Grab Hold of the Past Author:Cheryl Harness After 25+ years of writing and illustrating award-winning historical books for young readers, Cheryl Harness offers up Grab Hold of the Past: How Understanding the Past Adds Sparkle and Depth to Your Life in the Present, Can Enrich Your Future, and Very Possibly Save the World. /i> Part memoir, part sassy meditation on history and its inhabi... more »tants, this solid little volume includes a pen & ink illustrations and a treasury of links and quotations, any of which will be latched onto and savored by educators and anyone whose fancy leans toward the vanished past.« less