Today in Bookish and Literary History, November 12
1659 Crusoe begins his journal, making entries retrospectively from the date of his shipwreck. 1880 " Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ " by Lew Wallace Ben-Hur is one of the best selling books of all times. This poignant novel intertwines the life stories of a Jewish charioteer named Judah Ben-Hur and Jesus Christ. 1890 The first edition of " Poems by Emily Dickinson " 2018 Becoming by Michelle Obama An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States 2020 An Island by Karen Jennings (South Africa) A "powerful" (The Guardian) novel about a lighthouse keeper with a mysterious past, and the stranger who washes up on his shores--the American debut of a major voice in world literature. Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024 Lazarus Man by Richard Price In this electrifying novel, Richard Price, the author of Clockers and a writer on The Wire, gives us razor-sharp anatomy of an ever-changing...