# War literature (for a 17 y/o) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 8, 2013, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-literature-for-a-17-y-o/670668 "2013-10-08T09:51:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-literature-for-a-17-y-o/670668/61 "2013-10-15T23:27:33Z")
A bit obscure, but I’ve seen [Dale Dye’s _Run Between the Raindrops_](http://www.amazon.com/Run-Between-Raindrops-Dale-Dye/dp/0425114759), about the battle of Hue, recommended. ---
**Author:** ![Tara57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Tara57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tara57)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-literature-for-a-17-y-o/670668/62 "2013-10-15T23:40:52Z")
The Endless Steppe > **[The Endless Steppe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Endless_Steppe)** > > The Endless Steppe (1968) is a book by Esther Hautzig, describing her and her family's exile to Siberia during World War II. > The Endless Steppe is about Esther Hautzig’s childhood. When Esther is 10 years old she and her family, along with other Jews, are taken from their home in Vilna, Poland, by the Russians. She and her family are sent on a long train ride to Siberia, separated from one another, and are forced to work in horrible conditions in a gypsum mine. After some time her family is allo... Summer of my German Soldier > **[Summer of My German Soldier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_of_My_German_Soldier)** > > Summer of My German Soldier is a 1973 book by Bette Greene. > The story is told in first person narrative by a twelve-year-old Jewish girl named Patty Bergen living in Jenkinsville, Arkansas during World War II. The story focuses on the friendship between Patty and an escaped German POW named Anton. Patty first meets Anton when a group of German POWs visits her father's store. Anton teaches Patty that she is a person of value. In return, she protects Anton by hiding him above her father's garage. > ... How to Cook a Wolf – much more than a cookbook! > **[How to Cook a Wolf](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/250693.How_to_Cook_a_Wolf)** > > M.F.K. Fisher's guide to living happily even in trying … Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself > **[Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starring_Sally_J._Freedman_as_Herself)** > > Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself is a 1977 young adult novel by Judy Blume. The story is set in 1947 and follows the imaginative 10-year-old Sally, who likes to make up stories in her head, her family moves from New Jersey to Miami Beach. While not as controversial as some of her other novels, Blume does manage to address the following themes of late 1940s life in America: racism, anti-Semitism and sibling rivalry. This novel is her most autobiographical, with many parallels between Blume's... The Hiding Place > **[The Hiding Place (biography)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hiding_Place_%28biography%29)** > > The Hiding Place is a book, published in 1971, on the life of Corrie ten Boom. It was written by Ten Boom as well as John and Elizabeth Sherrill. > The idea for this book began when the Sherrills were doing research for another book of theirs called God's Smuggler. At the time, Ten Boom was already in her mid-70s when the Sherrills first heard about her. Being one of van der Bijl's favorite traveling companions, Ten Boom is referenced in a bunch of his recollections. In the preface to the book, t... Twenty and Ten > **[Twenty and Ten](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1069576.Twenty_and_Ten)** > > During the Nazi occupation of France, twenty ordinary F… ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-literature-for-a-17-y-o/670668/63 "2013-10-16T01:06:44Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Another vote for The Red Badge of Courage. and another one, great book. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-literature-for-a-17-y-o/670668/64 "2013-10-16T09:10:33Z")
While I enjoy reading Keegan very much, I don’t believe I’d recommend _ **The Face of Battle** _ for a 17-year-old girl—not unless she’s _really, really_ into military history. (I first read it in my second year at college, and even then I wasn’t fully able to appreciate it.) I think Keegan’s _ **Fields of Battle: The Wars for North America** _ would be more appropriate, especially the second half of the book, which deals with the warrior culture of the Plains Indians, the defeat of Custer’s Seventh Cavalry, the disappearance of the Frontier, and finally the development of American air power between the World Wars. Of course, the first half is good too, from Colonial times through the US Civil War. But again, I think it would appeal most to a hard-core historian (professional or amateur). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-literature-for-a-17-y-o/670668.md?page=3)