books by Bob Barnett (footplate pandemic memories)

books by Bob Barnett

books:

The 1918 Flu Pandemic (Graphic Library)
Krohn, Katherine

Capstone Press, 2007

Tells the story of the 1918 outbreak of a mysterious influenza virus that killed millions of people worldwide, making it the deadliest pandemic in history. Written in graphic-novel format.

Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion (Graphic History)

2 reviews
Burgan, Michael

Capstone Press, 2006

Good Graphic Book about Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion!
This is another Graphic History book from the Graphic Library of Capstone books. I use them for my ESOL students who are learning to read English as well as American History. I found this book interesting because I didn't know much about Nat Turner myself. Very good.

More Memories of a Dean Forest Railwayman (Working Lives)
Bob Barnett

Silver Link Publishing Ltd, 2008

Dean Forest Footplate Memories (Railway Heritage)
Bob Barnett

Silver Link Publishing Ltd, 2007

Growing Up in the Last Small Town

2 reviews
Bob Barnett

Jesse Stuart Foundation, 2010

Very Entertaining
What a great book! Growing Up in the Last Small Town is a light hearted look at the author's young life in Newell, West Virgina. It's certainly nostalgic of what so many Americans experienced as they grew up during the 1950s and '60s, but it's also Bob Barnett's specific experience, and that combination makes it worth reading. I laughed out loud at so many descriptions of town characters and ...

An Industrial Cocktail
Bob Haslam

Robert Hale, 2003

Lord Haslam was a giant of British industry. Widely acclaimed by business and political leaders, he had a remarkable record of reaching the top of the management ladder and staying there. Completing his memoirs while dying from cancer, he tells a compelling business story of the unexpected. Though without academic brilliance or burning ambition, he was singled out as a high-flyer, rising to the top of British industry. Yet his humor still shines ...