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Pat Stanford

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in Philadelphia, The United States

July 02

Website

http://www.patstanford.com

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Genre

Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry

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Pat Stanford was born in Philadelphia. Her farming family moved to Delray Beach, Florida looking for year-round growing seasons when Pat was one. She lived there until a brief stint in the Air Force took her to California.

She graduated Florida State University with a B.S. in Secondary Education, which was never used for its intended purpose.

'Fixing Boo Boo' is a fictionalized account of what happens when a brain-injured sibling comes to live with a sister who doesn't know what that means. It won the 2017 Gold Medal in the Florida Authors and Publishers Association President's Award for Florida Non-Fiction.

'Proverbs of My Seasons' is poetry that reflects the "seasons" of the author's life. Aside from this full length book ...more

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Average rating: 4.48 · 29 ratings · 18 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Fixing Boo Boo 4.54 avg rating — 24 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fixing Boo Boo: A story of traumatic brain injury by Pat Stanford (Goodreads Author), Babski Creative Studios (Cover) , Ginger Marks (Goodreads Author) (Preparation) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Proverbs of My Seasons: Poetry of Transition 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Last Full Measure (The Civil War Trilogy, #3)

by Jeff Shaara

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James Madison: A Life Reconsidered

by Lynne Cheney

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Pat Stanford rated a book really liked it Hardtack and Coffee (Illustrated): The Unwritten Story of Army Life by John Davis Billings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Essential read for students of the Civil War As a general read, this book might be considered as a bit boring. But for a Civil War enthusiast, it is a wealth of information on general army life told by one who was there. And for a student of the ...more
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Pat Stanford wants to read 70 books in the 2019 Reading Challenge Pat Stanford has read 60 books toward their goal of 70 books. 60 of 70 (86%) Create your own 2019 Reading Challenge »
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Rich in atmosphere I echo a previous review that stated a feeling of being dropped into a room where a conversation was already taking place. Characters were not introduced at the time of their appearance and there seemed to be several. Overall, it see ...more
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