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Alan L. Samry

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	Mapping Fairhope: Legends, Locals, and Landmarks 4.50 avg rating — 4 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
	Stump the Librarian: A Writer's Book of Legs 3.75 avg rating — 4 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
	Fairhope by Alan L. Samry (Goodreads Author), Gabriel Gold-Vukson it was amazing 5.00 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
	Architectural Studies: Montgomery Hill Baptist Church and Bayside Academy 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
	The Cape Cod House: An Architectural Study 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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There’s a historic marker for the Colony Cemetery along Oak Street. Have you read it? That’s okay, long sign story short, the Fairhope Single Taxers built a coffin out of a picnic table for one deceased John Hunnel, who dropped dead while swimming in the waters of Mobile Bay on the Fourth of July 1895.

He was the first of many to be lowered into the Colony Cemetery or inserted into a niche in the C

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Organic Education : Teaching Without Failure

by Marietta Johnson

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Alan liked Jennifer Speigner's review of The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe: A True Crime Thriller: "This read like a biography more than a true crime story. The joke was on me because at the very end (the credits and acknowledgements) stated that it was a work of fiction. I think the “true crime” label needs to come off completely. Though it was in" Read more of this review »
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Alan liked Rachel's review of I Am We: How Crows Come Together to Survive: "Beautiful artwork, lyrical verses. I give this book 4.5 stars because I do like the movement, the artwork, and the back matter that talks about crows. I worry that children will not take to it like I did, as the prose might be a bit confusing to them" Read more of this review »
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