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Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Blending literature and travel, this book offers a look at 15 U.S. destinations featured in the works of famous writers. Designed as a guide to help avid bibliophiles experience, in person, the places they've only read about, award-winning journalist Terri Peterson Smith takes readers on lively tours that include a Mark Twain inspired steamboat cruise on the Mississippi, a Devil in the White City view of Chicago in the Gilded Age, a voyage through...
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Quality family togetherness—everyone wants it, but it seems increasingly harder to achieve. In a world run by cell phones, computers, and virtual networking, the comfort of human connection grows more important— and rarer— all the time. In a guide newly updated for the next generation, family expert Meg Cox offers a solution. Family rituals provide a sense of home and identity that kids and parents both need. From holidays and birthdays...
12) United States
Series
Publisher
Grolier Educational
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Describes the customs and beliefs connected to some of the special occasions celebrated in the United States, including the Pueblo Indian Corn Dance, the Fourth of July, and Kwanzaa. Includes recipes and related activities.
