We received your e-mail Newsletter today, and you mentioned the new book about William

L. Shirer called The Long Night,  written by a Steve Wick.  I ordered this book when it was mentioned in the Coe Courier for George, and it came, and I have read it. (He has not as yet, but is re-reading Shirer's famous book about WWII called The Rise/Fall of the Third Reich and is greatly enjoying it!  I read the Rise and Fall sometime ago, but am going to re-read it when G. is finished, but what I wanted to tell you is that I have read The Long Night and it is very well written and brings back a lot of long memories which many of us have forgotten!!!!  It also recalled when we were back for George's 60th Coe Reunion a couple of

years ago, and you had a Shirer Symposium, and we attended that, and were very impressed by the breadth/depth of this.  Coe is so very lucky to have all the Shirer letters, papers, etc. in their Archives,

and congratulations on getting those!  Two good books, and am glad the archives are being used.  Am sure there will be other forthcoming books coming out of the research this will present.

Thank you for listening, and thanks for keeping us updated about Coe.

Sincerely, George/Louise McNelly (G--Class of 1950)

First Book of 2012

The fourth selection of the Coe College Alumni Book Club is The Long Night: William L. Shirer and “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich” by Steve Wick.  The book is a nonfiction account of Shirer’s adventures in Europe during the time Hitler was rising to power in Germany.  Through the help of Coe’s own Stewart Memorial Library staff and the use of Shirer’s personal papers stored in the George T. Henry Archives on the Coe College campus, Wick was able to piece together an exciting narrative of the experiences of war reporters during and before World War II. Shirer graduated from Coe in 1925 and was drawn to Europe.  He found an interesting way to get there and met several writers and artists while there, including his wife.  The book reads like a novel and is so fascinating.  Grab a copy today! If you have any questions or would like to suggest a book, please email us at alumni@coe.edu or call our office at 1.877.KOHAWKS (877.564.2957).