Legends & Rumors Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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Try Not to Be Strange: The Curious History of the Kingdom of Redonda

Michael Hingston

Legends & Rumors

Michael Hingston, Try Not to be Strange: The Curious History of the Kingdom of Redonda (2022), 260. Robert Williamson was one claimant to the fanciful throne of Redonda, a Caribbean island. The hat prank and its variants are well known in legend, if not necessarily practice. https://t.co/IL8fLNdjZ5

Paperback, 2022

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Hollywood: The Oral History

Jeanine Basinger

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[1/2] Jeanine Basinger and Sam Wasson, eds., Hollywood: The Oral History (New York: HarperCollins, 2022), 96. Crane Wilbur (1886-1973) was an actor, director, and screenwriter whose career started in the silent film era. https://t.co/FFCb9iGbSh

Paperback, 2023

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Wallace the Brave

Will Henry

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Will Henry, “Wallace the Brave,” 21 October 2021. https://t.co/d62CenVR6L

Paperback, 2017

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Revenge of the Librarians

Tom Gauld

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[1/2] Tom Gauld, Revenge of the Librarians (Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2022), unpaginated. This cartoon originally appeared in the Guardian. https://t.co/hAWjrOmh87

Hardcover, 2022

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