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samsavageSam Savage's first novel, Firmin, chronicled the coming-of-age misadventures of a very literate rat living in a bookstore in Boston's Scollay Square. Garnering praise from authors and... Continue »
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The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai by John Tayman
The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai

medtary, August 11, 2006

Tayman, John
I would have never believed I would more than skim this book when I began it; what a surprise! It was like the most incredible miniseries imaginable. Incredible stories
(true) of heroism and cruelty. Larger than life characters. The author has a way of making you want to keep turning pages. Best book I've read in a long time.
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