The Pirate Read Committee is pleased to announce the 2013 Pirate Read Selection - It Happened On the Way to War by Rye Barcott.


Events are being planned for the 2013-2014 school year, including a visit from the author.
Rye Barcott will visit ECU's campus on October 22, 2013 and will speak in Wright Auditorium at 7:00pm.
Visit Joyner Library's Library Research Guide for the book.
Visit the "It Happened on the Way to War" website.

About the Pirate Read
Prior to the start of their first semester at East Carolina University, incoming students are expected to read a common book. The purposes of the summer read program are to:

• Orient students to the academic community by encouraging intellectual dialogue and critical thinking
• Prepare students for the college-level environment
• Allow students to share a common reading experience with fellow classmates, faculty, and staff
• Enable students and faculty to discuss ideas from the book across the curriculum

A committee of faculty, staff and students selects the book and coordinates activities with departments within academic and student affairs.

Past Pirate Read Selections

• 2012 - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
  
• 2011 - Picking Cotton (Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton with Erin Torneo)
• 2010 - The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009 (Edited by Dave Eggers)
• 2009 - Three Cups of Tea (Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin)
• 2008 - My Freshman Year (Rebekah Nathan)