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A brother vanishes | ||
 Gary B. Nash '55 *64 |
During the
early 1990s, Gary B. Nash '55 *64, Charlotte Crabtree, and Ross E. Dunn were involved in a bipartisan effort to create national history standards for elementary and secondary schools. However,
the proposed standards turned into a quagmire... Click here for more... |
 Frederick Reiken '88 |
On the
third page of Frederick Reiken '88's first novel, The Odd Sea, the 13-year-old narrator's older brother mysteriously disappears. The small
New England town sends out firefighters to comb the woods... Click here for more... |
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Judging a book by its cover |
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Web Sightings | ||
 cover by James Atavi '35 |
James Avati '35 doesn't have particularly fond memories of J.D. Salinger, but then again Salinger probably doesn't have a warm spot
in his heart for the famous painter either. In 1951, when Avati was a
book- jacket artist known as "the King of the Paperbacks," he had to take the
young writer aside and get a bit stern with him.... Click here for more... |
Reviews of www.film.com and Conscious Capitalist. Click here for more... |
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