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Fun Facts Friday: Frank Marshall Davis
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Fun Facts Friday: Frank Marshall Davis

Man of la BookDecember 31, 2021

Frank Marshall Davis was an African-American poet, as well as a journalist. Mr. Davis’ poet protested the racial inequality of the 1930s and 40s.

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Book Review: The Cotillion Brigade by Glen Carney
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Book Review: The Cotillion Brigade by Glen Carney

Man of la BookMarch 15, 2021

The Cotillion Brigade: A Novel of the Civil War and the Most Famous Female Militia in American History the story of the Nancy Hart Rifles & Union Col. La Grange

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Graphic Novel Review: Superman: Year One by Frank Miller
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Graphic Novel Review: Superman: Year One by Frank Miller

Man of la BookDecember 21, 2020

This graphic novel is another retelling / re-imaging of Superman’s origin story. From the collapse of Krypton, to the Kent farm in Kansas, from the military, to the depths of the ocean, and becoming a superhero in Metropolis.

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Book Review: Heart of Junk by Luke Geddes
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Book Review: Heart of Junk by Luke Geddes

Man of la BookMarch 11, 2020

A group of antique dealers in Wichita, KS excited about a famous antiques TV show filming in their mall, have to get around bad press of a kidnapped child

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Book Review: Dark Money by Jane Mayer
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Book Review: Dark Money by Jane Mayer

Man of la BookSeptember 18, 2019

Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right is a nonfiction book tracing how the rich & powerful shape the world.

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Fun Facts Friday: Edgar Lee Masters
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Fun Facts Friday: Edgar Lee Masters

Man of la BookAugust 23, 2019

Edgar Lee Masters (23 August, 1868 – 5 March, 1950) was a poet and biographer from Kansas. A series of poems about his childhood appeared in a St. Louis journal

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Graphic Novel Review: Superman vol. 1: Son of Superman by Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason
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Graphic Novel Review: Superman vol. 1: Son of Superman by Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason

Man of la BookJanuary 7, 2019

Superman died defending Earth, but watching it was Superman from another timeline. This Superman / Clark Kent has married Lois Lane and a father to (Superboy)

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Book Review: The Saint of Wolves and Butchers by Alex Grecian

Man of la BookMarch 28, 2018

A fun and exciting read

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Fun Facts Friday: Gwendolyn Brooks
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Fun Facts Friday: Gwendolyn Brooks

Man of la BookJune 7, 2013

Gwendolyn Brooks (7 June, 1917 – 3 December, 2000) was an award winning American poet. Ms. Brooks would have been 96 years old today.

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Fun Facts Friday: Wizard of Oz as a Political Satire
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Fun Facts Friday: Wizard of Oz as a Political Satire

Man of la BookMay 18, 2012

Henry M. Littlefield, a high school teacher, imaginatively linked characters from the Wizard of Oz storyline book to the political landscape of the time

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