Ottawa Connection Reads in Franklin County History Shelf
A curator’s list highlights books with Ottawa links from fiction to biographies and histories. It notes works set in or about Ottawa, Franklin County, and nearby locales, including titles by Ottawans and references to local figures like Theodora Robinson and May Lou Williams, with focus on cultural and regional ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Franklin County
Ottawa Library
Franklin County Historical Society
Deborah Baker
Mrs. Pennington
Katherine Carson
Onawanna
Kan
Marais Des Cygnes
C A. Stephens
Stephen
Theodora Robinson
Kerry Mendell
Peg Bracken
Florence B. Smith
Etta Semple
Kansas Freethought Association
Free Thought Vindicator
Free Thought
Andrew Kull
Morgan Williams
May Lou Williams
Dad” Martin
John Brown
John Malin
Kansas
Joseph Herring
Ann
Fienup-Riordan
John Henry Kilbuck
Alaska
The
Morning Star
Evan S. Connell
Clara Blinn
Washita
Donna Butts
Scott Corder
Corder
Elizabeth
Grandma’ Layton
Don Lambert
Sam
Elizabeth Layton
William Howe
Dottie Wellington
Beverly Bourque
Dorothy Anderson
Rena M. Palloff
Ottawa University
Keith Pratt
Your
Paula Simmons
Donald L. Salsbury
Sim
National Book Award Nominees Include Ha Jin and Oprah Winfrey
The 50th National Book Award finalists include Ha Jin for Waiting and critics’ favorites like Kent Haruf Plainsong and Judith Thurman Secrets of the Flesh. Oprah Winfrey will receive an honorary prize for her reading influence. Steve Martin hosts. Winners receive 10000 dollars.
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EW York
Frank McCourt
National Book Award
Ha Jin
China
People’s Liberation Army
McCourt
Edmund Morris
Angela
Morris
NBA
Theodore Roosevelt
Reagan
Annie Proulx
David McCullough
New York
Judith Thurman
Thurman
Louise Gluck
Oprah Winfrey
Steve Martin
Emory University
Andre Dubus III
Kent Haruf
Patricia Henley
Jean Thompson
Mark Bowden
Colette
Natalie Angier
John W. Dower
Japan
John Phillip Santos
Gluck
Florence Anthony
Clarence Major
Sherod Santos
Plath Journals to Be Published With Full, Unedited Text
New edition of Sylvia Plath journals to be issued by Faber and Faber in Britain with hundreds of previously unpublished pages. Editors at Smith College handed in a manuscript exceeding 1,000 pages. The project aims to present an intimate, vigorous portrait and to let readers judge the material themselves. The U.S. publisher will be announced soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EW York
Sylvia Plath
Plath
Ted Hughes
Hughes
Joanna Mackle
Faber and Faber
Britain
U.S
Smith College
Smith
Mackie
Frieda
Nicholas
Top Paperbacks Trade Picks Highlight Ten Titles
A list of ten paperback titles includes Atkins Diet Revolution and Carbohydrate Grain Counter by Robert C. Atkins, Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden, The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve, The Old Farmer's Almanac 2000 edited by Judson Hale Sr., The Donovan Legacy by Nora Roberts, The Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav, and In the Meantime by Iyanla Vanzant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Atkins
Robert C. Atkins
Avon
M. Evans
Angela
Frank McCourt
Touchstone
Barbara Kingsolver
HarperPerennial
Arthur
Also Mentioned on This Page
John J. Pinney
Willis Nursery Company
Wellsville
Bob Kleier
Sam Sheldon
OHS
Gary Hart
Lewis Puller
Kay Shaughnesy
Susan
Eugene
Becky Saueressig
Gerhard P. Schroeder
Margaret Schroeder Sinclair
Donald Sinclair
Roger L. Frederickson
Miriam Lemp
Spenser J. Somers
Spenser
Chris A. Bird
Scott Bird
Rosemary Honn
National Book Foundation
Mexican Restaurant & Cantina
S. Main
Saturda
P.A
Wendy Runyon
D.D
17Th Street
Talk of
the Town
Baldwin City
Crew Cuts
Chordettes
OMA
Farmer's Market
Free Annex
S. Elm
Dietrich Cabin
City Park
Fr. Co. Genealogical Soc
RMH
Elliott Hall
1St Baptist Church
WTCS
Mig
Fr. Co
Diabetes Asso
Sunflower
1St Christian Church
Veteran's
Fr. Co. Fair Board
Fr Co
Don Woodward Center
Narfe Mtg
Sirloin Stockade
OMS
Tues & Thurs
Old Depot Museum
Tuasfor Into
City Hall
Faith Lutheran Church
Women's Agion International
Senior Citizen's Center
Main
Arts Council
Arts Council Writer's Group
Agri-Business
COC
Ednesday
Convention & Tourism
City Commission
Wichita Children's Theaters
AARP
Ott
LaLeche League
Farmer's Market Ea
Dietrich
Seaman
Highland Park
Topeka
Huron
Ward
Paola
Santa FE Trail
TBA
Baldwin
TBD
KS Wesleyan
Quincy University
AVILA
Southwest Baptist
Bolivar MO
Judson
Chicago IL
McPherson
Home
Friends
Bethany
Creason-Tawney ‘Thev.-Geo-Pont
Buick—Cad. Div
Creason-Tawney Chev
Olds Inc
Chevrolet
Hsales H
Hparts
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