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pen4hire on July 29th, 2011

Destination: 19th century Creede and Cripple Creek, Colorado Book: (NEW 2011) by Barbara Marriott Contact Creede! is a fun romp with an endearing heroine that travels to two Western mining towns in the early 1800′s . Both towns, Creede and Cripple Creek shriveled after the silver and gold mining booms, but survive as tourist attractions [...]

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pen4hire on July 27th, 2011

Destination: Colonial Delaware Book: by Libby Cone (Self published via Smashwords and available on all forms of electronic media) I read Libby Cone‘s first historic novel, , about the German occupation of British Channel islands and enjoyed it very much. In the newer book, she’s writing  on her own without a graduate committee looking over [...]

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pen4hire on June 11th, 2010

Destination: France, the Aquitaine Book: Eleanor the Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Norah Lofts

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pen4hire on August 27th, 2009

Destination: Jordan Book: Staircase of A Thousand Steps by Masha Hamilton I am looking in my travel library for books to share with you that I have read that made me yearn to travel. Not travel literature by strict definition, but sometimes historical novels bring a traditional culture so vividly to life that I want [...]

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pen4hire on August 21st, 2009

Destination: Hawaii Book: The Last Aloha by Gaellen Quinn Not everyone intends to party at the celebration of Hawaii’s 50th Birthday of Statehood today. Hawaiian history carries a sting that most travelers will not be aware of.  Despite the fact that I have visited Hawaii, I certainly had only the vaguest idea of the history [...]

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pen4hire on August 12th, 2009

Destination: Iraq Book: Land of Marvels by Barry Unsworth I have recently read two books by Barry Unsworth that touch on the period immediately before World War I. One of them directly deals with the part of Mesopotamia that became Iraq, and I will talk about that one first. Tomorrow I’ll talk about the other [...]

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