24 04, 2023

Alan Payson Terhune and Lad: The Popular Dog Novelist You’ve Never Heard of

2023-08-27T22:21:18-04:00

If asked who was the most popular American dog novelist of all time, people might answer Jack London or Bruce Cameron, the author of A Dog’s Purpose series. The answer is Alan Payson Terhune (1872-1942) who penned over 30 bestselling dog novels. Many starred Lad, a Rough Collie, who […]

Alan Payson Terhune and Lad: The Popular Dog Novelist You’ve Never Heard of2023-08-27T22:21:18-04:00
16 11, 2017

Paris Ephemera

2017-11-16T20:25:51-05:00

Here is some of the 1920’s Paris ephemera I collected for The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt— which just came out in paperback. Vintage postcards, Cunard luggage stickers, French phrase book, 1925 Paris guidebook, Mauretania letterhead and a photograph of James Joyce. Some of these treasures are from my grandmother. I […]

Paris Ephemera2017-11-16T20:25:51-05:00
16 11, 2017

How It All Began

2017-11-16T20:23:49-05:00

I first became interested in scrapbooks looking through my grandmother’s 1920’s scrapbook. A childhood friend of hers, Sylvia Beach, started a famous bookstore on the Left Bank called Shakespeare and Company. She wrote my grandmother that she was going to publish a novel called Ulysses by an Irish writer named […]

How It All Began2017-11-16T20:23:49-05:00
16 11, 2017

Inspiration

2017-11-16T20:17:21-05:00

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Inspiration2017-11-16T20:17:21-05:00
2 10, 2017

Hello world!

2017-10-02T16:24:27-04:00

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!

Hello world!2017-10-02T16:24:27-04:00
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