In fact, he loved cigars and found smoking very relaxing. Other fun facts about the author: His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. His father died of pneumonia when he was 12, and Mark Twain became an apprentice printer at the Missouri Courier. Later, he wrote for local newspapers. The author also worked as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi river. He got his pen name, Mark Twain, from steamboat slang for 12…
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Andrew Joyce
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Andrew Joyce’s Journey as a Writer
The following is a guest post by Andrew Joyce, author of Molly Lee. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. My name is Andrew Joyce, and I write books for a living. Cécile has been kind enough to allow me a little space on her blog to promote my new book, Molly Lee. The story is a female-driven account…
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Did you know that Louisa May Alcott was addicted to opium?
She began using morphine to ease the after-effects of typhoid fever contracted while working as a nurse during the Civil War. The illness was at the time treated with mercury, which caused pain, weakness and hallucinations to the patients. In addition, Louisa May Alcott sometimes suffered from deep depression. In fact, she might even have been bipolar. Other interesting facts about the author: Her parents supported the abolition of slavery…
Jeffrey Marshall
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Little Miss Sure Shot by Jeffrey Marshall
Little Miss Sure Shot tells the story of Annie Oakley, a famous American markswoman in the 1880s. It relates her life from her birth in Ohio in 1860 to her rise to fame in Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show, until her death in 1922. In the process, we learn about the beautiful love story between Annie and her husband, Frank Butler. Frank gave up shooting for her and became…
