Photographer David Ohmer

The War Through the Generations Challenge is an annual challenge covering a different war each year. Since we’re heading into the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Civil War, that’s the topic for 2011. For that reason, I was planning to read books about the Civil War this year anyway. In fact, I have a library book on my shelf right now: Year of Meteors: Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election that Brought on the Civil War by Douglas R. Egerton.

I’ll sign up for the Dip level, 3 to 5 books.