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Fun Facts Friday: Frances Parkinson Keyes

Frances Parkinson Keyes (21 July, 1885 – 3 July, 1970) was a novelist who wrote about her life as the…

10 months ago

Audiobook Review: Send Judah First: The Erased Life of an Enslaved Soul by Brian C. Johnson

Judah’s life was shattered when she was stolen from her village in Africa beaten, chained, enslaved, ending up as an…

3 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Charlotte Zolotow

Charlotte Zolotow (26 June, 1915 – 19 November, 2013) was a prolific writer of children books, editor and poet. Mrs.…

4 years ago

Book Review: None of the Above by Shani Robinson and Anna Simonton

Mrs. Robinson was charged to allegedly changed the grades to conform with standardized testing, & circumstances caused public schools to…

5 years ago

Book Review: Monticello: The Official Guide to Thomas Jefferson’s World by Charley Miller & Peter Miller

We like visiting historic places and we know that many times context is everything. An artifact, a building, or even…

7 years ago

Book Review: Monticello : A Daughter and Her Father by Sally Cabot Gunning

Monticello is a well written and meticulously researched book told from the point of view on Martha

7 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Patricia Cronwell

Crime author Patricia Cornwell Ms. Cornwell, a Miami Florida native, created the well known medical examiner Kay Scrapetta.

12 years ago

Thoughts on: The Secrets of Mary Bowser by Lois Leveen

Based on a true story, Mary has been a slave to the Van Lew family in Richmond, VA. Bet Van…

12 years ago

Book Review: James Monroe by Gary Hart

James Monroe s a short biography written by Gary Hart (US Senator, D – CO) about the 5th President of…

14 years ago

Book Review: American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis

Mr. Ellis tries to explain what cannot be explained – the paradox which is Jefferson. The contradictions between Jefferson’s written…

14 years ago

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