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Kathryn Shevelow

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avg rating: 3.59 | 27 ratings | 16 reviews | 4 distinct works | 1 fan

	For the Love of Animals: The Rise of the Animal Protection Movement by Kathryn Shevelow (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.56 — 16 ratings — published 2008	my rating:
	Charlotte: Being a True Account of an Actress's Flamboyant Adventures in Eighteenth-Century London's Wild and Wicked Theatrical World by Kathryn Shevelow (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.00 — 6 ratings — published 2005 3 editions	my rating:
	For the Love of Animals: The Rise of the Animal Protection Movement by Kathryn Shevelow (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 2009	my rating:
	Women and Print Culture: The Construction of Femininity in the Early Periodical by Kathryn Shevelow (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 1989 2 editions	my rating:

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June 26, 2008
	Kathryn gave to: Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia (Paperback) by Elizabeth Gilbert	my rating:
	recommended to Kathryn Shevelow by: Our book club chose it read in April, 2008 Kathryn said: "She writes very well, and there's something appealing about her search for meaning in her life--hence this book's great popularity--but the more I read, the more contrived and manufactured I found it, and that made me dislike it. " add a comment
	Kathryn gave to: Water for Elephants (Paperback) by Sara Gruen	my rating:
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	Kathryn gave to: The Diana Chronicles (Hardcover) by Tina Brown	my rating:
	read in June, 2008 Kathryn said: "Brown has a very lively and smart prose style, and for all that we've heard the story of Diana's life over and over, she tells it in a fresh and fascinating way, and for people like me, who haven't read any of the other Diana books, this contains new...more " add a comment
	Kathryn gave to: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America (Paperback) by Erik Larson	my rating:
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	Kathryn said "yes" to attending the event: For the Love of Animals radio interview. date: June 26, 2008 11:06AM location: WILL-AM/Public Radio, Urbana, IL, The United States description: This will be approximately a 45 minute interview concerning my new book, For the Love of Animals: The Rise of the Animal Protection Movement. There will be opportunities for listeners to call in and ask me questions.
April 04, 2008
	Kathryn gave to: Introducing Bert Williams (Hardcover) by Camille Forbes	my rating:
	read in February, 2008 Kathryn said: "A fascinating story about a late 19th- / early 20th-century black performer--"America's first black star"--which is both well-researched and very well told. Camille Forbes opens up the glamorous but also precarious and fraught world of ear...more " add a comment
	Kathryn gave to: Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn (Hardcover) by William J. Mann	my rating:
	read in September, 2006 Kathryn said: "I loved this biography--I don't often read Hollywood bios, but this one was fascinating for its account of the Hollywood world that Hepburn belonged to. But what I found most fascinating was the story of Kate's earlier history, with her feminist mot...more " add a comment
	Kathryn gave to: The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter (Hardcover) by Peter Singer	my rating:
	read in March, 2007 Kathryn said: "This is a very important book for anyone concerned with the ethics of the food we eat, particularly meat. I admire Michael Pollan's work--I think he has performed an incredibly important public service in alerting many people to the serious issues c...more " add a comment