She is 22 and loves learning about the history she was not taught in school. She blows me away all the time with the things she knows and is intrested in (She's huge into the Titanic for some reason) Anyways, she came to me and asked what books she could read. I told her OLD ONES. Then she asked some things about the Holocaust. I asked what she learned in school, she said they never covered it in history class. Should I be scouring ebay or other second hand sites? Or is there a place i can buy old, retired textbooks? Of course all book recommendations are welcome. Maybe a textbook is not the most thrilling read. Thanks for any suggestions.
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Old encyclopedias. I have two sets from the early 1900s. They are amazing. I found them at a used books store.
Agree, one of my favorite things to do as a child was to read the encyclopedia. We had World Book at home. My Poppee though had Encyclopedia Brittanica which was much better! Wish I could remember the names of my history books from grade school in the 1960s. They were amazing!! The best was our World History book.