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Buzzy Jackson

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http://www.goodreads.com/buzzyjacksosn

born

October 10, 1970 in The United States

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female

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http://www.buzzyjackson.com

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Biographies & Memoirs, Mystery & Thrillers, Nonfiction

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March 2008

About this author

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Buzzy Jackson grew up in the American West, moving between Truckee, California and Montana. She eventually headed for sea level, living in Perth, Australia, Los Angeles, Barcelona, New York City, and the San Francisco Bay Area, where she earned a Ph.D. in History at UC Berkeley.

Her work experience includes stints as a radio DJ, tennis hostess, NATO Headquarters tour guide, NBC Sports gopher, and college professor. Currently a Research Affiliate at The Center of the American West at the University of Colorado-Boulder, she has returned to the mountains where she lives with her family.

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Books by Buzzy Jackson

Average rating: 3.85 · 141 ratings · 35 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Shaking the Family Tree: Blue Bloods, Black Sheep, and Other Obsessions of an Accidental Genealogist 3.86 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	A Bad Woman Feeling Good: Blues and the Women Who Sing Them 3.56 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Effie Perrine by Buzzy Jackson (Goodreads Author), Dan Brereton (Illustrator) 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Disfruta De Mi Si Te Atreves 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	Chanteuses De Blues 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006	My rating:

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" Quick Start SS: How would you describe your life in only 8 words? BJ: A serendipitous quest for wisdom and strong coffee. SS: What is your motto or maxim? BJ: Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. - Carl Sagan What Readers want to k..." ...More

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Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi

by Geoff Dyer

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From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism

by Fred Turner

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May 21, 2008 08:04am

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Buzzy marked as to-read: Travels in Siberia by Ian Frazier	My rating:
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Buzzy added: The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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