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Nancy Franklin Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse, Howard Fishman

To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse

Howard Fishman
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Look what’s coming on May 2nd! To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse, by @howardfishman https://t.co/mzwZ4GnPK7 https://t.co/1fYVeznedF

Hardcover, 2023

$32.00Member price:$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: To the South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram 1910-1912, Roald Amundsen

To the South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram 1910-1912

Roald Amundsen
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One of the dozen signed flags that Roald Amundsen took on 4 of expeditions, including his triumphant trek to the South Pole in 1911, just sold at Christie’s for $168,000. If I were a descendant of Scott’s, I would feel that this was very in my face. https://t.co/MwTvAc25SL

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Book Cover for: The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology, Simon Winchester

The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology

Simon Winchester
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@JillJRobbie The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology https://t.co/gtfQ5NBRTK

Paperback, 2009

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Jean Kerr

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Jean Kerr
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@thomasbeller @MBNHood Oh what a wonderful piece, and so Broadway—running over to another show from your own. I wish I’d known this; I would have asked Patty about working with Jean Kerr, who was a big deal in my town. Partly bcs of her and Walter’s house, partly bcs of Please Don’t Eat the Daisies.

Paperback, 2019

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The South Pole: Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912, Roald Amundsen

The South Pole: Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912

Roald Amundsen
Nancy FranklinNancy Franklin

One of the dozen signed flags that Roald Amundsen took on 4 of expeditions, including his triumphant trek to the South Pole in 1911, just sold at Christie’s for $168,000. If I were a descendant of Scott’s, I would feel that this was very in my face. https://t.co/MwTvAc25SL

Paperback, 2022

$11.20Member price:$5.60 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Growing Up, Russell Baker

Growing Up

Russell Baker
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@DaynaECopeland You don’t hear much anymore about Russell Baker’s memoir “Growing Up,” but it’s wonderful.

Paperback, 1983

$24.00Member price:$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book