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by Emily Kimbrough

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Two Under the Indian Sun by Jon Godden

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The Innocents from Indiana

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Better than oceans

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An American Doctor's Odyssey: Adventures in Forty-Five Countries by Victor George Heiser

An American Doctor's Odyssey: Adventures in Forty-Five Countries

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The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America

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Thomas R. St. George

Time Enough by Emily Kimbrough

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Now and Then by Emily Kimbrough

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Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden by Emily Whaley

Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden

The House on First Street: My New Orleans Story by Julia Reed

The House on First Street: My New Orleans Story

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Triple-Threat Patrol by Kenneth Gilbert

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My Love Affair with England: A Traveler's Memoir by Susan Allen Toth

My Love Affair with England: A Traveler's Memoir

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How Dear to My Heart (Library of Indiana Classics) by Emily Kimbrough

How Dear to My Heart (Library of Indiana Classics)

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And a right good crew by Emily Kimbrough

And a right good crew

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Memories of the Old Plantation Home: A Creole Family Album

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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson

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All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren

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It Gives Me Great Pleasure by Emily Kimbrough

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Emily Kimbrough

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New York Times bestseller (General – 1955)

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Important places: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Original language: English

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Genres: Nonfiction, Travel, Biography & Memoir
DDC/MDS: 917.63 — History & geography Geography & travel Geography of and travel in North America South Central U.S. Louisiana
LCC: F376 .K5 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America United States local history Louisiana

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Published: 1955
Genres: Nonfiction, Travel, Biography & Memoir
DDC/MDS: 917.63
LCC: F376 .K5

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