<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Instant Lives<\/em> by Howard Moss, Illustrated by Edward Gorey<\/p>\n In the Gorey Collection<\/p>\n Link to the catalog: http:\/\/readpac.longwood.edu\/\/record=b1135178<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Instant Lives <\/em>by Howard Moss is located in the Edward Gorey Collection because Gorey illustrated the book. The Special Collections Department also has several works signed by Gorey himself.<\/p>\n I wanted to see if the work is as strange as Gorey’s writing, since he only illustrated this. I found this\u00a0fictional compilation of humorous biographies very funny, and not oddly strange. Moss invents a story in which Beethoven named a\u00a0piece of music\u00a0for his nagging\u00a0son who lazily complains about his lack of recognition. The author also claims to have read an unpublished work of T.E. Lawrence titled Omar <\/em>in the cafeteria of the British\u00a0 Museum.<\/p>\n Students should read this thin book if they simply want to relax and read something humorous. Those who love to laugh will like Moss’ work in Instant Lives<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n The Virginia Exiles<\/em>\u00a0by Elizabeth Gray Vining<\/p>\n In the Virginia Authors Collection<\/p>\n Link to the catalog:\u00a0http:\/\/readpac.longwood.edu\/\/record=b1147248<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This book is in the Virginia Authors’ section because its\u00a0theme concerns Virginia.\u00a0Written\u00a0by Elizabeth Gray Vining (A Pennsylvania native)\u00a0and\u00a0published in 1955, this work of fiction details the life of Caleb Middleton, a Pennsylvania native and a\u00a0member of the Society of Friends (The Quakers).<\/p>\n After his family is banished to Virginia during the Revolutionary War, Caleb falls in love with a girl in his new surroundings. I think it’s interesting because it combines history and romance, even if the history is sometimes less than realistic. Still, those who are interested in history and\/or romance\u00a0would probably find this book interesting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Special Collections Spotlight will periodically feature material that can be found the Longwood University Special Collections and Archives. If you have questions or would like to request an item to be featured, please contact Amanda Hartman at\u00a0hartmanar@longwood.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week is Special Collections week! We’ve been saving up some of our reviews to publish every day this week. Today we have a two-fer; student assistant Chandler Pascale chose to review Instant Lives and The Virginia Exiles: Instant Lives by Howard Moss, Illustrated by Edward Gorey In the Gorey Collection Link to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2296,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187268],"tags":[68786,3880],"class_list":["post-3111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-special-collections-spotlight","tag-book-review","tag-special-collections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.longwood.edu\/longwoodulib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.longwood.edu\/longwoodulib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.longwood.edu\/longwoodulib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.longwood.edu\/longwoodulib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2296"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.longwood.edu\/longwoodulib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.longwood.edu\/longwoodulib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.longwood.edu\/longwoodulib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.longwood.edu\/longwoodulib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.longwood.edu\/longwoodulib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.longwood.edu\/library\/files\/2013\/04\/instant-lives.jpg\" "\\"instant-lives\\"")
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