This year the Adult Reading
Challenge is Bama: fact & fiction. While reading for the challenge we will
be celebrating our state and learning about people, places and matters that make Alabama famous and notorious.
One of Alabama’s nicknames is
Heart of Dixie and since this is the month to celebrate love we wanted to point
out some of the things Alabama has in connection to the heart.
Did you know the first American
physician to perform a successful surgical repair on a wounded heart was from
the state of Alabama? Dr. Luther Leonidas Hill Jr. was from Montgomery and in
1902 he successfully operated on the heart of Henry Myrick. For more
information about this visit http://alabama200.org/discover/alabama-legacy-moments/
.
Another tie to the heart for Alabama
is the fact that heart disease is the single leading cause of death in the
state. Data from 2013 showed that the national rate of death was 18.98%, while
in Alabama the rate was 25.78%. For more information on this disease try this link
https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/cardio/index.html.
The saying “I heart
you/dogs/cupcakes/etc. means you love or really like something. Here at DPL we heart all things bookish and
reading. For this month’s task read a
book about something you heart.
Happy Reading!
