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Fun Facts Friday: Louis Bromfield
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Fun Facts Friday: Louis Bromfield

Man of la BookDecember 27, 2019

Louis Bromfield (27 December, 1896 – 18 March, 1956) was an American author, scientist, and conservationist who won the Pulitzer Prize

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Fun Facts Friday: William Braithwaite
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Fun Facts Friday: William Braithwaite

Man of la BookDecember 6, 2019

William Braithwaite (6 December 1878 – 8 June, 1962) was a poet, writer and critic from Boston, MA.

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Fun Facts Friday: Bel Kaufman
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Fun Facts Friday: Bel Kaufman

Man of la BookMay 10, 2019

Bel Kaufman (10 May, 1911 – 25 July, 2014), born as Bella, in Berlin, Germany, was an American author and educator known for her novel Up the Down Staircase.

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Book Review: Ghosts of Gotham by Craig Schaefer
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Book Review: Ghosts of Gotham by Craig Schaefer

Man of la BookApril 29, 2019

A novel taking place in present day New York City involving a search for a missing manuscript by Edgar Allan Poe in a hidden world of magic & magical creatures

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Book Review: A Cobbler’s Tale by Neil Perry Gordon
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Book Review: A Cobbler’s Tale by Neil Perry Gordon

Man of la BookFebruary 20, 2019

A Jewish cobbler named Pincus Potasznick leaves his kids and pregnant wife to try and make it in America. The year is 1910 antisemitism is prominent in Europe

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Fun Facts Friday: A.A. Milne
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Fun Facts Friday: A.A. Milne

Man of la BookJanuary 18, 2019

British children’s author A.A. Milne (18 January, 1882 – 31 January, 1956). Most people know his most beloved creation Winnie the Pooh.

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Fun Facts Friday: Willa Cather
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Fun Facts Friday: Willa Cather

Man of la BookDecember 7, 2018

Pulitzer prize winning American author Willa Cather (7 December, 1873 – 24, April, 1947) s associated with the pioneer spirit, she lived most of her life in NYC

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Book Review: Ahab’s Return: or, The Last Voyage by Jeffery Lord
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Book Review: Ahab’s Return: or, The Last Voyage by Jeffery Lord

Man of la BookAugust 22, 2018

Ahab’s Return: or, The Last Voyage by Jeffery Lord is a novel, imagining the famous Captain Ahab coming back from, what thought to have been, his last sail

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Book Review: The Color of Water by James McBride
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Book Review: The Color of Water by James McBride

Man of la BookJune 27, 2018

Mrs. McBride converted to Christianity, her son had no idea that she was Caucasian not just “light skinned”. Discovering that he is half-white was a revelation

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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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