The First Sentence Reader

Books that grab you right from the start.

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Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Sunday, February 8, 2026

Chasing the Moon

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Stone, Robert and Andres, Alan. Chasing the Moon: The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America into the Space Age . New Y...
Sunday, February 1, 2026

The Greatest Sentence Ever

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Isaacson, Walter .   The Greatest Sentence Ever Written . New York : Simon & Schuster 2025. Print. First Sentences: "We hold these ...
Sunday, August 31, 2025

Open Tennis

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Evans, Richard. Open Tennis: The First Twenty Years, the Players, the Politics, the Pressures, the Passions, and the Great Matches . New Yor...
Wednesday, July 23, 2025

The World's Fastest Man

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Kranish, Michael. The World's Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America's First Black Sports Hero New Yo...
Wednesday, July 16, 2025

The Library

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Kells, Stuart. The Library: A Catalog of Wonders. Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint 2017. Print. First Sentences: If a library can be something a...
Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Will in the World

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Greenblatt, Stephen.  Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare . New York: Norton. 2004 . Print. First Sentences: As a young ma...
Tuesday, December 17, 2024

The Navajo Code Talkers

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Paul, Doris A.  The Navajo Code Talkers . Pittsburgh: Dorrance 19739 . Print. First Sentences: Every syllable of my message came through. So...
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The First Sentence Reader
Call me Fred. I am a retired librarian from The Ohio State University and an avid, yet selective and highly judgmental reader who is under no illusion a book will get better in its writing style, plot, or characters after a disappointing first few sentences. However, the books profiled in this blog are, in every way, wonderful reads.
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