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Fever: A Novel – Mary Beth Keane
Her grandmother taught her how to make griddle cakes and brown bread, to make salmon with butter and cream, to tuck turnips and potatoes around the meat. And it was her grandmother who bought her a one way trip to … Continue reading
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Tagged typhoid fever
Black Fire: The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyer and of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold Rush-Era San Francisco – Robert Graysmith
A firebug some called the Lightkeeper was plaguing San Francisco. He always struck when the Lightkeeper’s Wind was blowing away from the camps of ex-convicts on Telegraph Hill. In the course of eighteen months he would burn San Francisco to … Continue reading
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Tagged arson, fire, San Francisco
Some Girls, Some Hats and Hitler: A True Love Story Rediscovered – Trudi Kanter
Trudi Miller lived in a beautiful building in Vienna. The ground floor was occupied by a large luxury store. The other three were each divided into two apartments. Trudi rented both apartments on the first floor. The one overlooking the … Continue reading
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Tagged Austria 1938, Holocaust
Rose: My Life in Service to Lady Astor – Rosina Harrison
When Rosina Harrison was a girl in North Yorkshire she confided in her mother that she wanted to travel when she grew up. Taking her wishes seriously, her mother told her that in order to do that she must “smarten … Continue reading
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Tagged autobiography
Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Spain – Julia Fox
The five surviving children of King Ferdinand of Aragon and Quen Isabella of Castile were given the best of educations, were taught the nuances of statecraft and were raised to realize that their role in life was to increase the … Continue reading
Feynman – Otaviani & Myrick
The graphic novel format introduces teen readers to my favorite scientist, Dr. Richard Feynman. I wrote a little about Feynman’s autobiographies under the biography tab. He led a dynamic life and this graphic novel, written by Jim Ottaviani and illustrated … Continue reading
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