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After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson moved back to the U.S. with his English wife and four children. Here, he delivers the brilliant comic musings that are his hallmark as he recounts his sometimes disconcerting reunion with America. ...
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Zitkala-Ša (1876–1938) (Dakota: pronounced zitkála-ša, which translates to "Red Bird"),[1] also known by the missionary-given name Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was a Sioux writer, editor, musician, teacher and political activist. She wrote several works chronicling her youthful... Read more...
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Joseph Amasa Munk (November 19, 1847 – December 4, 1927) was a Los Angeles, California physician who had an interest in a Willcox, Cochise County, Arizona ranch, who became greatly interested in the history and lore of Arizona.
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James Arthur Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His essays, as collected in Notes of a Native Son (1955), explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in... Read more...
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To the lovers of thrilling adventure, the title of this work would alone be its strongest recommendation. The exploits of the Heroes of the West, need but a simple narration to give them an irresistible charm. They display the bolder and rougher features of human nature in ... Read more...
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Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon) (23 April 1879 – 5 August 1940) was an English writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt. Born in London, at age 16 he ran away from home and began an odyssey in India, Africa, and other parts of the Near and Far Ea... Read more...
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Alexander Hay Japp (1837–1905) was a Scottish author, journalist and publisher. Born at Dun, Angus, on 26 December 1837, he was youngest son of Alexander Japp, a carpenter, by his wife Agnes Hay. After his father's early death, the mother and her family moved to Montrose, ... Read more...
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Margaret Moyes Black (1853–1935) was a Scottish novelist and biographer. She was born on 27 April 1853 in the parish of Scoonie, Fife. Her father was William Black, a shipmaster,and her mother was Margaret Moyes Deas. She wrote her first novel, In Glenoran, under the pseudo... Read more...
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The Author'S Account Of His Country, And Their Manners And Customs--Administration Of Justice--Embrenche--Marriage Ceremony, And Public Entertainments--Mode Of Living--Dress--Manufactures Buildings--Commerce--Agriculture--War And Religion--Su... Read more...
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Tramping On Life
Now I Am Writing These Things Just As I Was Told Them By My Grandmother. For I Have Utterly No Remembrance Of My Mother. Consumption Ran In Her Family. And Bearing And Giving Birth To Me Woke The Inherited Weakness In Her. She Was Not Even Strong Enough... Read more...
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