Literature
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Review: 'The Revolutionary' chronicles key Founding Father
Oct 31, 2022 7:00 am - 'œThe Revolutionary: Samuel Adams'ť by Stacy Schiff (Little, Brown and Co.) Aside from the namesake beer, Samuel Adams in many ways feels like the forgotten Founding Fa...
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Review: Cormac McCarthy returns with cryptic 'The Passenger'
Oct 31, 2022 7:00 am - 'œThe Passenger'ť by Cormac McCarthy (Alfred A. Knopf) It's been 16 years since Cormac McCarthy released 'œThe Road'ť and won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, cementing h...
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Book review: 'Ted Kennedy' a sweeping account of senator's life
Oct 30, 2022 7:00 am - "Ted Kennedy: A Life" by John A. Farrell (Penguin Press) In his new biography of Ted Kennedy, John A. Farrell describes a letter Joseph Kennedy sent his ...
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Book review: America's graveyards reveal surprises, segregation
Oct 29, 2022 7:00 am - "Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America's Cemeteries" by Greg Melville (Abrams Press) It turns out that America's graveyards are much more than...
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Book review: How Meacham's Lincoln defeated 'Big Lie' of his day
Oct 28, 2022 6:00 am - "And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle" by Jon Meacham (Random House) Fun fact: Feb. 12, 1809, is the birth date for both Abraham Lincoln a...
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Review: Caricatures are real draw of Kevin Nealon's new book
Oct 25, 2022 7:00 am - 'œI Exaggerate: My Brushes with Fame'ť by Kevin Nealon (Abrams Books) It's not exactly a surprise that Kevin Nealon is a talented guy. After all, he is an accomplished s...
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Review: 'Ted Kennedy' sweeping account of senator's life
Oct 24, 2022 7:00 am - 'œTed Kennedy: A Life,'ť by John A. Farrell (Penguin Press) In his new biography of Ted Kennedy, John A. Farrell describes a letter Joseph Kennedy sent his youngest son ...
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Review: How Meacham's Lincoln defeated 'Big Lie' of his day
Oct 24, 2022 7:00 am - 'œAnd There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle'ť by Jon Meacham (Random House) Fun fact: Feb. 12, 1809, is the birthdate for both Abraham Lincoln and C...
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Review: A Texas cop solves murder of a woman with a secret
Oct 24, 2022 7:00 am - 'œMurder at the Jubilee Rally'ť by Terry Shames (Severn House) Samuel Craddock, the amiable police chief of mythical Jarrett Creek, Texas, is good at his job, but he's g...
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Book review: A new collection from a master of the short story
Oct 22, 2022 7:00 am - "Liberation Day" by George Saunders (Random House) George Saunders is back with a new collection of short stories that feature his usual dystopian worlds...