Montgomery County Legislators' Choice 2005


Legislator Name Title Author
Montgomery County Commissioner
James R. Matthews

American: Beyond Our Grandest Notions Chris Matthews
Montgomery County Commissioner
Thomas Jay Ellis, Esq.

Green Eggs and Ham Dr. Seuss
Montgomery County Commissioner
Ruth S. Damsker

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Walter Isaacson
PA Rep.
Raymond Bunt

Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell
PA State Senator
Joe Conti

Blink: The Power of Thinking Malcolm Gladwell
PA Rep.
Susan Cornell

Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein
PA Rep.
Jacqueline Crahalla

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn & Gone with the Wind Betty Smith
Margaret Mitchell
PA Rep.
Lawrence H. Curry

Bonjour Babar! The six unabridged classics by the creator of Babar. Jean de Brunhoff
U.S. Rep.
Charles Dent

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Walter Isaacson
U.S. Rep.
Chaka Fattah

The Political Action Handbook: a how-to guide for the hip hop generation Maya Rockeymoore
PA Rep.
John Fichter

The Autobiography of Ronald Reagan Strober & Strober
U.S. Rep.
Michael Fitzpatrick

A Moveable Feast Ernest Hemingway
PA Rep.
Mike Gerber

Friday Night Lights H.G Bissinger
U.S.Rep.
Jim Gerlach

The Living Lincoln: The Man in His Time,
in His Own Words
Paul M. Angle & Earl Schenck Miers
PA Rep.
Robert Godshall

Trout Flies
PA State Senator
Stewart J. Greenleaf

The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Christian Brother Yun Paul Hattaway
PA Rep.
Kate Harper

The Lorax Dr. Seuss
PA State Senator
Vincent Hughes

The Invisible Man Ralph Ellison
PA Rep.
George T. Kenney

Hardball: How Politics is Played Christopher Matthews
PA Rep.
Daylin Leach

The Autobiography of Daylin Leach (not a published book, copy to be obtained)
PA Rep.
Kathy Manderino

The Five People You Meet in Heaven Mitch Albom
PA Rep.
Eugene McGill

Meltdown: The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists, Politicians, and the Media Patrick Michaels
PA Rep.
Thomas J. Quigley

Complete Book of U.S. Presidents William DeGregorio
PA State Senator
John C. Rafferty

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Walter Isaacson
PA Rep.
Carole Rubley

Chesapeake or A Tree grows in Brooklyn James Michener & Betty Smith
Congresswoman
Allyson Schwartz

Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein Shel Silverstein
PA Rep.
Josh Shapiro

Oh, All the Places You Will Go! & Lyndon B. Johnson: Master of The Senate Dr. Seuss & Lyndon Johnson
PA State Senator
Robert J. Thompson

John Adams David McCullogh
Congressman
Curt Weldon

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Walter Isaacson
PA State Senator
Connie Williams

The American Tradition in Literature Bradley, Beatty and Long
PA State Senator
Robert C. Wonderling

HMS Surprise Patrick O’Brien