Book Menu for Snow in August by Pete Hamill
ISBN of edition I read: 0446675253 (trade paperback)
A library I formerly worked at selected Snow in August for its city-wide reading program. I had never read this title nor others by Peter Hamill. I am very glad I did. It's a rich and thought provoking story that is perfect for group/classroom discussions. Also, there are many programming opportunities with this book including baseball, Jewish mysticism, and World War II.
Food mentioned in Snow in August :
Tea, 8, 39, 64, 88, 133, 139
Bacon and eggs, 8, 26
Clark Bars,31
Peanuts, 31, 265
Good & Plenty candy, 31, 211
Spaghetti, 36
Social Tea cookies, 39
Hot chocolate, 51, 54
Sugar buns, 84
Hamburgers, 84
Matzoh, 118, 193
Latkes, 187
Hershey bar, 195
Boxed chocolates, 201
Coffee, 206
Ice cream, 239
Pound cake, 249, 309
Cracker Jacks, 265
Cheese sandwiches, 275
Hot dogs, 277
Cotton candy, 278
Chicklets gum, 295
Iced tea, 309, 325
Grilled cheese sandwich, 325
French toast, 327
Apple Juice, 329
Potato salad, 339
Books/Authors mentioned in Snow in August :
Captain Marvel (comic books), 1, 2, 26
Jack London, 5, 9, 10
Robert Louis Stevenson,165
Treasure Island, 9
Oliver Twist / Charles Dickens, 17, 23
Whiz Comics, 26
Crime does not Pay (comic books), 27, 347
The Spirit (comic books), 32
Batman (comic books), 32
Jungle (comic books), 32
The Three Musketeers / Alexandre Dumas, 58
Tiny Tim (comic books), 80
Superman (comic books), 118
Archie (comic books), 201
Honore de Balzac, 66, 83
Heinrich Heine, 66
Leo Tolstoy, 66
The Wizard of Oz / L. Frank Baum, 86
A.J. Cronin, 98
Franz Kafka, 101
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Arthur Conan Doyle, 165
The Count of Monte Cristo / Alexandre Dumas, 244, 331
Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates / Howard Pyle, 292
The Adventures of Mark Twain / Mark Twain, 292
Captain Blood / Rafael Sabatini, 292
Rudyard Kipling, 334
Music mentioned in Snow in August :
Tommy Dorsey, 3
Sidney Bechet, 3
"Auld Lang Syne", 58
Benny Goodman, 90, 162
Glenn Miller, 90
Bing Crosby, 90, 160-1, 252
Buddy Clark, 90
Frank Sinatra, 90
Mozart
Don Giovanni, 93, 98
Phantom of the Opera, 94
Antonin Dvorak, 96, 209, 268
Gustav Mahler, 96, 209
Bedrich Smetana, 96, 209
Count Basie, 154, 161-2
Duke Ellington, 154
Louis Armstrong, 154, 270
Roy Eldridge, 154
Gene Krupa, 154
Al Jolson
"April Showers", 158
Les Brown, 158
Nat King Cole, 161
Perry Como, 161
Doris Day, 161
Ziggy Elman, 162
Ella Fitzgerald, 165
"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", 221, 341
"Cool water" (song), 221
"How are things in Glocca Morra?" (song), 221
Bix Beiderbecke, 256
Paul Whiteman, 256
"Sleepy Lagoon" / Harry James, 305
"Anniversary Song", 327
Movies mentioned in Snow in August :
The Four Feathers, 12
Gunga Din, 12
The Cask of Amontillado, 16
Oliver Twist, 17
Lost Horizon, 40
Tarzan, 80
Bride of Frankenstein, 85
Frankenstein, 85, 121
The Wizard of Oz, 86
They Died with their Boots On, 86
The Gang's all Here, 87
The Invisible Man, 123
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack, 152
13 Rue Madeleine, 211, 258
Casablanca, 257
Double Indemnity, 291
To Each his Own, 291
The Spiral Staircase, 291
Boomerang!, 296
Sports mentioned in Snow in August :
Baseball is a central subject in this novel, specifically Jackie Robinson the Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1940s.
What to read after Snow in August ?
The Golem's Mighty Swing (graphic novel) / James Sturm
Libraries mentioned in Snow in August :
Page 5: This was like the great Arctic blizzards in the stories of Jack London that he read in the library on Garibaldi Street.
Page 191: Back in the parish, Michael hurried to see Rabbi Hirsch to brag about his Orchard Street adventure. It was like a story out of a library book: he said the magic words and--Open, Seama!--something amazing happened.
Page 268: He wanted to know everything about [Mahler and Smetana], but with the cast on his leg he still could not risk a trip to the library on Garibaldi Street, where there was a much larger encyclopedia.
