WINTER BOOKS

This time of year, our minds wander ahead to warmer days and outdoor activities. Yet we know that there are still several weeks of colder weather still to come. So ... since we're stuck with winter for a while longer ...  we may as well try to enjoy it. And guess what? Yep, there are some books in the Bullis collection that can give anyone an appreciation of this season we're currently experiencing.  We're highlighting three of them for you, with subjects ranging from whaling up in the Arctic, down to the Nile, and up again to Scandinavia.

The Arctic Whaleman - or, Winter in the Arctic Ocean:

being a narrative of the wreck of the whale ship Citizen.

Together with a brief history of whaling

by Lewis Holmes

Published by Wentworth & Company, Boston, 1857

My Winter on the Nile

by Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900)

Published by Houghton Mifflin Boston, 1891, c1876

Northern Travel: Summer and Winter Pictures of

Sweden, Denmark, and Lapland

by Bayard Taylor (1825-1878)

Published by G. P. Putnam, New York, 1858

These books are on the shelves in the Bullis Room, available for your use. We invite you to spend a cloudy winter's day or evening reading through one or more of them.  

Upcoming Event

On Tuesday, February 21 at 1 pm Town of Macedon Historian, June Hamell, will discuss the books contained in the Bullis Book Library pertaining to Black history.  We will look at the materials, their contents, who brought them into the collection, etc.   From 12 Years a Slave to Frederick Douglass and on to Booker T. Washington, we will look at some of the somber history contained within the Bullis Collection.  This photo shows a large portion of the items in the collection.  We will not be able to cover all of these but will be able to comment on most.  When you look at these items on display in the Bullis Collection please remember that you can't judge a book by its cover.  These books have been through fire and water!!  

The presentation will also be made available on the “Macedon Public Library: Connecting People and Ideas” Facebook page for viewing following the presentation.  Registration is not required.  History teachers and those in the field of education are encouraged to attend along with all who have an interest in history including students.