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The Missouri Compromiseand Its Aftermath: Slavery andthe Meaning of AmericaRobert Forbes ’76University of North CarolinaPress, 2007For decades, a young Americannation wrestled mightily over theinstitution of slavery. An embitteredCongress spent years debating howto move new territories forwardinto statehood, while delicatelymaneuvering around the issue. TheSouth fought for the expansion ofslavery into new lands; the Northand West fought against it. Dealswere struck, startling alliances wereformed, and, following years ofdebate, the Missouri Compromiseof 1821 came to be. Forbes carefullyunfolds the events that precededthis historic legislation anddiscusses the consequences of itsrepeal. He also takes on the complexmoral, political, and economicissues that gave rise to whitesupremacy and racism, issues thatresonate today.Schulz and PeanutsDavid Michaelis ’75HarperCollins, 2007Michaelis’s insightful examinationof Charles Schulz, America’s premiertwentieth-century cartoonist,presents a dark and questioningcreator who never seemed satisfied,despite the empire he built.The author connects the creativeand tormented mind of Schulzto his Peanuts characters—Lucy,for instance, reflects Schulz’sdomineering first wife. Over twohundred strips wind throughoutthe text, breaking the tension. Yoube the judge of whether CharlieBrown’s melancholy, Lucy’s bossiness,or Snoopy’s adventurousspirit are parts of Schulz’s person -ality, caricatures of friends andfamily, or merely the creation ofthe artist’s mind.Loves of Harriet Beecher StowePhilip McFarland, Teacher EmeritusGrove Press, 2007McFarland examines three influentialmen in the life of HarrietBeecher Stowe, author of the nineteenth-centurybestseller UncleTom’s Cabin—her father, her husband,and her brother. When LymanBeecher, Harriet’s father and a leadingtheologian, became president ofthe Lane Theological Seminary, thefamily moved to Cincinnati, andHarriet witnessed slavery in neighboringKentucky. She befriended ayoung widower, Calvin Stowe, theman she later married—and thesecond subject of McFarland’sexploration. The author also considersthe influence of Henry WardBeecher, the spirited brother whomade his mark as the top preacherof his day. By painting a picture ofthese men, McFarland creates anuanced portrait of Harriet herself.Click!: One Novel, Ten AuthorsRuth Lounsbury Ozeki ’74(contributing author)Arthur A. Levine Books, 2007A collection of signed photos, anold camera, and a box with secretcompartments are left to the grandchildrenof famous photographerGeorge “Gee” Keane. Jason andMaggie spend their lives examiningthe mystery that surrounded Geeand meeting the many peoplecaptured by his lens and his heart.Ozeki joins Nick Hornby, GregoryMcGuire, Linda Sue Park, RoddyDoyle, Eoin Colfer, and others inthis unique young-adult novel.(Royalties from the book benefitAmnesty International.)CONCORD ACADEMY MAGAZINE SPRING 2008✍ Send your book and music newsto magazine@concordacademy.org.14Coming soon in CA Bookshelf, works by:Julie Agoos ’74Alice Domar ’76Laura Davies Foley ’75Isabel Fonseca ’79Jane Fletcher Geniesse ’54Cameron McNeil ’87J.B. Miller ’78Hilary Price ’87Cynthia Saltzman ‘67Nina Tannenwald ’77