Books of 1997
Mother Night (5/97)
by Kurt Vonnegut
-- interesting fiction about an American spy who posed so
well as a Nazi that his true identity is now in question.
Utmost Savagery (7/97)
by Col. Joseph H Alexander
-- description of the battle at Betio, when the Marines took one
of the most well-defended coral island in the Pacific in 76 hours,
with tremendous casualties and bravery.
Panzer Battles (8/97)
by FW Von Mellenthin
-- general description of the battles that Mellenthin participated
in. Dry reading.
The Way It Wasn't (9/97)
by Martin Greenberg
-- collection of historical fictions.
Five Equations that Changed the World (10/97)
by Michael Guillen
-- excellent book about five equations that changed the world and
the scientists who solved them.
Level 4, Virus Hunters of the CDC (11/97)
by Joseph McCormick and Susan Fisher-Hochs
-- autobio of the two authors in their struggle against viruses. Not
very well-written. The Hot Zone this isn't.
Catcher In the Rye (12/97)
by J.D. Salinger
-- I first read this in high school and reread it again. I shouldn't
have because it didn't have as big an impact on me as it did in high
school. This book definately lost its luster.
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