Books in Memory of Daphene Daggy Morrison

The large print bookshelves on the main floor at the Crawfordsville District Public Library display 30 new volumes, mostly fiction, with bookplates "In Memory of Daphene Morrison", and then "Presented By" with the name of the individual or organization donor. Mrs. Morrison was a native of Thorntown, where she graduated from high school; she also graduated from DePauw University. Some of her generous Crawfordsville volunteer activities benefited First United Methodist Church, P.E.O., Delta Kappa Gamma, Montgomery County Retired Teachers, Wesley Thrift Shop and the FISH Food Pantry. Large print books all carry plain round yellow stickers. They are a constantly increasing portion of the CDPL collection, due in part to the generosity of those making memorial gifts to the library. The not-as-new large print books are available right ahead of the elevator on the upper level. A new list of large print books also appears on the library's website, www.cdpl.lib.in.us - the third item under "What is RSS?" Here are a few of the titles in the Morrison memorial collection. Steve Martin's "Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life" tells with his unique humor his experiences growing up and developing his comedy routines. In Brad Thor's thriller "The First Commandment" a covert counterterrorism agent chases a sadistic assassin, against the advice of superiors, because the criminal has a Guantanamo Bay background. "A Summer Smile" by Iris Johansen also spawns risky business, this time terrorist hostages. A journalist's assignment is to find a troubleshooter for the military in "Spook Country" by William Gibson. W.E.B.Griffin's "The Shooters" concerns a present day intelligence agent handling big dangers in South America. "The Elves of Cintra" which is Book Two in Terry Brooks' series Genesis of Shannara tells of fifty years from now, when the world is polluted, as a few heroes with magical power lead refugees from embattled Seattle to the Oregon wilderness. "Life's A Beach" by Claire Cook promises funny moments with diverse characters and humorous situations. Carola Dunn's Daisy Dalrymple mystery "The Bloody Tower" finds a mother of twins in 1925 writing an article about the Tower of London where as a visitor she spies a dead Yeoman Warder. Here's more of the memorial collection. "Lottery" by Patricia Wood deals with a simple boy, taught whom to trust, who, at 31 years old, wins the big prize and has new problems to consider. Colleen McCullough's "Antony and Cleopatra" is her follow-up to "The October Horse"; now Caesar is dead and Rome is divided. The historic novel has six Parts and seven maps. "The Chocolate Jewel Case" is JoAnna Carl's "Chocoholic Mystery with Tasty Chocolate Trivia!" featuring a murder plot and intersperced mini-reviews of what she calls Chocolate Books. "One-Way Ticket" is a Brady Coyne novel by William Tapply involving the Boston mob demanding debts never owed by their victim. Here are other new books at 205 S. Washington Street. The "2007 Indiana Football Digest" includes several paragraphs about North Montgomery, Crawfordsville, and Southmont on pages with their local advertising. The paperback, "ESPN Sports Almanac 2008" looks all-inclusive. Five Hal Leonard music books include one with beginning pianist versions of greatest hits labeled "ABBA Gold", "The Easy Classical Fake Book", and the piano scores of vocal selections "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", "The Sound of Music" and "West Side Story". "First Lessons in Beginning Guitar" comes from Mel Bay. They're on the shelves 782 and 787.