Summer reading list at the Ottawa Library unfolds
Reading pros and staff share favorites from Janet Evanovich and Dennis Lehane to Jayber Crow and The Wind Done Gone. Mentions span Phillip Gulley, Jan Karon, Elizabeth Hay, Dale Brown, Neil Stephenson, Robert Jordan, J K Rowling, Sharon Penman, Anne Tyler, Earlene Fowler, Charles Eastman, David McCullough, Catherine Coulter, Gloria Whelan and Gloria Creech. Availability noted via Ottawa Library and Interlibrary Loan.
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Stephanie Plum
Dennis Lehane
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Alice Randall
Pam
Wendell Berry
Jayber Crow
Port William
Jayder
Harmony
Phillip Gulley
Jan Karon
Norma Joyce
Miss Lil
Dale Brown
Russia
Brown
James
Charles Mercer
Legion of Strangers
French Foreign Legion
Neil Stephenson
Robert Jordan
J.K. Rowling
Marilyn
Sharon
Kay Penman
Lori H
Anne Tyler
Lori C
Earlene Fowler
Benni Harper
Lori
Benni
Charles Eastman
Barbara
David McCullough
Theodore Roosevelt
Teddy
Elliot
Cheryl
Catherine Coulter
Gloria Whelan
Sharon Creech
Rosemary
Ottawa
Heidi 100th death anniversary boosts Swiss Heidi craze
Swiss towns celebrate the centenary of Johanna Spyri's death with Heidi exhibitions and minted souvenirs. The Heidi tale has been translated into about 50 languages and sold millions of copies, inspiring films, cartoons, and a new Swiss movie. Spyri's life was marked by tragedy and secrecy, with a final wish to destroy personal correspondence.
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Twain's century old tale finally printed in Atlantic
The Atlantic Monthly publishes Mark Twain's 1876 outline tale A Murder a Mystery and a Marriage after 125 years. A Buffalo library contest has 700 entrants submitting versions of the outline, with top three to be announced in October. The library owns Huck Finn manuscript. editors weigh whether winners will be published.
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Atlantic Monthly
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New York
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Huckleberry Finn
Tom Sawyer
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