Blogs in August 2020

Strangers 10th August 2020

They were strangers. A handful of people. From different backgrounds, living in different towns and cities across America, they had nothing in common – except fear. They were victims. Cold and stark, an unknown terror gripped their dreams and...

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Roughing It 10th August 2020

Based on Mark Twain’s 1872 autobiographical novel, Roughing It follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during the years 1861–1867. After a brief stint as a Confederate cavalry militiaman, he joined his brother Orion Clemens,...

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Battleborn 10th August 2020

The stories in Battleborn all unfold in Watkins’s home state of Nevada, from down south in Nye County and Las Vegas, to Reno, Lake Tahoe, and the Blackrock Desert, the site of Burning Man. We are introduced to a...

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The Ox-Bow Incident 10th August 2020

Set in 1885, The Ox-Bow Incident is a searing and realistic portrait of frontier life and mob violence in the American West. First published in 1940, it focuses on the lynching of three innocent men and the tragedy that...

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My Bluegrass Baby 7th August 2020

Sadie Hutchins loves her job at the Kentucky Tourism Commission. Not only could her co-workers double as the cast of Parks & Recreation, but she loves finding the unusual sites, hidden gems, and just-plain-odd tourist attractions of her home...

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