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Carolyn Reeder: From Reader to Writer
Virginia1920sNovember kidsMountaineersProhibitionC & O CanalShenandoah National ParkCivil War - U.S. -- fictionCarolyn Owens (Reeder) knew she wanted to be a teacher when she was 12 years old. A...
View ArticleChesapeake Rumrunners of the Roaring Twenties
Book ListsHistory BooksKeywords1920s20th centuryChesapeake BayProhibition
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Robert HodgeVirginia HistoryHistory Feature ArticlesDogs1920sFredericksburg (Va.)20th centuryfilmscourt casesFerry FarmLibraryPoint BlogHistory BlogLong before Lassie became a famous film star there...
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Folly du Jour
Virginia JohnsonHistorical FictionMystery & ThrillersDetectives1920sTheatreParis (France)LibraryPoint BlogShelf Life BlogReading Room BlogThe streets of 1920s Paris are teeming with tourists and...
View ArticleOnce There Was a Farm: A Country Childhood Remembered
Book ListsA Sampling of Virginia WritersKeywordsFarm Life1920s1930sAutobiographyNon-fiction by Virginia writers
View ArticleArc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
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View ArticleBlack and White Sat Down Together: The Reminiscences of an NAACP Founder
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View ArticleJazz: A History of America's Music
Book ListsDifferent Stories: The African-American Experience in Non-fictionKeywords1920s1930sJazzAfrican Americansjazz musiciansmusic -- art -- entertainment
View ArticleAaron Copland: The Life and Work of an Uncommon Man
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View ArticleRising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
Book ListsNatural and Not-so-natural Disasters! True Stories of Hurricanes, Avalanches and... the Black DeathKeywords1920sMississippiFloods
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Arna Bontemps Left a Rich Literary Legacy
Virginia JohnsonAuthor ProfilesAuthor profile1920s1930s1940sNewbery HonorOctober kidsHarlem RenaissanceKids BlogA Solid BeginningArnaud “Arna” Wendell Bontemps was born on October 13, 1902, in...
View ArticleYoung Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and...
Book ListsWomen of CourageKeywords1920sSwimmingEngland -- historyEnglish Channel
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The Left Bank Gang by Jason
Craig GrazianoMystery & Thrillers1920sParisGraphic Novelwriters -- fictionHeistsLibraryPoint BlogShelf Life BlogThe Left Bank Gang opens with a dog shuffling down the streets of 1920's Paris,...
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Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell
Wini AshoohHistory & Historical Fiction1920sCivil RightsdancersAfrican American entertainersLibraryPoint BlogShelf Life BlogJosephine Baker was an African-American singer, dancer, actor, and...
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Gari Melchers: Stafford County's Artist in Residence
Virginia JohnsonArts and ArtistsHistoryVirginia HistoryWeekly Feature Articles1920sHistoric sitesGari Melchers1910sFalmouthBelmont (Gari Melchers estate)In 1916, Gari Melchers, an internationally...
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William Forrest Halsey: Silent Scenarist of Fredericksburg
Robert HodgeAutobiography and BiographyVirginia HistoryHistory Feature ArticlesSilent filmsMovies1920sFredericksburg (Va.)1910sForrest Halsey (who did not utilize the "William" assigned by his parents...
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Saturday Night on Pleasure Island "Where the Birds Sing and the Cool Breezes...
Roy ButlerVirginia HistoryHistory Feature ArticlesRappahannock River1920sleisureThere are Fredericksburgers living today who well remember the carnival activity of Scott's Island. Most of those...
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John Lee Pratt's Frigidaire
Barbara CrookshanksAutobiography and BiographyCookingVirginia HistoryHistory Feature Articles1920s1930sInventionsChatham Manor This sizzling summer seems a fitting season to recall the almost forgotten...
View ArticleBaseball Fanatics: Roaring Twenties-style
Robert HodgeSportsVirginia HistoryHistory Feature ArticlesBaseball1920sFredericksburg (Va.)Fredericksburg's baseball fans experienced a fascinating and unique experience during the October, 1925 World...
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