Sunday, July 14, 2013

This Week in Literature

July is "Read an Almanac Month!"
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July 14th-20th 

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15 - First item sells on Amazon.com, 1995
16 - Ida B. Wells is born, 1862
        Theodore Geisel published his first cartoon as Dr. Seuss, 1927
        J.D. Salinger's first and only novel, The Catcher in the Rye, was published, 1951
17 - Jack Kerouac goes on his first cross-country road trip, 1947
18 - Hunter S. Thompson is born, 1937
19 - Children's author John Newbery is born, 1713
        Herman Bahr is born, 1863
20 - Cormac McCarthy is born, 1933

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