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Most Popular Book at NY City’s Public Libraries? “James” The Story of an Escaped Slave Who Joins the USCT

Every year New York City’s three library systems tally up what books were borrowed the most times in the past year. This year was James…

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Two Civil War Books Win Pulitzer Prizes in Fiction and History

On May 5 the announcement came of Pulitzer Prizes. Two books largely dealing with the Civil War, won awards. The winner for Fiction was James…

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Percival Everett’s “James” Receives National Book Award for Retelling of Hunk Finn

Last night, the new book James by Percival Everett won the National Book Award for Fiction. The book is a retelling of  Mark Twain’s “Adventures…

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