Category Archives: history

The memoir in the attic: Canton Elegy

Posted on April 23, 2012 by moonbridgebooks

Wouldn’t that be a dream to find an old memoir hidden in a trunk in the attic? To turn the yellowed pages of time and find an amazing story of a great-grandfather’s or grandmother’s everyday life long ago when times … Continue reading →

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Finding The Personal History of Rachel Dupree

Posted on April 15, 2012 by moonbridgebooks

Author Ann Weisgarber flew in from Texas to talk to our St. Louis Publishers Association about the publishing journey for her debut novel, The Personal History of Rachel Dupree. The book is fiction, but its story has value for memoirists, … Continue reading →

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A historical memoir of home: Sugar Hill, Where the Sun Rose Over Harlem

Posted on March 5, 2012 by moonbridgebooks

I‘ve just read a wonderful historical memoir of growing up in 1950s Harlem by Terry Baker Mulligan, known as Jean when she was little. I knew almost nothing about Harlem except it was a dangerous place. And that is why … Continue reading →

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