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Lincoln’s Gift from Homer, New York
by, Jill Swenson
May 1, 2012

Martin Sweeney from Homer, NY, has written a captivating account of three native sons who played pivotal roles in Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and the United States’ history. [Martin Sweeney, Lincoln’s Gift from Homer, New York: A Painter, an Editor and a Detective, McFarland & Company, Inc., 2011.] The painter, Francis Carpenter, brushed “The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet”—the iconic image of… [Read More]

Filed Under: Amelia Jenks Bloomer, Andrew White, Civil War, Cornell University, Eli Devoe, elizabeth Candy Stanton, Francis Bicknell Carpenter, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Homer, Lincoln, NY, Seneca Falls, Susan B. Anthony, William Seward, William Stoddard
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Books on the Streets of Brooklyn:Guest Blog
by, Jill Swenson
December 13, 2011

For the Love of Books is a series of blogs we have run this fall of 2011 to celebrate all things BOOK. This week we feature a memoir writer living in Brooklyn, Ashley Grill. Ashley brings a different perspective with her observations of living in Brooklyn and seeing books everywhere….. “Walking along the rows of brownstone buildings in Park Slope is one of my favorite things about living in Brooklyn,… [Read More]

Filed Under: Books, Brooklyn, Freecycling, NY, Park Slope
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