EXTRAS

Here are some ways to use your other senses to enjoy A History of Forever and prepare you for And One Other: paintings, photos, playlists, and cookies! All best enjoyed with a cup of English Breakfast or, in the case of And One Other, a shot of Gentleman Jack.

Extras for A History of Forever

The cover art, aka The Visitor, by Lydia de Treville, was drawn in oil pastels by the talented artist Jennie Yu. Jennie took a list of wishes and a few pages of manuscript and gave a face to Sarah Bolling.

Playlist for A History of Forever

The songs listed below are mentioned in “A History of Forever.” Listening to them is a great way to get a feel for the 1970s and the flow of the book. Enjoy!

Give Me A Kiss: Van Morrison

I’ll Be Your Lover, Too: Van Morrison

Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off: Ira & George Gershwin

Girl From The North Country: Bob Dylan

I Will Wait for You: Michel Legrand

University of South Dakota Fight Song

Oklahoma!: Rodgers and Hammerstein

Some Enchanted Evening: Rodgers and Hammerstein

I Want To Roo You (Scottish Derivative): Van Morrison

When That Evening Sun Goes Down: Van Morrison

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: Traditional Hymn

Silent Night: Traditional Hymn

It Makes No Difference: Robbie Robertson (The Band)

Linda Ronstadt (songs like Love Has No Pride: Eric Kaz/Libby Titus)

Joni Mitchell (songs like A Case Of You, and River: Joni Mitchell)

The Four Seasons (Spring): Antonio Vivaldi

Fields of Gold: Sting

Cookie’s Chocolate Chip Cookies with Pecans*

Ingredients

1 cup white sugar

1 cup brown sugar (packed)

2/3 cup unsalted butter, softened (not melted)

2/3 cup Crisco

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla 

3 cups unbleached flour (not whole wheat)

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

3/4 to 1 cup chopped pecans (make sure they are fresh—nothing wrecks a cookie like bad nuts)

1 package (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

Heat oven to 375*. 

With hand or stand mixer beat sugars, butter, and Crisco until creamed. Add eggs and vanilla, beat.

Mix baking soda and salt with one cup of flour and mix into wet ingredients. Add the remaining two cups flour and mix well. The dough will be very thick. With a large spoon stir in nuts and chocolate chips.

Bake immediately or store covered dough in fridge not more than two days.

Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls or medium cookie scoop about 2 inches apart on un-greased cookie sheets. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until browned. Cool slightly before transferring cookies to cooling racks. (Hint: if your cookie sheets are dark, bake cookies on a high rack in oven and only one pan at a time. This gives the tops of the cookies a chance to bake before the bottoms burn.) 

*This batch is big enough for the whole Platoon. If not feeding a crowd of hungry history majors consider cutting recipe in half. These cookies are best when they are fresh.

Extras for And One Other

Playlist for And One Other

The songs listed below are either mentioned in “And One Other,” or will give you a sense of chapter themes. Enjoy!

Annie’s Song: John Denver

Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana: Pietro Mascagni

Lookin’ for Love in All the Wrong Places: Johnny Lee

God Bless the U.S.A.: Lee Greenwood

Boot Scootin’ Boogie: Brooks and Dunn

Someday Soon: Suzy Bogguss

Be Thou My Vision: Traditional Hymn

Take it to the Limit: The Eagles

L. A. Freeway: Guy Clark

And So it Goes: Billy Joel

Loving Arms: Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge

If You Needed Me: Townes Van Zandt

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: Traditional Hymn

Silent Night: Traditional Hymn

For You: John Denver

The Lucky One: Alison Krauss & Union Station