Ghost Map Pathfinder and Display in the Library

This summer, all first year students were asked to read, The Ghost Map, by Steven Johnson.

Assistant Librarian Nancy Lewis has created a Special Topics Pathfinder, FYS Reading – The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson, as a resource for students and Faculty working with the common reading. This pathfinder draws together resources from the James A. Cannavino Library, the author, the publisher and selected online sites  in order to further explore the story of the ghost map, of cholera and other related topics.  Interactive maps and games, a readers' guide, and a TED talk are examples of the resources to be found in the Pathfinder.

While certainly of use to the First Year Seminars, we hope that other classes may find connections to these themes,  and that you will direct your students to the pathfinder as well. This is the second FYS reading pathfinder, after last year’s pathfinder dedicated to The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.

A display that complements the story told in The Ghost Map can be found in the display shelves nearest the Reference Desk and Escriptorium. Curated by Reference Librarian Margaret Cirillo and Assistant Librarian Julia Hughes, the display includes books in the sciences, socials sciences and literature that complement the story told by The Ghost Map.  Included as well are reproductions of XIX illustrations from H. Mayhew and magazines Fun and Punch.