Medal of Honor: M. Hanna

MARCUS HANNA

Sergeant, US Army; 50th Massachusetts Infantry

Born: 3 November 1842, Bristol, Maine
Died: 21 December 1921

Citation: Voluntarily exposed himself to a heavy fire to get water for comrades in rifle pits.



Notes: On 28 Jan 1885 Hanna was chief lighthouse keeper at Cape Elizabeth, Maine, when the schooner Australia was wrecked on the rocks nearby. He was awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal for heroism in saving the lives of two of its crew. USCGC Marcus Hanna (WLM 554) was named in his honour.

Book list - 2017

Tales of a Cold War Submariner -- memoir, by Dan Summitt
Secret of the Lost Race -- SF, by Andre Norton *
A Study in Charlotte -- YA mystery, by Brittany Cavallaro
The Many Lives of John Stone -- YA, by Linda Buckley-Archer
A School for Unusual Girls -- YA AH, by Kathleen Baldwin
Summer Lightning -- humour, by P G Wodehouse *
Heavy Weather -- humour, by P G Wodehouse
Uncle Fred in the Springtime -- humour, by P G Wodehouse
Longbow Girl -- YA time travel, by Linda Davies
Gone Gull -- mystery (Langslow #21), by Donna Andrews
1635: A Parcel of Rogues -- SF, by Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis
The Finch That Stole Christmas -- mystery (Langslow #22), by Donna Andrews
By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean: The Birth of Eurasia -- history, by Barry Cunliffe
The Killing Trail -- mystery, by Margaret Mizushima


Only 14 books this time round, two of them rereads (marked by asterisks).  The Cunliffe book (which covers the period from ca 7500 BC to AD 1300) was fascinating; John Stone and Parcel of Rogues were the best of the stories.