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		<title>Book Offers Recipes from the Civil War</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/11/13/book-offers-recipes-from-the-civil-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Civil War Recipes is the name of a book that offers collected recipes that were published originally in Godey&#8217;s Lady&#8217;s Book, a popular journal edited by one of New Hampshire&#8217;s own: Sarah Josepha Hale. Recipes (or receipts, as they were called then) reflect the diverse tastes of Americans, both in the North and in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civil War Books That I Recommend</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/08/17/civil-war-books-that-i-recommend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suggested Civil War Reading List prepared by Patricia L. Cummings, quilt historian and author pat@quiltersmuse.com Patricia Cummings who presented a program &#8220;Women on the Civil War Home Front: Their Quilts and Their Needlework&#8221; on August 16, 2011. She is standing next to a quilt in the Old Meetinghouse of the New London Historical Society (that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Love and Valor: Intimate Civil War Letters Between Captain Jacob and Emeline Ritner</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/08/01/love-and-valor-intimate-civil-war-letters-between-captain-jacob-and-emeline-ritner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Love and Valor: Intimate Civil War Letters Between Captain Jacob and Emeline Ritner is a very compelling book based on actual letters sent back and forth to Captain Ritner of Iowa, most of them between he and his wife. The letters tell the story of the day to day experiences and impressions of a soldier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charming Little Book: A Black and White Tale</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/05/19/charming-little-book-a-black-and-white-tale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 13:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The expert appliqué work of quilt designer Ann Fahl and the poetry skills of art quilter Jacquie Sciutto combine to make a very sweet book that features Ann&#8217;s black and white cat and his antics. The 34 quilts shown throughout the delightful volume were 10 years in the making. This little 33 page book will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Much Do You Know About Islam?</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/09/09/how-much-do-you-know-about-islam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, on television I saw the preacher who has promised to burn copies of the Koran. Not surprisingly, he admits that he had never read the book. At the very least, it&#8217;s a good media gag and has gained him attention from people in &#8220;high places,&#8221; even the Vatican. This is a book so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Book Details U.S. / Mexico Relationship</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/08/12/new-book-details-u-s-mexico-relationship/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/08/12/new-book-details-u-s-mexico-relationship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Running the Border Gauntlet is a new book by Laurence French, a senior researcher at the University of New Hampshire, and a professor emeritus at Western New Mexico University. The book provides insight into the history of border conflicts and immigration policies between the U.S. and Mexico. According to a UNH media release of 8/12/10, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Navy Retiree Writes Book About His 20 Year Career</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/07/25/u-s-navy-retiree-writes-book-about-his-20-year-career/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert R. Rotruck, Chief Warrant Officer, U.S. Navy Retired Robert R. Rotruck, Chief Warrant Officer, U.S. Navy (Retired), has written a book about his 20 year career from 1959-1979. This 162 page autobiography, published as a paperback by Wheatmark, Inc., recalls incidents that made his life away from home both a challenge and a joy. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World War II Quilts:  A New Book by Sue Reich</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/07/20/world-war-ii-quilts-a-new-book-by-sue-reich/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The colors of Red, White and Blue are predominant in the new, patriotic book by Sue Reich that honors the textiles made during the most astounding war&#8230; ever! The author provides dozen of quilt examples, photos of ephemera, and photos of individuals to accompany the marvelous text she shares. Individual fabrics, close-ups of old quilts, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memories of President John F. Kennedy/ and a New Book</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/03/20/memories-of-president-john-f-kennedy-and-a-new-book/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/03/20/memories-of-president-john-f-kennedy-and-a-new-book/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The day that John F. Kennedy died, I was sitting in a 7th grade classroom, shared with 8th graders, in a small, country school where the principal also served as teacher for the two advanced grades. On November 22, 1963, he dragged a television into the room, telling us that the president had been shot. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French Novelist Announces New Book Related to the Textile Factory in Oberkampf</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/03/14/french-novelist-announces-new-book-related-to-the-textile-factory-in-oberkampf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an announcement that I received from French novelist, Christophe Baillat, about his latest work inspired by the toile de Jouy textile factory in Oberkampf. A novel about the toile de jouy. Le roman de la Toile de Jouy. Je suis heureux de vous faire connaître mon roman paru chez L&#8217;Harmattan et consacré à [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Postmistress &#8211; A Novel</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/02/16/the-postmistress-a-novel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Postmistress, a new novel by Sarah Blake, appears to be an intriguing story, set in World War II, before America&#8217;s involvement in that war. Please view the video statement made by the author as to the backstage in which she conceived the characters of the book. At the time, she was living on Cape [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black History Month</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/02/04/black-history-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[February is Black History Month. This year, so far, I have not heard one person try to state once again that the so-called Secret Quilt Code is fact, not the fictional story that it, indeed, is. Has America come to its senses? One can only hope so. Just as escaping slaves wanted to hop on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Kindle &#8211; and Other Ways of Viewing Books Electronically</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/01/26/the-kindle-and-other-ways-of-viewing-books-electronically/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately, I have been hearing from people who received a Kindle as a holiday gift and they are very pleased with it. The latest generation is wireless, always a good thing if you plan on reading a book at the beach. In fact, that seems to be the ideal use of a Kindle: a way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Redwork Embroidery and Needlework Traditions in Europe and America e-book &#8211; Now Available</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/01/20/redwork-embroidery-and-needlework-traditions-in-europe-and-america-e-book-now-available/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Redwork Embroidery and Needlework Traditions in Europe and America is currently available to acquire as a pdf file written to a CD disc that is easily inserted into a computer&#8217;s hard drive and read on any computer. We first published this as a wire bound book in January 2006 and received wonderful reviews at that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanking Our Troops:  God Bless America Touring Quilts, a book by Judy Howard</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/01/17/thanking-our-troops-god-bless-america-touring-quilts-a-book-by-judy-howard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanking Our Troops: God Bless America Touring Quilts put together by Judy Howard is a heartwarming reflection on the many quilts and quilt initiatives that have resulted in the gift of quilts to wounded veterans and has resulted in several displays in Bagdad that many of those currently serving in the Armed Forces have enjoyed [...]]]></description>
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