Blogs in August 2016

Happy Hour: And Other Philadelphia Cruelties 15th August 2016

  A young grifter steals an overcoat. As he discovers forty-thousand dollars in its inside pocket, the coat’s owners come after him.The action never stops as his pursuers seem to be both ahead and behind him at all times,...

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Dead Men Do Come Back 15th August 2016

Dead men do come back A novel by Steven C. Levi Why would someone kill a miner, freeze his body solid on a glacier and then drop it alongside the Juneau wharf, the one place where United States Marshal...

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The Kite that Bridged Two Nations: Homan Walsh and the First Niagara Suspension Bridge 12th August 2016

This picture book is based on the true story of Homan J. Walsh, an ordinary boy born in Ireland and raised in Niagara Falls, NY. In 1848, Homan entered a kite-flying contest. The winner’s kite string would span Niagara...

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The Yanks Are Starving: A Novel of the Bonus Army 12th August 2016

In 1932, a charismatic hobo led 20,000 jobless American WWI veterans into Washington, D.C., only to be driven out of the city with tanks and gas. The novel unfolds the events that led to this confrontation through the experiences...

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As Good As Gone 11th August 2016

Honest, warm, humane, and at times shocking, “As Good as Gone” is an achievement of empathy and dignity. Smith Henderson, author of “Fourth of July Creek”Calvin Sidey is always ready to run, and it doesn t take much to...

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