SOME SPRING-TIME READING WE RECOMMEND--MORE TO COME--CROTON AND NON-CROTON AUTHORS

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The blog has had a request for this series again and so...........

SOME SPRING-TIME READING WE RECOMMEND--MORE TO COME--click on the photos and links:

Just finished re-reading A TREASURY OF AMERICAN ANECDOTES--SLY, SALTY, SHAGGY STORIES...of heroes and hellions, beguilers and buffoons, spellbinders and scapegoats, gagsters and gossips, from the grassroots and sidewalks of America edited BY CROTON'S BENJAMIN BOTKIN---and available on Amazon.   Highly recommended! For those who don't know, Botkin was one of the village's most notable residents. In case you missed this previously referenced post at the old blog, go to: Croton's Ben Botkin

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Next up, this book is making the rounds locally----and your editor and the Everything Croton Elves highly recommend it:

THE GODDESS AND THE BULL BY CROTON RESIDENT MICHAEL BALTER

(Balter is also the editor of THE CROTON CHRONICLE).

BUT BACK TO THE BOOK-----Catalhoyuk: An Archaeological Journey to the Dawn of Civilization--You may find this reader review of interest: click here--You'll find the book on Amazon here.

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Another book we've read a few times and is ALSO making the rounds for some time now: CROTON POINT PARK--WESTCHESTER'S JEWEL ON THE HUDSON BY SCOTT CRAVEN AND CAROLINE RANALD CURVAN---AVAILABLE ON AMAZON HERE

Speaking of Craven, he will be at the CROTON YACHT CLUB on Friday, April 12th, 7:30 PM.  

He will be presenting “Lighthouses Along the Hudson”; it will include photographs and discussion about the history and functionality of the numerous lighthouses along the Hudson River.

Scott has lived along the banks of the Hudson River his entire life and is a boater, avid fly fisherman, hiker and historian. He is also an accomplished author.

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AND NOW SOME OTHER BOOKS WE RECOMMEND---BOTH CROTON AND NON-CROTON AUTHORS:

----DECEPTION: The Great Covid Cover-Up by RAND PAUL; well worth reading; Deception: The Great Covid Cover-Up by Rand Paul, Hardcover | Barnes & Noble® (barnesandnoble.com)

----Croton's own KEVIN GALLAGHER, TEACHING YOUR KID TO HIT SO THEY DON'T QUIT; AVAILABLE ON AMAZON https://amzn.to/2K8mGPz

----THE CRAZY LIVES OF POLICE WIVES, CROTON'S CAROLYN WHITING AND CAROLYN LaROUCHE; AVAILABLE ON AMAZON The Crazy Lives of Police Wives: Carolyn Whiting, Carolyn LaRoche: 9781497432093: Amazon.com: Books

----THE WOLVES, ALEX BERENSON; OUTSTANDING; READ MORE AND BUY IT AT The Wolves (publishersweekly.com)

----PANDEMIA, SO WORTH READING REPEATEDLY; BY ALEX BERENSON; FOR MORE, GO TO Signed, First Edition & Collectible copies of Pandemia: How Coronavirus Hysteria Took Over Our Government, Rights, and Lives | ThriftBooks

----Croton's own PHYLLIS REILLY, CONEY ISLAND PHOTO BOOTH, INSTANT MEMORIES, 4 POSES FOR A QUARTER https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2020/02/croton-resident-phyllis-reillys-book-is.html 

----CROTON'S FRED OPIE, ASSORTED BOOKS; GO TO http://www.fredopie.com/books/

----THE SUMMER OF SONGBIRDS; go to The Summer of Songbirds | Book by Kristy Woodson Harvey | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster (simonandschuster.com)

----NOW HEAR THIS, COLLECTED ESSAYS BY JOEL GINGOLD; NOW HEAR THIS: Collected Essays: Gingold, Joel E.: 9781076385833: Amazon.com: Books

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