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“I read Norman Lock’s The Boy in His Winter with delight and amazement. Styled in the vernacular of a rapidly changing America, it stays true to the themes of Mark Twain’s original: class relations, race and slavery, childhood innocence, moral hypocrisy—and, of course, the stark beauty and unforgiving nature of America’s greatest river. I finished this absolutely elegant narrative feeling that Huck Finn has never been more alive.”

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David Oshinsky
David Oshinsky

David Oshinsky is an American historian renowned for his deep research into the history of public health and medicine. His works have revealed how diseases, medical advancements, and public health policies have shaped the modern world. more

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