Hello fellow book lovers!
This month, we explore the Western genre, with bookseller Glenn Hazelwood leading us through books and authors that helped define the Western novel. Can't decide which book to start reading first? Check out professional recommendations for books on the American West itself, brought to you by Bookmarks Magazine. Take a turn into contemporary fiction with an introduction to David Markson's works, or get the inside scoop on this year's Colorado Book Seminar, as told by bookseller Neil Williams.
Enjoy!
Catherine Carmichael
Editor
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Where the Wild West Never Dies
Glenn A. Hazelwood
Hazelwood Booksellers
Where the Wild West never dies? Yep, pilgrim, in the great American novel. America has the unique distinction of seeing the advent of a writing genre all its own. While it feeds from the roots of many other genres, its multifaceted backdrops, varied cast of characters in type and style, and locale, make it particular to only one place and time: the American frontier. Read more >>
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What One Book?
The American West
courtesy of Bookmarks Magazine
A Kiowa poet, N. Scott Momaday, once remarked that the American West "is a place that has to be seen to be believed, and it may have to be believed in order to be seen." The region has always occupied a unique niche in the American imagination. Authors and experts recommend their favorite books on the American west. Read more >>
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On David Markson
Tim Hull
Biblio.com Bookseller
Bookseller Tim Hull introduces the provocative works of contemporary writer David Markson, including information to help the reader start their own Markson collection. Read more >>
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Inside the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar
Neil Williams
Biblio.com Bookseller
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to attend a "summer school" for booksellers? Neil Williams, winner of Biblio's Don Dario Honorary Scholarship, gives us a peek inside the events of the 30th annual Colorado Book Seminar, a week-long seminar for booksellers, librarians and collectors. Check it out >>
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Customer Book Reviews
The Frank Family That Survived by Gordon F. Sander
Reviewed by: Mcarney
I found this book very interesting, informative and very moving. The language and mode of expression was somewhat heavy going at times but this did not detract from the interesting subject matter. There was so much that I had not previously known about the background to the experience of the Jews in Germany and Holland and the events in Germany leading up to World War II. Read more >>
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Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara M. Joossee
Reviewed by: annalovesbooks
This edition is a board book and is probably shortened from the original. A child asks her mother "do you love me?" and, being assured that Mama does, indeed, love her very much, she proceeds to question that love further and further. Read more >>
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