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Willard Thompson

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in Jamaica, New York, The United States

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Historical Fiction, History, Fiction

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John Steinbeck, A.B. Gutherie, Jr. Wallace Stegner, Louise Erdrich

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April 2015

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Willard Thompson is an award-winning historical fiction writer, lecturer and historian living in Montecito, California with his wife Jo. His Newest novel, THE GIRL FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE, will be published in March 2019. In it he tells the stroy of a young California girl who goes to Paris during the Belle Epoque to become an artist with the Impressionist painters.
Raised at a desolate California lighthouse by men, when abandoned by her mother, Emma Dobbins was never trained to be a dutiful wife, but at an early age she discovered her rare artistic talent. When she goes to Paris, France, in 1869, Frenchmen fall in love with her beautiful face and lustrous dark hair. Some want to paint her, others to court her, but either way she does not abide ...more

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	The Girl from the Lighthouse 4.33 avg rating — 18 ratings — 3 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
	Their Golden Dreams 4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2015 — 3 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
	Dream Helper, A Novel Of Early California 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2008 — 5 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
	Delfina's Gold: The Chronicles of California 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Mountains of Gold, Mountains of Silver 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	The Day Jack Powers Turned Outlaw 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010	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
	John and Jessie Frémont: The Couple Who Won the West and Lost Everything Else really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 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
	Going For The Gold: By Sea to the California Gold Rush 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 3 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
	Keepers of the Light: The Story of the Point Conception Lighthouse 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 3 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
	FINDING JUANA MARIA: Tales Of Western History Makers it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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Is there a Dry Drunk in your life?: and other unsettling questions...and answers

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