Book Review Must Have Info
Look at the sample book review samples posted on D2L. PLEASE FOLLOW THAT FORMAT!!
NOTE: No title page
No footnotes
No bibliography
• Include the bibliographical information in a header ON THE FIRST PAGE ONLY – just like you see it in the sample, up to and including the type and price of book.
• Your class number, name and page number in a footer ON EACH PAGE.
• 1-inch margins are acceptable.
Other notes:
Generally, a book review is 3 pages. Any less and you have not done enough, anymore and you have probably gone overbroad and missed the mark.
A critical book review does not mean that you criticize the work, it means you critique it. Think of t e following points as you review your book:
o Who is the author and why is he/she an expert in the field? What other work have they done? This is not license to provide a personal biography of the author.
o What is author attempting do to in the work? (Why did he-she write it?)
o How is the author accomplishing his/her objective? (tactic, tone, research, photos, graphics, memoir, approach?
o Did the author accomplish the task? Why or Why not?
o What could he/she have done better?
o What was the most successful aspect of the work?
o Is this a valuable contribution to the study of history in general, the topic in particular? (What did you learn from this work? What most surprised/impressed you?)
o To whom would you recommend this book? (Colleagues, Freshmen students, advanced History majors, the general public, History buffs, teachers?
Sample Solution