Category Archives: Books

Authors Card Game

Posted on February 22, 2013 by vanbraman

Do you remember playing the Authors Card Game when you were young? We had a deck of cards made by Whitman when I was growing up and I loved playing this game with my siblings. About a dozen or so … Continue reading →

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The Original Tom Sawyer?

Posted on February 5, 2013 by vanbraman

Last month I read an interesting book about the early days of San Francisco and a firefighter with an interesting name. Black Fire: The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyer–and of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold Rush-Era San … Continue reading →

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