read By: Maryan Stephens
Seldom spoken of publicly by local settlers, the Wyoming Cattle Wars are the subject of this remarkable new frontier novel. This classic American story of tyranny and rebellion is based on the author's research and contains material never before made public. The fictional tale is narrated by 107-year-old Josie Watson Stewart, who comes to Wyoming as a young bride in 1887, eager for the opportunities the frontier would provide, but who quickly finds herself embroiled in political conflict.
2 Cassettes Adult Fiction

(VCT 1114) Life in Old Boise
Author: Arthur Hart
Read By: Sue Vap
This book evokes in a colorful and entertaining way the people and events that shaped Idaho's capital city from its primitive beginnings to its status as a regional center of commerce, industry, and government.
1 Cassette Adult Non-Fiction

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Planning in Idaho
Author: Cheryl Simpson-Whitaker
Read By: Maryan Stephens
This resource for Idaho residents provides detailed information about planning for care at the end of life and sharing those wishes with loved ones. It contains "advance directive" forms, includes real-life examples and situations, and answers some frequently asked questions about endof-life issues. Call us at 1 (800) 458-3271 if you need any of the forms described in the book.
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Planning in Idaho
Author: Cheryl Simpson-Whitaker
Read By: Maryan Stephens
This resource for Idaho residents provides detailed information about planning for care at the end of life and sharing those wishes with loved ones. It contains "advance directive" forms, includes real-life examples and situations, and answers some frequently asked questions about endof-life issues. Call us at 1 (800) 458-3271 if you need any of the forms described in the book.
1 Cassette Adult Non-Fiction

(VCT 1116) Brains for Breakfast: Growing Up German in America
Author: Susan Baumgartner
Read By: Lise Goertz
This book offers both general information for German Americans who know very little about their own German heritage and a vivid picture of northern Idaho farm life from the 1880s to the 1990s. It's a blending of German tradition and family stories and personal insights that should be enjoyable to Germans and non-Germans, humorists and philosophers,rural people and urban dwellers.
1 Cassette Adult Non-Fiction

(VCT 1117) The Last Lone Inventor: A Tale of Genius, Deceit, and the Birth of Television
Author: Evan Schwartz
Read By: Janice Pori
Based on original research, including interviews with family members, this is the story of Philo T. Farnsworth, the father of television's epic struggle with RCA executive David Sarnoff. A struggle between two equally passionate adversaries whose clash symbolizes a turning point in the culture of creativity. This is a tale of genius versus greed, innocence versus deceit, and independent brilliance versus corporate arrogance.
2 Cassettes Adult Non-Fiction

(VCT 1111) Frontier Duty: The Army in Northern Idaho, 1853-1876: Transcribed from the Original Records in the National Archives
Author: Donna Hansen, Editor
Read By: Julie Iffla
This book publishes, many for the first time, a series of firsthand accounts of the Palouse and northern Idaho on the eve of the arrival of the agricultural frontier. Most of the accounts published here are the work of soldiers of the frontier Army, among the most perceptive and best-educated observers of their time. These accounts offer valuable descriptions of the life of the Nez Perce and Coeur d'Alene peoples just as many of their traditional lands were about to be modified by the arrival of farmers.
2 Cassettes Adult Non-Fiction

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