Friday Favorites: March 14
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- March
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This week’s suggestion come from a career educator: James Ryan, the head of BOCES in Rockland County who is heading to Carmel as the Putnam district’s superintendent of schools.
We chatted late last month about his sumertime move (he wants to expand all the good things going on in Carmel) and chatted with parents (they wish him well and hope his experience at BOCES, as well as in Ossining and Lakeland high schools, will help him with the diverse and sprawling district).
Here is his reading list:
“In addition to trying to keep up with my professional reading, I
particularly enjoy reading non-fiction. Authors such as David
McCollough and Doris Kearns Goodwin have kept me busy for the past few
years. I was fascinated by McCollough’s “The Great Bridge.” This is a
story of the building of Brooklyn Bridge, but also covers the Roebling
and Warren families in considerable detail. General Warren resided on
Fair Street in the village of Cold Spring and the Roeblings are buried
in the Cold Spring cemetery.
“I have just started reading Ron Chernow’s biography of Alexander
Hamilton. Perhaps I can give you some insights into this work when I
finish it.”
Interesting reading tastes, I would say. Along the same lines, I’d suggest Gay Talese’s wonderful book “The Bridge” about building the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, which offers colorful history of the times and many people stories.
Enjoy the weekend.
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