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Lee Jacobus' pick on the Oct. 10, 2008 Faith Middleton Radio Show

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Rick Rodgers is a cooking teacher and writer and creates cozy dishes including turkey and all the trimmings, fruits, vegetables, side dishes, and main dishes. He developed a way to do dry brined turkey and a recipe to go with that for sage and cider gravy.

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Eric Etheridge is a well-known journalist who found mug shots of 1961 Freedom Riders. He set out to find them, and located 100. The book features current photographs and a brief story of who they were and where they are now. It is a reminder of what it takes to effectuate change. We are also reminded that there are those who deliberately set out to make a difference, and those who accidentally become important players.

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I recently had my students read this book and we all thought it was an amazing book. It's a little bit of a mystery but is mostly about character. Also, it's important to note that the book is entirely different from the movie version with Elizabeth Taylor. What O'Hara does in plain English is describe what happened in the 1930's when America was waking up after the depression. The scandalous behavior that he writes about is pretty shocking.

My students couldn't believe that their great-grandparents acted like this in 1935! It certainly makes their "Jell-O shots" seem tame.
- Gina from the Faith Middleton Show