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NeglectedBooks.com: Articles on hundreds of long-forgotten books and authors. Brad Bigelow, evangelist. Editor, the Recovered Books series @bhousepress

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Today's #WaferThinBook: The Life and Death of Harriet Frean by May Sinclair (1922, 183p. but really shorter) A case study in how being a good and proper Victorian daughter could ruin your life without your even knowing it. #SpinsterSeptember

Today's #WaferThinBook: The Life and Death of Harriet Frean by May Sinclair (1922, 183p. but really shorter)
A case study in how being a good and proper Victorian daughter could ruin your life without your even knowing it.
#SpinsterSeptember
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By request, A collection of two dozen or so groovy tracks hidden like Easter eggs in various soundtracks from 1960s movies: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

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Today's #WaferThinBook: Pale Horse, Pale Rider by Katherine Anne Porter (1939, 85p.) A young woman's career as a reporter is interrupted by the 1918 influenza pandemic—a story based on Porter's own experience, which left her with white hair at the age of 29.

Today's #WaferThinBook: Pale Horse, Pale Rider by Katherine Anne Porter (1939, 85p.)
A young woman's career as a reporter is interrupted by the 1918 influenza pandemic—a story based on Porter's own experience, which left her with white hair at the age of 29.
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With the help of bookfinder.com, Inter-Library Loan, Internet Archive, and HathiTrust, I've assembled over three dozen source texts for Pre-Code films. We've reached a point where it's easier to find and watch the movies than it is to find the books that inspired them.

With the help of bookfinder.com,  Inter-Library Loan, <a href="/internetarchive/">Internet Archive</a>, and <a href="/hathitrust/">HathiTrust</a>, I've assembled over three dozen source texts for Pre-Code films. We've reached a point where it's easier to find and watch the movies than it is to find the books that inspired them.