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Book Review: The Banker and the Blackfoot by J. Edward Chamberlin
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Book Review: The Banker and the Blackfoot by J. Edward Chamberlin

Man of la BookDecember 5, 2018

A book about the author’s grandfather, John Cowdry befriending the Blackfoot warrior Crop Eared Wolf. Mr. Chamberlin is a professor at the University of Toronto

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Book Review: Family Trust by Kathy Wang
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Book Review: Family Trust by Kathy Wang

Man of la BookNovember 9, 2018

Stanley Huang has claimed for years that he is very rich. Now that Stanley Huanghas pancreatic cancer his family wants details of his fortune to be revealed.

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Fun Facts Friday: Kate Douglas Wiggin
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Fun Facts Friday: Kate Douglas Wiggin

Man of la BookSeptember 28, 2018

Kate Douglas Wiggin (28 September, 1856 – 24 August, 1923) was an American author and educator, mostly known for her classic novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.

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Fun Facts Friday: Hamlin Garland
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Fun Facts Friday: Hamlin Garland

Man of la BookSeptember 14, 2018

Hamlin Garland (14 September, 1860 – 4 March, 1940) was an award winning American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer.

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Fun Facts Friday: Leon Uris
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Fun Facts Friday: Leon Uris

Man of la BookAugust 3, 2018

Leon Uris (3 August, 1924 – 21 June, 2003) was an American author who is mostly known for his two historical fiction books Exodus and Trinity.

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Graphic Novel Review: Hawkeye, Vol. 3: L.A. Woman by Matt Fraction
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Graphic Novel Review: Hawkeye, Vol. 3: L.A. Woman by Matt Fraction

Man of la BookJune 18, 2018

Kate Bishop, Hawkeye’s girlfriend who is the new Hawkeye, needs to get away from Clint Barton and New York, so she head to Los Angeles – with the dog.

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Fun Facts Friday: Sid Fleischman
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Fun Facts Friday: Sid Fleischman

Man of la BookMarch 16, 2018

Sid Fleischman (16 March, 1920 – 17 March, 2010) was an author of children’s books, adult novels and also wrote screenplays.

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Book Review: What To Do About The Solomons by Bethany Ball
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Book Review: What To Do About The Solomons by Bethany Ball

Man of la BookAugust 28, 2017

What To Do About The Solomons takes place in a supposedly socialistic society, there is still the matter of inheritance whether they live in a kibbutz or not.

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Book Review: The Trick by Emanuel Bergmann

Man of la BookAugust 9, 2017

The story actually has three protagonists, Max Cohn, a kid in present day Los Angeles, Moshe Goldenhirsch who is a young Jewish man at the heyday of World War II, and again, Moshe as an elderly retiree in present day Los Angeles

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Book Review: War Reporting for Cowards by Chris Ayres

Man of la BookJune 12, 2017

Being embedded with American troops is no joke, as he soon finds out

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