Keeping in mind that this is purely "unofficial" until our nomination form is made available, we encourage you to respond here in the One Book Blog with any recommendations of books you think would be interesting titles for use in upcoming One Book One Lincoln activities.

[Just remember -- you'll still need to officially submit such titles once the nomination process actually begins!]

We'd love to hear everyone's thoughts and observations on the 2007 One Book One Lincoln experience.

Did you read the book...if so, did you enjoy it?

Did you attend a community book discussion...if so, what was your experience like?

Did you attend one of the special programming events...if so, which one, and how did you like it?

Tonight is one of the keynote events of One Book One Lincoln 2007 -- the live teleconference with author Timothy Egan straight from Seattle. If you attended, what did you find most interesting?

If you weren't able to attend, what question would you have liked to have asked Mr. Egan?

One of the most appealing elements of The World Hard Time was the fascinating personalities that Egan uncovered in his research into the Dust Bowl era. Of the myriad of colorful individuals profiled in the book, who did you find most interesting?

One of the topics that's come up at many of the One Book -- One Lincoln book discussions regarding The Worst Hard Time has been the issue of "Could it happen again?"

The Dust Bowl of the 1930s was the result of a variety of ecological, economic, political and geological conditions that all came together at the same time. Do you think the same type of conditions could occur again, leading to another Dust Bowl-like incident?