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Friday, June 15, 2012

The Devil is in the Details

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Whether it's the rubber for the stamps used to create the text, the copper wire for the binding, or the number of copies (30) in the edi...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Tender is the Author

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In 1934 Charles Scribner's Sons published F. Scott Fitzgerald's  Tender is the Night . It was hoped the novel would return Fitzgeral...
Friday, June 8, 2012

A Transit from Tahiti

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The Green is set up for Commencement--covered with chairs, the stage and bleachers--but on Tuesday a crowd gathered on the grass to watch th...
Tuesday, June 5, 2012

From the Yukon to Abilene

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Our books have lives that we will never know. When you look at a 16th-century book, you know it has been in a lot of places and been held by...
Friday, June 1, 2012

Almost Reaching That Peak

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Browne (left) & Parker 1912 Belmore Browne was an explorer, artist and writer. Despite his contributions to these areas, he is perha...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Is Not My Word Like Fire

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Long before he dreamed of Dartmouth College, Eleazer Wheelock was a key player in "The Great Awakening." The religious revival of ...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Now Serving ...

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For the past 230 years, the land that is now occupied by the Hanover Inn has been the site of an inn or tavern. The first proprietor on site...
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