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    Dear Frank
    Dear Frank
    Dear Frank
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    Dear Frank

    By W. Nikola-Lisa

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    Set in 1918, Dear Frank offers the reader a glimpse of life in Boston during the waning days of World War I. Young Andrew, writing t

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGyroscope Books
    Release dateJun 19, 2012
    ISBN9781621109068
    Dear Frank
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    W. Nikola-Lisa

    W. Nikola-Lisa is professor emeritus at National-Louis University in Chicago, Illinois where he taught in the Graduate School of Education. He is the author of numerous books for a variety of age levels. His books include the award-winning How We Are Smart, an exploration of Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, Magic in the Margins, a story about bookmaking in the Middle Ages, and The Men Who Made the Yankees, an homage to one of the greatest baseball franchises in history.

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      Copyright © 2011 by W. Nikola-Lisa

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      Library of Congress Information

      Author: Nikola-Lisa, W. [American, b.1951]

      Summary: A set of letters from one brother to another captures the mood of a family during World War I and the events leading up to the 1918 World Series.

      P-Book ISBN: 978-1468115215

      E-Book ISBN: 978-1-162110-906-8

      LCCN: 2011963374

      Gyroscope Books

      Chicago

      To Dylan–

      Born to play the game.

      Lives to play the game.

      Contents

      Introduction

      March 20, 1918

      April 7, 1918

      April 16, 1918

      May 11, 1918

      May 31, 1918

      June 15, 1918

      July 10,

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