iRead Book Club

iREAD BOOK CLUB Select Mondays at 1:00 pm CT

Join us for a virtual book club led by Museum historians and educators. Recommended for adults. Summer sessions feature books appropriate for 6th – 12th grade students and adults.

2/8 – Notes from the Warsaw Ghetto by Emmanuel Ringelblum Notes from the Warsaw Ghetto is the moving account of the horror of the Warsaw Ghetto, written by the recognized archivist and historian of the area while he lived there. Ringelblum tells the tale of human beings caught in the furor of senseless, unrelenting brutality through anecdotes, stories, notations and eyewitness accounts. It is a portrait of man tested by crisis but nevertheless committed to preserving this history of his community. Recommended for adults.

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4/12 – Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of

the Texas Rangers by Doug Swanson Countless movies, television shows, and pulp novels have celebrated the Texas Rangers as Wild West supermen, but the truth has often been obliterated. Swanson demonstrates how the Rangers and their supporters have operated a propaganda machine that turned agency disasters and misdeeds into fables of triumph, transformed murderous rampages–including the killing of scores of Mexican civilians and American Indians–into valorous feats, and elevated scoundrels to sainthood. Recommended for adults.

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6/14 – The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson The only memoir published by a former Schindler’s list child, The Boy on the Wooden Box captures the innocence of a small boy who goes through the unthinkable. Leon Leyson was only ten years old when the Nazis invaded Poland and his family was forced to relocate to the Krakow ghetto. With incredible luck, perseverance, and grit, Leyson was able to survive the sadism of the Nazis. Ultimately, it was the generosity and cunning of one man, Oskar Schindler, that saved Leon Leyson’s life and the lives of his mother, father, and two of his four siblings. Recommended for 6th – 12th grade students and adults.