Monday, November 15, 2004
Kid Andrew Cody and Julie Sparrow by Tony Curtis
The movie actor Tony Curtis has written at least one novel entitled Kid Andrew Cody and Julie Sparrow. Maxwell Cody, a Midwestern gambler sired both these men his son Andrew by a woman he married and Julie by a woman he met on the train. Andrew grew up in the Midwest and Julie lived in NYC for his...
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Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruit Stewart
Published in 1914, these charming letters tell of the history of how a tough, resouceful young woman who lost her husband in a railroad accident headed to Wyoming to become a homesteader after a stint as a housekeeper and laundress in Denver. Uneducated, Elinore taught herself to read and write and...
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Wednesday, June 30, 2004
John Adams by David Mc Cullough
Historian David Mc Cullough tackled the life of long-lifed 1976 patriot John Adams and thus touched upon most of the important people who founded this country and saw her through her first fifty years. Though hardly a vote-seeking politician, Adams held every important post imaginable aside from...
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Thursday, June 17, 2004
Felicia's Journey by William Trevor
Felicia is a young girl in a desparate situation. Her family are staunch Irish Republicans and Johnny, the young man who left her pregnant and abandoned her is a member of the British Army. Johnny has told Felicia that he worked as a hand in a lawn mower factory and thus she searches the Midlands in...
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Friday, May 7, 2004
I, Judas by Taylor Caldwell and Jess Stern
The psyche of Judas Iscariot has proven fertile ground for writers since the death of Jesus Christ. Robert Graves for one explored this psychological terriory when he wrote King Jesus in 1946. So also, renowned and prolific writer Taylor Caldwell in collaboration with another prolific writer Jess...
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Thursday, February 5, 2004
The Pleasure of My Company by Steve martin a book review
Steve Martin has amazing talents. He is a comedian, musician, actor, screenwriter, comic essayist and now he has written his second novel, The Pleasure of My Company. He is a brilliant writer with wry, comic insights and turns of phrase that Shakespeare himself would kill for, but he simplifies the...
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