Culture | May. 2024
BY THE BOOK
By Eleanor Thorn
To celebrate Father’s Day, Eleanor Thorn, owner of Lake Forest Book Store in Market Square since 2013, shares her favorite June reads in this new monthly column.
The latest book from staff favorite Hampton Sides is an enthralling account of the final voyage of Captain James Cook—a trip that culminated in Cook’s death in Hawaii and left a controversial legacy still debated today.
This is not just an epic and deeply moving account of walking the 800 miles constituting the Grand Canyon. It is also a harrowing survival tale of this highly dangerous trek with great scenery and characters.
The new novel from bestselling author Jeff Shaara centers on the story of the rising conflict between the superpowers that gripped the world and brought us close to a global war—the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Based on a true story, this gripping historical thriller tells the tale of an ordinary man who joins a secret mission to bring down the Nazi war machine by crashing its economy.
Lake Forest Book Store is located at 662 N. Western Avenue in the historic James Anderson building. For more information, call 847-234- 4420 or visit lakeforestbookstore.com.
