Musings & Amusings of a B-List Writer

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Commentaries on, as Dickens wrote in "Our Mutual Friend," “things warious.” I’m a bit dyslexic; my brain mixes things together, which can lead to seeing connections between things that others see as unrelated. I hope you'll like the results.

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About Robert S. McElvaine

Author, historian, feminist, believer in democracy—placing current developments in historical context. Latest book: "The Times They Were a-Changin' - 1964: The Year 'the Sixties' Arrived and the Battle Lines of Today Were Drawn" (Arcade, June 2022)

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